Military Families at Rhodes Elementary School
Welcome Military Families
Thank you for visiting the military resource page. If you are new to the area or to W.H. Rhodes Elementary, we want to welcome you. Our goal is to provide you the best transition possible and to welcome your family into the Rhodes Elementary, Jr. Panther family. You will find several resources below that may be of use to you as a military-connected family.
Rhodes Elementary aims to serve our military families through our Military and Family Life Counseling program, which supports service members, their families and survivors with confidential non-medical counseling where they are stationed. Non-medical counseling can help individuals address issues such as improving relationships at home and work, stress management, adjustment difficulties, parenting, and grief or loss.
We have a Military and Family Life Counselor who provides short term, non-medical counseling support to military children, service members, family members, and staff. She is available during school hours, most days during the week. The Military and Family Life Counselor can assist with issues such as school adjustment, deployment and separation, reunion adjustment, sibling and parent-child communication, behavioral concerns, and fear, grief and loss. MFLC may also provide psycho educational groups, deployment groups, classroom presentations, behavioral interventions, parent or staff consultations, resource/referral information, and special outreach events for Veterans Day or Month of The Military Child. To make an appointment, just call the school main line at (850) 983-5670 and ask for the Military Counselor.
Military Family Life Counselor:
Jasmine Broadnax
Email: broadnaxj@santarosa.k12.fl.us
Military Point of Contact & Transition Planning:
Chris Hendrix
NAS Whiting Field School Liaison
7180 Langley Street
Milton, Florida 32570
Building 1417 Room 163
Office: 850-665-6105
Cell: 850-736-0338
Email: christopher.p.hendrix2.naf@us.navy.mil
School Liaison website: https://www.navymwrwhitingfield.com/child-youth/school-liaison-officer
Success in the Classroom
Please take a moment to watch the Santa Rosa School District's publication below about military family resources.
Open Enrollment
Academic Planning
Our school counselor is available to help review and plan different educational options. Please contact Tammy Roberts, Rhodes' School Counselor, at RobertsT@santarosa.k12.fl.us or call the school to speak with her at 850.983.5670.
Rhodes' Ambassadors
At Rhodes Elementary, we believe in making the transition to a new school as smoothly as possible for our new students. A group of Rhodes' students were chosen through an interview process to represent the school in helping new students become acclimated to our Elementary school.
Exceptional Student Education Services (ESE)
Additional Resources
Military Child Education Coalition **Military Child Education Coalition | MCEC
Military Interstate Children's Compact Commission (MIC3) www.mic3.net
Military OneSource https://www.militaryonesource.mil/
Military Families Magazine https://militaryfamilies.com**
T.A.P.S.= Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors www.taps.org
Comfort Crew Academy https://academy.comfortcrew.org/
Sesame Street for Military Families https://sesamestreetformilitaryfamilies.org/
United Through Reading https://unitedthroughreading.org/
Blue Star Families https://bluestarfam.org/
Tutoring for U.S. Military Families www.tutor.com/military
Military Kids Connect https://militarykidsconnect.health.mil/**
National Center for PTSD www.ptsd.va.gov
Month of the Military Child
Exceptional Student Education https://santarosaschools.org/en-US/ese
Step Up For Students Scholarship StepUpForStudents.org