WEBVTT 00:00.933 --> 00:03.350 (soft music) 00:06.926 --> 00:09.509 (engine purrs) 00:20.249 --> 00:21.520 - Still not open. 00:21.520 --> 00:22.353 All right. 00:22.353 --> 00:24.950 School Liaison, School Liaison, oh, all right. 00:24.950 --> 00:26.800 Building 400, the MCAS headquarters. 00:26.800 --> 00:28.635 Let's go check around over there. 00:28.635 --> 00:31.050 (soft music) 00:31.050 --> 00:32.780 Hey everybody, Sergeant Major Mcelearney here. 00:32.780 --> 00:34.890 We're here with the School Liaison Program. 00:34.890 --> 00:37.740 I'm meeting Miss Leafa Palmer here in the library. 00:37.740 --> 00:39.250 And for those of you who don't know, 00:39.250 --> 00:41.040 the School Liaison Program is here 00:41.040 --> 00:43.390 to help all of our military families 00:43.390 --> 00:46.690 with all manner of educational things, K through 12, 00:46.690 --> 00:50.830 to include public, private, charter, and even home schools. 00:50.830 --> 00:52.310 She can help us with all kinds of things. 00:52.310 --> 00:57.110 Transitioning, deployments, moving tips, school advice. 00:57.110 --> 00:59.020 She can also help all of our military students 00:59.020 --> 01:00.740 with anything such as scholarships, 01:00.740 --> 01:02.710 or any other type of educational opportunities 01:02.710 --> 01:04.210 that might present themselves here 01:04.210 --> 01:06.520 in and around Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point. 01:06.520 --> 01:08.390 So with that in mind, I'm gonna sit here and talk 01:08.390 --> 01:09.430 with Miss Leafa Palmer, 01:09.430 --> 01:11.580 and see if we can get some more information about that. 01:11.580 --> 01:12.720 So hey Leafa, how are you? 01:12.720 --> 01:13.870 - Hi Sergeant Major. 01:13.870 --> 01:15.620 - So hey, so School Liaison. 01:15.620 --> 01:16.453 - Yes. 01:16.453 --> 01:18.530 - So how can you help us? 01:18.530 --> 01:21.410 - Basically, any mom or dad or family member 01:21.410 --> 01:26.260 can call me anytime, 466-7648, and reach out to me 01:26.260 --> 01:29.890 with any K-12 educational related questions. 01:29.890 --> 01:31.560 I mean, I help families all the time 01:31.560 --> 01:33.710 as far as registering for kindergarten, 01:33.710 --> 01:36.170 all the way up to, I need scholarships 01:36.170 --> 01:39.460 'cause my child is graduating and college is expensive, 01:39.460 --> 01:41.880 to, even as far as, oh my goodness, 01:41.880 --> 01:44.840 my third grader needs help with math, how can you help? 01:44.840 --> 01:46.820 And basically, I'm there for them, 01:46.820 --> 01:48.940 I provide information, resources, 01:48.940 --> 01:50.190 however I can help. 01:50.190 --> 01:52.270 - The resource, give me an example of a resource we can do. 01:52.270 --> 01:55.160 - Okay, the number one resource I always push out 01:55.160 --> 01:57.710 and I share with families, is tutor.com. 01:57.710 --> 02:02.230 Tutor.com is a free, total free tutoring program 02:02.230 --> 02:04.600 that's online, where you actually get a tutor. 02:04.600 --> 02:07.550 And they have tutors from everything from third grade math, 02:07.550 --> 02:11.710 to sixth grade English, to AP algebra. 02:11.710 --> 02:14.610 And again, it's free for military families. 02:14.610 --> 02:16.860 You could go on, log on, get your account, 02:16.860 --> 02:19.000 and it's 24 hours a day, seven days a week. 02:19.000 --> 02:23.010 So I highly encourage it, to get an account and use it. 02:23.010 --> 02:25.270 - Yeah, tutor.com, that sounds awesome. 02:25.270 --> 02:27.430 So say, all right, so I'm in Cherry Point, 02:27.430 --> 02:29.280 so of course I can get a hold of School Liaison. 02:29.280 --> 02:32.040 What if I'm not here yet, and I want to get here, 02:32.040 --> 02:34.050 and I have questions, can I still call you? 02:34.050 --> 02:35.218 - Oh, absolutely! 02:35.218 --> 02:37.430 A big part of my job 02:37.430 --> 02:40.850 is supporting incoming and outgoing families. 02:40.850 --> 02:42.750 So if you're from in California, 02:42.750 --> 02:45.030 and you're coming to Cherry Point to eastern North Carolina, 02:45.030 --> 02:46.470 and you want to learn about the schools, 02:46.470 --> 02:47.740 definitely, reach out to me. 02:47.740 --> 02:50.580 I always say our hashtag is know before you go, 02:50.580 --> 02:52.340 because I would love to be able to share 02:52.340 --> 02:54.270 about those educational opportunities 02:54.270 --> 02:56.350 here at Cherry Point in our area, 02:56.350 --> 02:58.150 the same way as far as going the other way. 02:58.150 --> 02:59.220 If they're going out to Yuma, 02:59.220 --> 03:00.660 there's different opportunities. 03:00.660 --> 03:03.010 So I would sorta do a warm handoff 03:03.010 --> 03:05.730 and share that information with the School Liaison 03:05.730 --> 03:08.760 in Yuma to get them going, to start that transition 03:08.760 --> 03:09.780 for that family. 03:09.780 --> 03:11.565 - So the family's in transition (mumbles) 03:11.565 --> 03:12.940 so break it down. 03:12.940 --> 03:15.850 I mean, kids, what do they go through in a military career? 03:15.850 --> 03:18.730 - Well, that's something I'm always educating 03:18.730 --> 03:23.270 and sharing with teachers and our community about. 03:23.270 --> 03:27.420 Military students, within their educational career, 03:27.420 --> 03:30.580 will attend between six to nine different schools. 03:30.580 --> 03:31.850 - Wow. - That's a lot. 03:31.850 --> 03:34.680 That's a lot of new teachers, that's a lot of new book bags, 03:34.680 --> 03:37.970 that's a lot of different curriculum, and everything. 03:37.970 --> 03:40.640 And so that's why the School Liaison Program came about, 03:40.640 --> 03:42.850 to support all that transitioning, 03:42.850 --> 03:44.400 to support all those families. 03:44.400 --> 03:45.980 - What else is there that you might want 03:45.980 --> 03:47.400 everyone to know about? 03:47.400 --> 03:49.650 - Just that I'm here, you know, 03:49.650 --> 03:52.750 I try to reach out, and get out. 03:52.750 --> 03:54.470 I'm at the pool in the summer, 03:54.470 --> 03:56.330 I'm at the Naval Health Clinic 03:56.330 --> 03:58.890 during the School Physical Rodeos, 03:58.890 --> 04:02.280 but as far as just that I'm here and available to help. 04:02.280 --> 04:05.260 Also too, I do have a Cherry Point 04:05.260 --> 04:07.030 School Liaison Facebook page, 04:07.030 --> 04:10.170 and I do share a lot of educational information, 04:10.170 --> 04:11.580 educational opportunities, again, 04:11.580 --> 04:13.630 for K-12 students in this area, 04:13.630 --> 04:16.870 and then also for military kids, such as Purple Camps, 04:16.870 --> 04:21.380 and Camp Corral, and all those different opportunities 04:21.380 --> 04:23.310 that are specifically there for our military kids. 04:23.310 --> 04:26.400 So I encourage everyone to check it out and like that page. 04:26.400 --> 04:28.830 - Okay, and then as our liaison, 04:28.830 --> 04:31.490 can you also be considered kind of our advocate, 04:31.490 --> 04:33.140 not just here in the county though? 04:33.140 --> 04:34.420 - Absolutely. 04:34.420 --> 04:38.470 I am always, I am on Cherry Point, I have an office here, 04:38.470 --> 04:39.800 but I'm always in the schools, 04:39.800 --> 04:40.990 I'm always out in community, 04:40.990 --> 04:44.540 I'm always even, at least on a monthly basis up in Raleigh. 04:44.540 --> 04:49.540 Because what I do is advocate for military K-12 education 04:49.740 --> 04:51.320 in the state of North Carolina. 04:51.320 --> 04:54.410 We want to improve it, we want our families to come here 04:54.410 --> 04:56.290 and be happy with our education. 04:56.290 --> 04:58.170 And so again, when families come 04:58.170 --> 04:59.470 and tell me their stories, 04:59.470 --> 05:02.780 I share that on the local and state level, 05:02.780 --> 05:06.990 so we can have a better outcome for our education 05:06.990 --> 05:08.920 for our military connected students. 05:08.920 --> 05:10.223 So too, I want to add, 05:11.220 --> 05:14.770 is that we do have the Military Interstate Compact. 05:14.770 --> 05:18.040 That is a law that all 50 states have adopted. 05:18.040 --> 05:20.620 It supersedes local and state laws, 05:20.620 --> 05:22.760 and it is there in order 05:22.760 --> 05:24.710 to help transitioning military students. 05:24.710 --> 05:25.970 And I can help with that. 05:25.970 --> 05:27.650 I can help advocate with that. 05:27.650 --> 05:32.600 That covers school registration, school placement, 05:32.600 --> 05:33.640 and also graduation. 05:33.640 --> 05:36.460 We want our military students to graduate in four years. 05:36.460 --> 05:37.293 - Yeah. 05:37.293 --> 05:38.460 - Even though, even if they attend 05:38.460 --> 05:40.820 four different high schools, we still want them 05:40.820 --> 05:42.560 only to do four years. 05:42.560 --> 05:46.160 And so that law helps our students. 05:46.160 --> 05:49.190 And so, and again, I advocate for those families 05:49.190 --> 05:52.220 using that Military Interstate Compact as well. 05:52.220 --> 05:53.950 - All right, so there you have it. 05:53.950 --> 05:56.190 The School Liaison, we've got to use them. 05:56.190 --> 05:58.380 They make it so much easier for us a lot of times 05:58.380 --> 06:00.760 and we come and go from our duty stations, 06:00.760 --> 06:02.190 either going to, she can help us, 06:02.190 --> 06:04.070 or coming here, she can help us. 06:04.070 --> 06:04.903 And they're all over. 06:04.903 --> 06:06.670 It's not just Miss Leafa, but her, 06:06.670 --> 06:08.560 they're all over, many installations. 06:08.560 --> 06:10.580 So please, look up you School Liaison. 06:10.580 --> 06:11.660 She's given you the phone number, 06:11.660 --> 06:15.020 like her Facebook page, and we'll see you next time. 06:15.020 --> 06:16.882 So Sempre Fi, ooh rah! 06:16.882 --> 06:19.299 (soft music)