Military Families

SWISD welcomes our military families! Our district recognizes the unique strengths and challenges of our military-connected families, and we aim to provide a smooth transition for students and provide support and resources to families throughout the stay in SWISD. Thank you for choosing our district!

We support military-connected children and families by:

- Introducing a campus "buddy" through the Student 2 Student program, that helps introduce and supports the military-connected child in school.
- Providing news and updates for events and activities featuring military students, families, and veterans.
- Designating resources for students and military families.
- Hosting Month of the Military Child events and celebrating our Military families through a series of school-wide and district-wide events.
- Providing priority status in the school’s enrollment process for children of active-duty families.

Thank you for choosing our community. Our aim is to support you and your children, ease into our community and schools. For your convenience, we have collected here resources that you may find valuable.

Resources

Mental Health Support and Counseling Services

Endeavors

Military One Source - Military Life Counseling Program

Family Service - Free Programs for Military

Gold Star Moms -is an organization of mothers who have lost a son or daughter in the service of our country.

Gold Star Wives - provides support for widows/ widower of service members who died on active duty.

Educational Organizations

Military Child Education Coalition

Tutor.com- provides free tutoring

Partners in Promise - provides support to military children with Special Needs

Purple Up USA

We Go Public

Region 20

Texas Education Agency

Additional Resources

USO San Antonio

Fisher House - provides housing when you have a service member hospitalized for injury, illness or disease.

Employment

Southwest ISD - Click Here

Recruit Military - Assist with job searching, resume building and upcoming job fairs.

Student 2 Student (S2S) is a peer-to-peer student-led program that brings military and civilian students together to welcome new students, create a positive environment for all, support educational opportunities, build connections through service, and ease transitions.