Military Student Support
How We Support Military-Connected Students
Welcome to the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District!
Fairbanks North Star Borough School District (FNSBSD) is a military-friendly school district. We want to help make your transition in our schools as smooth as possible and provide you with up-to-date information while you are here! With more than 12,400 students and 32 schools in the school district, FNSBSD educates over 2,700 military-connected students, which is 22% of the total student population (current information as of May 2024).
The FNSBSD has a school located on each of the military installations; Arctic Light Elementary (Fort Wainwright: K-5th grade) and Anderson-Crawford Elementary (Eielson AFB: K-5th grade).
The FNSBSD manages three Department of Defense Education Activity (dodea) grants:
Tactical Tutoring for Elementary Readers
Operation Arctic Algebra Advancement
The FNSBSD supports the Child and Youth Behavioral School Military Family Life Counseling (MFLC) program, funded by the Department of Defense, where seven counselors serve five elementary schools, two middle schools, and two high schools for students, families, and staff.
Twenty-three FNSBSD schools have been awarded the designation of being Purple Star Schools. Purple Star Schools are schools that have shown a major commitment to students and families connected to our nation's military.
For the past five years, the FNSBSD has been awarded the Military Child Education Coalition's LTG (Ret) H.G. "Pete" Taylor Partnership of Excellence Awards:
2020 Andie, the Thunderbird, Mail Service
2021 Readiness (R2): Military Dependent Students are Ready to Learn!
2022 Operation Grow Where You Go: Cultivating Support for Military
Children, Tweens, and Teens
2023 Month of the Military Child: A Day in the Life ... Activity Fair
2024 PreApprenticeship: Operation Future Force (OFF)
We would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to our military families, especially our youngest heroes - your children, our students!
Contact Information
Georgia Sandgren
Military Student Support Coordinator
georgia.sandgren@k12northstar.org
520 5th Avenue
Teaching & Learning
Fairbanks, AK 99701
(907) 452-2000 x11340
facebook.com/militarystudentsupport
This map shows how close FNSBSD schools are to military installations (approximate distances).
https://fnsbsdmap.org/
September 2024 Stealth Science Newsletter
Parents, students, and educators can find Frequently Asked Questions that are important to military families.
Resources ⭐️
Educators can visit PennState: Linking School Personnel with Evidence-Informed Resource modules .