Area schools receive Purple Star designation

More than two dozen San Diego County schools have been designated as Purple Star Schools for 2023 by State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond.

The California Purple Star Program, in its second year, recognizes schools that support the special needs of students and families who are connected to the military. Fiftynine schools were recognized statewide.

Purple Star Program schools seek to reduce the burden on military-connected students and their families by providing transition support. Military-connected students must move whenever their active-duty parent or guardian is ordered to relocate. These students often face particular academic and social-emotional challenges.

The San Diego County schools named 2023 Purple Star schools are:

Bonsall Unified School District: Bonsall Elementary School, Norman L. Sullivan Middle School, Bonsall High School, Bonsall West Elementary School, Vivian Banks Charter School

Coronado Unified School District: Coronado High School, Coronado Middle School, Coronado Village Elementary School, Silver Strand Elementary School

Fallbrook Union Elementary School District: San Onofre School

Oceanside Unified School District: Stuart Mesa Elementary School, North Terrace Elementary School, Santa Margarita Elementary School

Poway Unified School District: Oak Valley Middle School

San Diego Unified School District: Angier Elementary School, Chesterton Elementary School, Correia Middle School, Crown Point Junior Music Academy Elementary School, Elevate Charter School, Hage Elementary School, Hancock Elementary School, Jonas Salk Elementary School, Loma Portal Elementary School, Point Loma High School, Sandburg Elementary School, Taft Middle School, Wangenheim Middle School

San Dieguito Union High School District: Cal Coast Academy

San Ysidro Elementary School District: Ocean View Hills Elementary School, Vista Del Mar Middle School