Become a Purple Star School!  Applications Are to be Accepted Soon

Applications for this upcoming Class of Purple Star Schools will be accepted from November 1 to December 15, 2025.  If you have questions about the application process, or your school’s status as an Purple Star School, please email PurpleStar@education.ohio.gov.

There are more than 700 Purple Star Schools in Ohio – a statewide coalition for Military families & PreK-12 students, and the local educators who support these frontlines, hero families.  In 7 years, more than 45 States have joined in replicating Ohio’s model framework of Purple Star – a nationwide network now exists to exchange best practices and new ideas with local educators.

The Purple Star Award recognizes schools that display a major and purposeful commitment to PreK-12 students & families connected to our nation’s Military here in the Buckeye state.  The Purple Star Schools Advisory Board, formed by the Ohio departments of Education and Workforce, Higher Education, Veterans Services, and the Adjutant General (Ohio’s Army and Air National Guard) in partnership with the State of Ohio Military Interstate Children’s Compact Commission and the Office of the Governor, helps to decide a school’s eligibility for the award.

For application information and the pre-application webinar, please click here.