To celebrate the resilience of military-connected kids, and as part of April’s Month of the Military Child, Stars and Stripes is gathering stories to showcase the unique experiences and perspectives of the military-connected children in our community.
Submissions can be emailed to momceurope@stripes.com and will be featured on www.StripesEurope.com and Stripes Europe social media channels. In addition, look for weekly inserts in the Thursday editions of the Stars and Stripes newspaper throughout April.
Mr. Taylor has been a strong supporter of our Month of the Military Child contest every year.
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Vicenza, Italy military connected children picked up their crayons, markers and colored pencils to show off their creative drawing skills and share their favorite experiences as kids living overseas.
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There are some budding artists at Robinson Barracks Elementary School who drew pictures of their life or experiences as military-connected children.
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Patch Elementary School Pre-K students shared a few thoughts on why they love being a military-connected child!
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Wiesbaden Elementary School is representing with one of the prompts from our Month of the Military Child Toolkits!
Students from Lakenheath Elementary School submitted artwork for Month of the Military Child
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We had the pleasure of playing MOMC Bingo with a few children while at the recent Rheinland-Pfalz MWR Spring Bazaar which was held on Sembach Kaserne in March.
To celebrate our military-connected kids, we will be featuring their creativity, thoughts and voices here on StripesEurope.com.
Youth writer Lamaya M. from Kaiserslautern Middle School shares an important reminder for her future self.
Youth writer Noah M., from Kaiserslautern Middle School, writes a letter to his future self about his military kid experience.
Youth writer Brady, from Kaiserslautern Middle School, writes a note to his future self about the frustrations of being a military kid.
Youth writer Maggie, from Kaiserslautern Middle School, shares her feelings about being a military-connected kid.
Is there a song that describe what it’s like being a military child? What does life in Europe look like? What would your future self tell you?
How many cool places have you lived? How many schools have you been too? Which were your favorites? These 8th graders from Kaiserslautern Middle School tell us all about theirs!
