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West Point, New York, is a post that is synonymous with the military and leadership as it houses the U.S. Army’s Military Academy.

Copperas Cove ISD has a new campus designated as a Purple Star Campus.

Four of the nearly 48 students of the Student 2 Student program at Clements/Parsons Elementary School cheered, blew horns, clanged bells and sprayed Silly String when they found out they had won a national award Wednesday afternoon. The students won the Military Child Education Coalition’s annual Elementary Student 2 Student Team of the Year Award. “Man, what an honor. Those kids were juiced, weren’t they?” Superintendent Joe Burns said, who was in attendance to witness their reaction to the announcement. “They were excited about that.” One of the students that w...

COPPERAS COVE — Room 12 of the kindergarten hallway at Clements/Parsons Elementary School in Copperas Cove erupted in shouts of triumph Wednesday afternoon. Four students and four faculty members of the Student 2 Student program found out they had won a national award, learning that they were truly the top Dawgs in the nation. The students won the Military Child Education Coalition’s annual Elementary Student 2 Student Team of the Year Award. MCEC is a nonprofit organization that is based in Harker Heights. Founded in 1998, it focuses on ensuring quality educational opportunity for ...

Clements/Parsons Elementary School counselor Julie Armstrong served as a military spouse for 23 years and sent her oldest son to seven different schools in his first 12 years of public education. Constantly moving, military children experience being “the new kid” repeatedly throughout their elementary and secondary careers. “I can only imagine how my son would have been thrilled to be welcomed and included on his first day at each of the schools he attended,” Armstrong said. “The main mission of the Student 2 Student Program at Clements/Parsons Elementary is to welcom...