ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Each spring, students in DoWEA schools around the world showcase their artistic talents in the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM)’s art contest. This year, their artworks showed off the special qualities that make their comm...

As we enter the final months of the school year, our calendar quickly fills with the moments that make this time so meaningful—spring sports, prom, high school graduation, and important transitions from elementary to middle school and from middle to high school. These milestones reflect growth, achievement, and new beginnings for our students, and we are proud to celebrate each one alongside you.

On April 15, 2026, every Stuttgart-area school came together to celebrate the Month of the Military Child at Stuttgart High School on Purple Up! Day. The event, a collaboration between the Stuttgart High School Career Practicum Program and the Museum of the American Military Family, invited students from all garrison elementary and middle schools, as well as community members, to view a special exhibit in which their artwork was on display. The exhibit, titled “Dear America, What Military-Connected Children Want You to Know,” was created by Career Practicum student and MAMF student liaison Emily Wheeler.

For many military‑connected students, DoWEA schools are more than classrooms – they are places of stability between PCS moves, where lifelong relationships are formed across continents and cultures.