Parent Mentors Begin Training

PARENT MENTORS BEGIN TRAINING October 2021 We officially kicked off the Parent Mentor Program (PMP) with Orientation for Parent Mentors from Healy, Ward, and Haines. This is the program’s first collective in-person parent meeting since the beginning of the pandemic!...

Tammy Wen shifts to Parent Engagement Coordinator

TAMMY, NEW PARENT ENGAGEMENT COORDINATOR September 2021 Tammy Wen Parent Engagement Coordinator Through PV’s educational and engagement programs, I hope that we can help parents feel more confident and knowledgeable about their own abilities to support their children...

Parent Mentor Program Wins $8 Million in Funding

PARENT MENTOR PROGRAM GRADUATION JUNE 2021 Congratulations, Parent Mentors! $8 million in funding was approved for Parent Mentor Programs across the state of Illinois to expand the program to more communities so that no child will be truly left behind! For Project:...

Parent Mentor Meeting with Rep. Mah

PARENT MENTOR MEETING WITH REP. MAH MAY 2021 The Parent Mentors, Coordinators, and Organizers from the Illinois Parent Mentor Program met with Representative Theresa Mah to share the parent mentors’ accomplishments this year and advocated for a $7 million budget...

Parent Mentor Program

PARENT MENTOR PROGRAM School Year 2019-2020 This school year, PV worked with the Coalition for a Better Chinese American Community (CBCAC) and local elementary schools Haines and James Ward to bring the Parent Mentor Program (PMP) to serve diverse and high need...