Education Matters
2025 Education Matters Scholarship Applications Are Open!!
Email any questions to: education@parentvillages.org.
Community Engagement
Ongoing Programming
Community-based Partnerships
These partnerships allow us to establish resource sharing networks, ensure opportunities reach intended audiences, and increase visibility for Parent Villages and partnering organizations.
Community i-Meetup Meetings
These grassroot efforts bring the community together regularly to discuss hot topics relevant to Springfield families and our education system. COVID has brought us these gatherings to the virtual realm, not allowing us to fellowship with families over food & beverage as usual; nonetheless our guest speakers and dialogue continue to provide critical information to attendees.
Mentoring Programs
Mentors accelerate the learning and career growth of mentees simply by investing time and insight (Forbes Oct. 2, 2018). COVID forced us to re-examine our mentor programs - stay tuned for our refined Parent-to-Parent mentor program and the re-institution of our Peer-to-Peer mentoring programs.
#SHOWUP Initiative
Parent Villages started the #SHOWUP Initiative to empower adults to show up for their children and youth in their community whether they express that they need it or not. The #SHOWUP Initiative encourages parents to be proactive about their child’s education by showing up at the school for the good, the bad, and everything in between.
#SHOWUP Initiative
Parent Villages started the #SHOWUP Initiative to empower adults to show up for their children and youth in their community whether they express that they need it or not. The #SHOWUP Initiative encourages parents to be proactive about their child’s education by showing up at the school for the good, the bad, and everything in between.