Glenbard Parent Series event: Navigating the Educational System

Posted August 08, 2017 11:00 pm

Peg Mannion, Glenbard District 87

The Glenbard Parent Series/Spanish will host a back-to-school picnic at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23, in the cafeteria at Glenbard East High School.

Julian Lazalde of the Latino Policy Forum will present a program in Spanish titled Navigating the Educational System. Participants will learn about post-secondary options, how to access resources, and how to effectively partner with educators for their teens' success.

After the picnic, Pulitzer Prize winning author Sonia Nazario will be at Glenbard East to speak to the public in English about her best-selling book "Enrique's Journey." The book, available in English and Spanish, chronicles a Honduran child's search for his mother and a family's desperate struggles to unite. Nazario's presentation will begin at 7 p.m. Aug. 23 at Glenbard East, 1014 S. Main St. in Lombard.

CPDU's are available.

GPS is generously sponsored by the Cebrin Goodman Center, Cooperative Association for Special Education (CASE), College of DuPage, DuPage Medical Group, Emmy Gaffey Foundation and Trust Company of Illinois. For further information, visit glenbardgps.org or contact Gilda Ross, Glenbard District 87 student and community projects coordinator, at 630-942-7668 or gilda_ross@glenbard.org.

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