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After a full month of activities and learning, the Mid-Hudson Migrant Tutorial and Support Services (Migrant Ed) celebrated with Noche de Padres—Night of the Parents, on July 26, 2019 in the auditorium and cafeteria at Fallsburg Jr/Sr High School. Migrant Ed conducts programs throughout the school year in several school districts in Sullivan County, including Fallsburg, Liberty and Monticello. They held a special summer program in the FHS that had the theme of Water.

This short film provides an understanding of the New York State Migrant Education Program (NYS-MEP), the range of educational programs and support services that the program provides, and the migratory children and families that the program serves!

Links that take you to activities, videos or handouts you can use with your students (P3-K-12-OSY) and parents.

The newsletter highlights professional development and resources for Early Childhood, Grades K-8, Adolescents, OSY, and Parents. Look for resources to support your work with students and families.

On December 8, 2018, 9 parents and 11 children came to a workshop on car seat safety hosted by the Mid-Hudson Migrant Program. During our home visits in the fall, we found out that many of our migrant families did not realize the importance of having a car seat for their children. Many of the children did not have a car seat and the families were not able to afford one.

On a brisk, early Saturday morning, Migrant Education Program students sit in front of laptops and notebooks. Poised with pens in hand and fingers above keys, the students find themselves surrounded by brightly colored paper, each page describing a different component of a successful personal essay.

Parents in Albion, Orleans County and Lockport, Niagara County could see and talk to each other using video conferencing technology about a very important topic last weekend.

Damaris Hernandez is an 18 year old Out of School Youth student originally from Nacagdoches County, Texas. Damaris, her two sisters, and her father lived in Texas for much of her life and traveled back and forth from Mexico.