Welcome back staff! Prepping for return of after-school students and making snow angels in the NEW carpet!
Lost & Found Generation
This past year was full of opportunities to continuously change direction, to move all the way from plan A to plan Z. Yet one of the greatest gifts of my Christian walk and my work at Parker Street is a push to reflect, to remember God’s goodness, and to work in some...
Thank You Lakeland Electric
Thank you Lakeland Electric for providing a $1,000 Community Giving grant that helps us enrich the quality of life of us all by narrowing gaps that divide us – economically and socially. This funding supports our academic enrichment program which provides more than...
Thankful for Our Volunteers
We are so thankful for our volunteers who have decided to be a part of the positive change that is happening in the lives of people at Parker Street Ministries! One of our volunteers said, “When the students seem to make progress, I love the look on their...
Welcome Back to Our Students
A BIG welcome back to our students! We’ve missed you! Now the after school enriching begins so these kids can stop the Corona Slide in learning. Today’s building project: Global Plasma Solutions are installed and are busy harnessing the “power of ions” on the air...
God’s Faithfulness Endures to All Generations
In a world that changes from moment to moment... God's "faithfulness endures to all generations.” Psalm 119:90 Let all the school things that come across our paths remind us to pray for students, parents, and teachers entering a whole new world of education.
Past Participants of Our Workforce Lab
Congratulations to these past participants of our Workforce Lab. They received a savings match, set new goals, and are ready for their next steps. Workforce Lab is an eight-week experiential learning program that focuses young high school students on financial...
This Mess is so Big – Addressing the COVID Slide in Learning
And this mess is so big – finding ways to slow the COVID Slide Before COVID, narrowing education gaps was hard, with baby steps made from year-to-year. Summer was a great catch-up time for academics. We knew the mess was so big and so deep and so tall. Then it was...
Thank You for Backpacks and Uniforms
Thank You for Backpacks and Uniforms! Thank you volunteer Trisha MacDonald who has been helping with the backpack and uniform drive for 11 years now. She sorted supplies for nearly 100 students this year! And thank you those who shopped for students providing...
The Close of Backyard Lunch & Learns
Backyard Lunch & Learns came to a close today. Thank God for a safe and healthy summer with SO much Vitamin D, hand washing, family/neighbor pod groupings, learning, healthy food, and fun goings on. Summer Camp 2020 (the one where we had to social distance).