About Us

About

Twenty-one years ago, in a modest apartment in Dallas, realizing a million hopes and dreams, El Hispano News was born. At the time, the Hispanic population was a little more than half a million and the city had only one Spanish language newspaper. El Hispano News represented a necessary alternative and pioneered the way for [...]

Our Vision – Parent Step Ahead Centers

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Parents Step Ahead’s vision is to build upon its programs by establishing Parent Step Ahead Centers in local schools and expanding the “Parent Step Ahead” model state and nationwide. It is an initiative of the first ever space inside of schools that will bring the home and school closer together. The Parents Step Ahead Center’s [...]

Help Us! – Donate

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Please support Parents Step Ahead through your donations. Your donation will help fund the programs that continue providing parents the tools to remain actively involved in the educational and personal development of their children.   School Programs & Parent of the Year Parents Step Ahead partners with local school districts, corporations and community organizations to [...]

Parent of the Year

Every year, Parents Step Ahead honors parents who have taken a proactive approach in their child’s educational and professional development. During a dinner Gala celebration held in December, Parents Step Ahead recognizes those parents with a special awards ceremony.

To qualify for the Parent of the Year, parents or guardians must have attended one of the Parents Step Ahead seminars in the Dallas, Garland, Fort Worth or Irving independent school districts during the year. Parents who wish to be considered must write an essay about the importance of parental involvement in a child’s life. Their child must also submit an essay about why his/her parent should be selected.

A selection committee of local and national community and corporate leaders selects the winners. Honorees receive a plaque, a computer system, other gifts and the opportunity to speak with local and national community and corporate leaders about the importance of education.

“Parents who have made such an effort to ensure a better future for their children – often at great personal sacrifice – should be recognized every day of their lives,” said Lupita Colmenero, Founder of Parents Step Ahead. “Parents Step Ahead is proud to give them the public recognition they deserve for the example they are setting for their children and the community.”

For more information for the “Parent of the Year” award, please contact Parents Step Ahead at (214) 357-2186.

Featured

  • Lake Highlands HS

    Richardson ISD & Parents Step Ahead Event

    PRESS RELEASE (Español) . .. … Richardson ISD & Parents Step Ahead Host a Parent Involvement Event at Lake Highlands High School Dallas, TX – January 17, 2012 –Richardson ISD is launching a new partnership with Parents Step Ahead (Padres Un Paso Adelante) with a workshop and community resource fair that will help to increase parent involvement in [...]

  • 1st Parents Step Ahead Event of 2012

    Successful 2012 Kick-Off!

    PRESS RELEASE (Español) . .. … PARENTS STEP AHEAD Kicks Off 2012 Successfully! Over 600 attend the program at J.O. Davis Elementary Dallas, TX – January 17, 2012 –The parent education event, organized by Parents Step Ahead and Irving Independent School District, was held on January 12, 2012 at J.O. Davis in Irving, Texas. The [...]

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    PSA Partner McDonald’s Providing Families Healthy Options

    McDonald’s as a PSA partner donated more than 2,500 healthy meals to the Parents Step Ahead programs this year. Look at what they are doing to provide parents and children healthy Happy Meal options. We’re Lovin It!!  

  • Explore our new website!

    PSA Launches New Site

    PRESS RELEASE Parents Step Ahead Launches Newly Redesigned Website Parent-education organization site offers tools for engaging the community   Dallas, TX — Sept. 6, 2011 — Parents Step Ahead (Padres un Paso Adelante), a Dallas-based nonprofit parent-education organization, has launched its newly redesigned website, www.parentsstepahead.org, which increases opportunities for interaction with site visitors interested in [...]

  • Thomas Haley Elementary

    Welcome to Our Blog!

    Welcome to the new Parents Step Ahead Blog. Here we will post information about our parent programs and events, news about education and parent involvement, and press releases/media advisories.  We encourage you to interact with us! If you wish to contribute a post, please contact us.

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