Welcome to The Harvard Club of Chicago's Adopt-A-School website !
The Harvard Club's Adopt-A-School program has been active at Walter Payton College Prep (WPCP) since 2001 and is undertaking support of Power House High (PHH) in the autumn of 2011. “Harvols” (Harvard Volunteers, although some aren't Harvard graduates) assist these schools in a variety of ways. Click below to learn about each school:
Walter Payton College Prep
Power House High School
The Adopt-A-School Program is a member of Alumni for Public Schools (APS), a not-for-profit organization that encourages and facilitates partnerships between the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and the Chicago chapters of college and university alumni associations from around the world.
STUDENTS
Autumn 2011 - PLEASE NOTE: Harvard's Adopt-A-School program has volunteers available to provide tutoring in many curriculum areas. Students seeking a tutor may register to join the wait list for tutoring as volunteers become available.
Harvols are available to assist you as tutors, college counselors, mentors, and in a number of other ways (click here to learn more). Click here to register and submit a request for a Harvol. If you have already registered, log in to update your profile, update a request, or submit a new request.
PARENTS & TEACHERS
Click here to register a student and submit a request for a Harvol tutor or mentor for him or her. If this student has already registered, he/she should log in to update his/her profile, update a request, or submit a new request.
VOLUNTEERS
You can use this site to become a volunteer in any of the many areas that can help the students at these schools. If you are interested in tutoring, debate, mentoring, or anything else for that matter, chances are a student is interested, too, and would enjoy the time that you commit to helping him or her! If you have already registered, log in to update your profile. |