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Working Beyond the Barriers: Family Engagement, Curiosity, and Advocacy with YF Lou

February 4, 2026February 12, 2026 Julia Pile

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In this Season 2 episode of The ParentCamp Podcast, hosts April F. Draine and Julie Pile sit down with parent advocate, school board member, and community leader YF Lou for an honest conversation about removing barriers to family engagement in education. Drawing from his lived experience as a single parent, a father of two children with one being on the autism spectrum, and a healthcare quality professional, YF shares how well-intentioned systems can unintentionally exclude families—and what schools and communities can do differently. Together, the group unpacks “education-ese,” explores the…

Spark New Connections: Join Virtual ParentCamp on December 10! Special room just for Arabic speaking families!

December 8, 2025December 9, 2025 Julia Pile

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Welcome back for an evening of learning, connection, and empowerment at Virtual ParentCamp! Engage in meaningful conversations, share success stories, and strengthen your community—all from the comfort of home.Join us for Virtual ParentCamp on Wednesday, December 10, 2025 at 8 pm ET/7 pm CT/ 6 pm MT/ 5 pm PT! As always, we use Mighty Networks to safely connect with our parents and community. This space is for you to use to connect and share with our community nationwide and globally. Share with me your summer adventures and what you…

Welcome back! Join Virtual ParentCamp on August 20th!

August 20, 2025August 20, 2025 Julia Pile

Welcome back from summer break with an evening of learning, connection, and empowerment at Virtual ParentCamp! Engage in meaningful conversations, share success stories, and strengthen your community—all from the comfort of home. Join us for Virtual ParentCamp on Wednesday, August 20, 2025 at 8 pm ET/7 pm CT/ 6 pm MT/ 5 pm PT! As always, we use Mighty Networks to safely connect with our parents and community. This space is for you to use to connect and share with our community nationwide and globally. Share with me your summer…

Join Julie Pile & Nancy Daly for Saturday Salon – 64 languages: A once-rural Kentucky school system embraces diversity to a stunning degreeJoin Julie & Nancy Daly for Saturday Salon –

June 10, 2023June 10, 2023 Julia Pile

The below was provided by Saturday Salon, see you tonight! They come from South America, Asia, Europe and Africa – from Albania to Zimbabwe. Meet the new face of student enrollment in Boone County, Kentucky. As migrants and refugees have settled in this fast-growing county south of Cincinnati, the school district has boosted resources to educate its “English Learners.” Our guest speaker Nancy Daly (@Nancy_Daly) published an article about the trend, “Cultural change spoken in 64 languages at Boone County Schools,” in March. Readers told her they had no idea the…

Looks like we are going to have an Empowering Kind of Week on Virtual ParentCamp!

March 19, 2022March 19, 2022 Julia Pile

Can you believe it?! March Madness has started, clocks have sprung forward and the first day of spring is upon us! The first day of spring is bittersweet for me, it is usually my mom’s birthday and she passed away in 2014 from Alzheimers/dementia. I smile when I see the tulips and daffodils start to peak through the ground and think of her. So who is ready for a Virtual ParentCamp? We had to take a little break again, we have been out traveling, training schools and supporting them along…