This past school year, we received a request from a teacher: Could we provide a volunteer to assist a new student who had just arrived from China and spoke very little English? The child was not progressing well with his language development, and was often confused. Given that the parents spoke little English at home,…
As PNG, we have been supporting youth in our community since our founding in the mid 1990s by the Los Altos Rotary Club. We became a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in 2010, and now as we continue to evolve, we changed our name to better reflect our mission but our commitment has not changed.…
We are thrilled to introduce our new Alta Vista High School Mentor Coordinator, Leslie Schwarz. Leslie joined our team this month and has been busy preparing for the start of school. Her initial focus will be on getting to know students and mentors in existing matches, and meeting with new students who may join the…
Silicon Valley Gives (#SVGives), an online 24-hour fundraising event sponsored by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, began at midnight on Tuesday, May 6, and by 11:59 p.m. that night, donors had contributed more than $7.9 million to support the local causes they care most about. During the one-day campaign, Partners for New Generations raised $4,535…
Linda Waud will retire at the end of this school year after thirteen years with Partners for New Generations. She was PNG’s first employee and was instrumental in helping expand PNG’s services from tutoring-only to include mentoring at Alta Vista High School. PNG’s mentoring program has since grown to include all three high schools in…
On May 12, 2014, the Los Altos Mountain View PTA Council honored PNG as one of two community organizations to receive the Honorary Service Award. The Los Altos Mountain View PTA Council is comprised of all PTA units within the Los Altos School District, the Mountain View-Whisman School District, and the Mountain View Los Altos…
