Migrant Education Program

The Shenandoah Valley Migrant Education Program (SVMEP) is one of 10 regional programs of the Virginia Migrant Education Program. It is a federal Title I, part C program that is state-administered by the Office of Program Administration and Accountability at the Virginia State Department of Education.

The Shenandoah Valley MEP serves the cities of Harrisonburg and Winchester and the counties of Clarke, Frederick, Fauquier, Loudon, Page, Prince William, Rappahanock, Rockingham, Shenandoah and Warren. Our team includes 5 year-round, bilingual (Spanish/English) Migrant Student Advocates, 2 work-study student employees and over 50 trained volunteer tutors and interpreters.

Announcements:

Click here to view a listing of ESL, GED and interpreter training classes and other multicultural educational opportunities in the Harrisonburg area. Click here to view the same listing in Spanish.
The Harrisonburg office is offering an orientation and training session for new volunteer tutors on either September 27 or 28, 2005 from 7-9:00 pm Interested volunteers should complete the application available in the "Get Involved" section and email or post mail it to the office as soon as possible in order to conduct an interview prior to the training.
SVMEP is collecting supply kits to distribute to migrant apple harvesters who will spend 2 months in our area this fall. If you personally or your civic or religious group would like to compile kits as a donation project, click here for a description of what the kits should contain.