Jerry Wu: Schools Program

jerry wu: Jerry Wu is the manager of the Settlement Workers in Schools program and helped the youth ambassadors facilitate Monday NOW B.C. event. "For the parents, they feel much more comfortable because they are newcomers and the culture of their schools is very different from ours, according to CBC. Here, the parents are partners of the education with the schools," said Wu. More than 500 students registered for the orientation this year according to Jerry Wu, manager of the Settlement Workers in Schools program, who says the event offers families a chance to get familiar with the way classes are run. The event itself was organized by secondary students from around the Lower Mainland and was held at Sir Charles Tupper Secondary school in Vancouver. She says her experience with the program helped her make friends with other Persian students before the official start of the school year. Many of this year volunteers are youth who participated in the program when they first arrived in Canada, including Hiva Rahnema, who moved from Iran just last year. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.