Family Story Night
HCC celebrating National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week, Sept. 15-19
In recognition of National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week, Holyoke Community College Chief of Police Jacqueline Robles will read the children’s classic Harold and the Purple Crayon during Family Story Night at the college on Wednesday, Sept. 17.
Sponsored by HCC’s Marieb Adult Learner Success Center, Family Story Night will run from 5:30 to 7 p.m. inside the Parent Learning Center (Frost 269) and in the hallway outside on the second floor of the Frost Building. In addition to the book reading, which will be conducted in English, Spanish, and American Sign Language, there will be arts and crafts for kids, pizza and other snacks, free school supplies, plus an opportunity for student parents to connect with representatives from HCC student support programs.
The purpose of National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week (Sept. 15-19) is to promote awareness about the importance of adult education and family literacy.
Born in Puerto Rico and raised in Springfield, Robles is a graduate of Holyoke High School and has been a member of the HCC police department for 22 years. With her promotion from sergeant, she became the first Latina to serve as HCC police chief and the first Latina police chief in Massachusetts.
Last spring, she was named a Commonwealth Heroine by the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women. On Friday, Sept. 12, she is being honored by the Springfield Puerto Rican Day Parade Committee at a kickoff breakfast at Wycoff Country Club in Holyoke, and on Sunday, Sept. 14, she will march in the Springfield Puerto Rican Day Parade as the 2025 Civil Service Ambassador.
PHOTO: Police Chief Jacqueline Robles in her HCC office
