Head Start in the News
Date Posted: 06/22/2009
Danville, Virginia
The Community Improvement Council Head Start program in Danville, Virginia is raising awareness of its successes by using the local media. Click here to read the article.
This picture show this year's graduating class at their graduation ceremony May 29.
East St. Louis, Illinois
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Head Start/Early Head Start Program, headquartered at the SIUE East St. Louis Center, has won a dozen awards—on the state, regional and national level—because of several Metro East parents and staff who know the importance of quality early childhood education. Pictured here is Sabrina Sayles, one of the award winners.
Washington, DC
The proposed Federal budget, which is still in committee on Capitol Hill, proposes cutting the Department of Education's Even Start program. President Obamna plans to cut the program altogether, favoring Head Start.
Kennebec County, Maine
NHSA program member Southern Kennebec Child Development Corporation will offer a home-based Early Head Start program this fall. Other organizations offering home-visiting programs are not able to serve all interested families, so the Early Head Start program is a much-needed addition in Kennebec County.
Polacca, Arizona
Head Start parents organized the Polacca Head Staert Gareden Project to create an "edible schoolyard" at the Hopi Head Start center in Polacca, Arizona. The project incorporates permaculture principles and traditional knowledge and was launched at a Planting Celebration this summer.
Anoka and Washington Counties, Minnesota
Children in the Newport Head Start program learn multi-lingual skills, learn about nutrition, and gain writing and literacy skills, Read about how Head Start really prepares children to be self-sufficient and ready for kindergarten.