Mills Center
Hola, Hello from the Mills Center. The weather is cooling off but our hearts have warmed from friendships made these last few months. We will be out for the holidays soon and on returning, be sure your child has a change of warm clothes here at the Center, for emergencies. A warm coat, toboggans and gloves, if possible, will help on those cold mornings as we start our New Year. Even as the weather turns colder we are required to take the children outside if only for a short time. In mid December we said goodbye to the Migrant families for a few months. In February, we will see many of them return. Also we have welcomed new babies into five of our Seasonal families and there are more on the way! So WELCOME to the new year, 2010. Come join us for fun and learning at our Parent and Pact meetings. Your New Year’s resolution can be to volunteer more at the Center!
Quitman Center
Quitman Head Start children are blessed to have the Future Business Leaders of America in Quitman High School within walking distance. This Fall, the Future Business Leaders of America hosted a food drive to benefit the Head Start families. The students collected food from the community and fellow students during the month ofNovember. They boxed up all of the food they collected and provided a healthy food box for each Head Start family and then some! As a community project for Winter, each one of the Future Business Leader students chose a Head Start child as a special friend. The FBLA students and sponsors to hosted a winter celebration onDecember 9th for all of the Quitman Head Start children and families. Each Head Start child received three gift items and two books to encourage literacy in the home. Quitman Head Start appreciates all that the FBLA students have done for them this year.
Conway Center
Here at the Conway Center we have had a fabulous Fall and are transitioning into a wonderful Winter. The Winter Celebration took place at the center located at 630 East Robins on December 15, 2009 at 6 p.m. We enjoyed celebrating with our families. The children performed songs for their parents; played games and had refreshments. The center has been focusing on parent involvement and has had great cooperation from them. Therefore, we would like to thank the fathers this month by doing a Donuts for Dad breakfast on December 18, 2009. We know that the mothers also played a big part in the children’s education and will have a special celebration for them to be announced soon. Here at the Conway Center we are looking forward to new learning experiences that 2010 will bring us all.
Bald Knob Center
On September 24th, our center had “The Train Man” come visit and talk to the children about train safety. He showed pictures, a video and gave them a book about trains. The children really enjoyed this.
During Fire Prevention week in October, we took the children to the Smoke House providedby the Bald Knob Volunteer Fire Department. We learned about fire safety and how to have a fire plan in each home. Each child went through the Smoke House and learned how to “Stop, Drop and Roll” in order to get out safely.
Rose Bud Center
Rose Bud Head Start has much to be thankful for. The children have been working hard and have been learning a lot this year. We have learned a lot about Autumn, healthy foods, the first settlers and much more. We have been blessed to have wonderful parent volunteers to help in the classroom this year and appreciate them greatly. We alsoare fortunate to have Mrs. Paula Surles join us as Family Advocate. We value the hard work she has put in. The parents are helping decorate the classroom for Winter. They also sponsored a winter celebration. The children learned winter songs and poems that they shared with their parents during the celebration.