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Every day Phyllis Stewart gets up and heads to Oregon's Eagle Point Head Start center where she greets the scores of children who delight in the arriv…
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I am writing to show my deepest appreciation to the teachers and staff at Clara E. Jenkins Head Start; my personal thanks go out to Ms. Sims and Ms. G…
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I had a child in Head Start for 2 years while I was obtaining an Associate Degree in Human Services. I was a parent of the month several times. I grad…
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This is my Head Start Sucess Story:My son is now 12 years old. He was in the Head Start program in Butler, PA for two years. In the beginning of first…
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My name is Sonja Doss and I currently work for Head Start as the Office Manager (Gadsden-Etowah County Head Start Program). My two children Warren and…
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I was a single mom with two small children and no income. My son, Scott Cullen, was enrolled in the West Bloomfield, Michigan Head Start Program at th…
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When I was very young my parents divorced. The divorce took a toll on my mother financially and she decided to go back to college to finish her degree…
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I look over at the categories I am asked to fit myself into and I realize I fit all of them. As a child I attended one of the first Head Start program…
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I am the youngest in a family of nine. Because of my large family I was able to attend Head Start, though none of my siblings did. I was always intere…
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I am writing to let you know what I think about Head Start. I have three children who went to Head Start. My children started in a homebase program an…
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Head Start has been such a positive experience for our family. I am a young, single, Grandparent raising my two young grandsons, now ages 5 and 6.When…
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Head Start lead teacher Cindy Rollins is a success story. She started out as a Head Start parent with her own children enrolled in the Sequatchie Vall…
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y 4 year old son has attended Head Start for the past year. Befor I got him in to Head Start I was having a very hard time getting him the speech help…
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This is my Head Start Sucess Story: When "Joe" came to Family Services of Grant County he knew almost no English. He was scared and confused. He made …
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We are foster parents and many of the kids who come through the system get there start at Head Start. We have 2 girls right now (sisters) one seven an…
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Hi my name is Karen Shinault and my daughter was enrolled in Head Start several years ago. I became a parent volunteer and later got a chance to recie…
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I am a Mother/Step-mother of four little boys (four-and-a-half, four, three, and two.) Two of my sons currently attend Head Start and one more will be…
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When I came to the Head Start Program, I came in as a single, jobless, unskilled, and unemployed parent. I came in with a low self-esteem after coming…
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As Fatherhood Coordinator for RMDC, Inc. Head Start in Helena, Montana, I saw HUGE involvement of dads and daddy-types in the classroom as well as at …
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My name is ENS Dondi West. I am a 24-year-old African American male who is proud to say that I got a Head Start!I attended Head Start in Selma, AL. I …
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My girls were in the Head Start program and learned alot and our family as a whole got closer together then ever before. The program helped my girls b…
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I'm the mother of 2 boys. Jason was born in 1973, Toby was born in 1974. Divorce devastated our family. We were so financially poor I didn't know wher…
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Among our illustrious Head Start Graduates in Idaho is a 25 year morning show radio personality. She wishes to remain anonymous at this time due to a …
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I have a 4 year old in Morgan University Head Start program. My son has learned so many things in this program I can't even begin to tell you about. I…
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My name is Carolyn Aveirtt. I am the Family Service Manager at Highland Rim Head Start. I have worked for Head Start for 23 years. I have seen many …
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[Submitted by Carolyn Averitt, Family Service Manager, Highland Rim Head Start] I have worked for Head Start for 23 years. I have seen many changes t…
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Head Start under the leadership of Ms. Thelma Newberry, gave me just that, a head start. A Head start in hope when I thought there were no hope. A Hea…
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My son has learned to spell his name and tie his shoes because of the other children in his classroom are able to do alot of things that that he canno…
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I was a Head Start child and I graduated from high school and went on to Medical Assistant school and graduated. After relocating to Atlanta, GA, I be…
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When I was three years old I was diagnosed with being developmentaly delayed, along with later being diagnosed with ADHD (Attention-Deficit-Hyperactiv…
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This is my Head Start Sucess Story: As a prior Upward Bound student I was already familiar with government agencies that helped citizens with low reso…
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I can still remember the first day I met my Head Start teacher. She came to my house to introduce herself to my mother and me, and she let me pick out…
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My son was a beautiful child, always happy and loving, but by the time he was two it was apparent that there was a problem. He had a vocabulary of onl…
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I gained custody of my grandson, Nyquawn Butlet, in March, 2004. I am very impressed with the improvements I've seen since he started attending the He…
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Hi, my name is Jessica Clark and I am grateful for the opportunities Head Start has provided for my son and I. Just a few short years ago, I was a col…
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