LSF Children & Head Start Services
LSF Children & Head Start Services Ready for School, Prepared for Life Palm Beach County April Showers Bring May Flowers Westgate Center, a grantee site in West Palm Beach has been working on helping parents start their own garden!! The Westgate Center staff are also trying to start a community garden. In pursuit of their efforts, they received five bags of soil donated by Home Depot and Carnation flowers! They are searching for a place to have their garden and may resort to using flower pots instead. All in all, they have turned their April showers into May flowers!! LSF Children & Hea PALM BEACH HS/EH No School! Memorial Day May 28, 2015 Glades Centers participated in the local Afro Arts Festival Spring Activities for Children As part of the recruitment efforts, staff from South Bay, Pahokee, and Palm Beach County School District’s Belle Glade Elementary Centers participated in the 31st Annual Afro Arts Festival and Parade in Belle Glade on March 21st, 2015 . The event is sponsored by a local sorority chapter and celebrates the local culture and art bringing musical entertainment, art exhibits, and handmade crafts from the Glades area which includes the cities of Belle Glade, Pahokee, South Bay, and Canal Pointe. We all love the spring months with butterflies, flowers, and the opportunity to play outside more. What could be better than playing outside? How about making colorful crafts, bright bulletin boards, and bountiful bird feeders! For information and ideas for spring, check out your local library, the internet, and your Head Start and Early Head Start center staff. LSF Palm Beach is Now Enrolling!! Lutheran Services of Florida Children and Head Start Services is now enrolling for the 2015-2016 school term. Head Start promotes the school readiness of children ages birth to five from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social, and emotional development. Currently, LSF in Palm Beach serves 2,296 children at 23 different locations including delegate sites at YWCA, Hispanic Human Resources Council, Palm Beach County School District (10 sites), and Florence Fuller Child Development Center. For information about enrolling your child, please call (561) 233-1600 or (561) 233-1640. Walk-ins are welcome at any of the Head Start and Early Head Start slots or the administration office at 3230 Commerce Place, Suite A in West Palm Beach. ad Start Services HS NEWSLETTER Congressman Alcee Hastings Reads to LSF Head Start Children Congressman Alcee Hastings, who represents Florida’s 20th district, came in to read to the children at Boynton Beach Head Start Center during our Fathers Read to Children Month in March. The event was featured in the Palm Beach Post on April 9, 2015 with some very attentive faces absorbed in the Congressman’s story. Born in Altamonte Springs, Florida, Hastings was educated at Howard University in Washington, D.C. and Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. He earned his bachelor's degree in zoology and botany from Fisk in 1958. He received his law degree from Florida A&M University in 1963. Hastings was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1992, representing Florida's 23rd district. , Alcee Hastings represents Florida's 20th district beginning January 2013. April is National Autism Awareness Month A new study suggests that about half of all cases of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) may be diagnosable during the toddler years. Compared with typically developing children, children with autism have a much smaller inventory of sounds, words, and gestures that they use to communicate with others. If you suspect that your child has some of the signs listed above, talk to your Family & Community Engagement Specialist or the Nurse Coordinator assigned to your center. Early signs of autism that parents and pediatricians should be on the lookout for include the following: Rather than asking for help with something, the child may struggle alone without looking around for assistance. Children with autism may not follow their parents gaze or initiate contact with others. Instead of using a toy as it is meant to be used, like picking up a toy fork and pretending to eat with it, the child may do something unusual with the toy. Source: WebMD Palm Beach Employment Opportunities Health/Education Teacher II Program Aide Teacher Assistant www./twitter.com/LSFHeadStart Family & Community Engagement Family & Community Engagement Specialists Family & Community Engagement Supervisor www.facebook.com/lsfheadstartservices Administration Data Analysts http://www.pinterest.com/LSFHeadStart/ Mission Statement To educate, equip, and empower children, families, and staff through partnerships and efficient data driven systems to close the achievement gap www.lsfnet.org
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