Action 8’s Teresa Lawson honored at 52nd Annual Head Start Appreciation Banquet
Action 8’s Teresa Lawson is being honored at the 52nd Annual Head Start Appreciation Banquet in Montgomery.
Head Start
High-tech tool aims to ignite learning for Head Start students
From the West Alabama Newsroom– Head Start Schools around Dallas, Wilcox, Marengo and Choctaw counties have a new high-tech tool to help give kids a solid educational foundation to build on. The IgniteTable is an innovative new educational tool that uses artificial intelligence to engage young learners. “It’s a multi-touch table,” said Marion Soare with Hatch Early Learning. “It has 80…
New Partnership Brings Head Start Program To Alabama State University
Alabama State University will soon be accepting new students, but much younger than you might think. Wednesday morning the university, announced a new head start program thanks to a partnership with the Montgomery Community Action Agency. The university already has the Zelia Stephens Early Childhood Center on campus for children from Pre-Kindergarten to Kindergarten, but is now recruiting nearly 100…
Head Start expanding in Alabama’s Black Belt
New sumter County Facility
Funding from the black Belt Community Foundation has allowed the Head Start/Early Head Start program in Linden to open in a new location. The 13,350 square foot building includes four Early Head Start and three Head Start classrooms. The new facility will serve infant to three years olds and three to five years olds. Finishing touches were…
Black Belt Community Foundation Hosts Head Start Job Fair
From the West Alabama Newsroom– A Selma-based organization has been awarded a 2.8 million dollar grant to oversee the Black Belt Head Start program. The Black Belt Community Foundation was chosen to manage head start programs in Dallas, Choctaw, Marengo and Wilcox counties. The foundation hosted an organizational session and job fair at Concordia College Alabama in Selma. BBCF President…
