Field Trips

  • Thibodeaux Pumpkin Patch
  • Zoo
  • Parish Library
  • St. Elizabeth Hospital
  • Nursing Home

Community Awareness Day

Fall Fest (October)

Parent Expo

Harvest Fest (November)

St. Elizabeth Health Fair

Seat Belt Safety Training

Program Information Meeting (with Early Head Start)

LA Technical College Field Trip

Mental Health Guidance/Support

Christmas Holiday Activity

Fatherhood Activity – Dad’s Tools for Literacy (sponsored by Lowe’s)

Valentine Day Activities

Mardi Gras Activities

Easter Egg Hunt

Kite Day

Southern University---Full Time Fathers Meeting--- Donaldsonville site

Mother’s Day Tea

Health Advisory Meeting

Policy Council Meetings

Family Day Activities

Budgeting Training

Nutrition Information (Donaldsonville and Dutchtown sites)

Shawn Brown Super Fun Show

Transitional Activities/Meetings

1.Agency’s efforts to prepare children for kindergarten

  • Each Head Start teacher was provided a copy of the Louisiana Comprehensive Curriculum for Pre-Kindergarten and the Ascension Parish Comprehensive Curriculum for Pre-Kindergarten and trained on ways to implement these curricula to insure that our Head Start children are afforded the same opportunities as the children from the other four year old classes in the LEA so that they will be prepared for kindergarten.
  • All of the domains, elements, and indicators of The Head Start Child Outcomes Framework are “presented as a framework for building blocks that are important for success” in kindergarten.
  • The Head Start teachers incorporate The Second Step Curriculum to prepare the children socially and emotionally for kindergarten.
  • PBS techniques/guidelines were incorporated throughout the Head Start sites that correlate with the schools so that the Head Start children know what is expected in kindergarten.
  • Transitional activities/meetings were conducted to help make the transitional process to kindergarten easier for the children and the parents such as visiting the schools where the children will go to kindergarten, setting up meetings for the parents of children with disabilities to visit the designated schools and meet with teachers, and obtaining input from the kindergarten teachers on ways that we can help prepare our Head Start children for kindergarten.
  • Implemented The Creative Curriculum Developmental Continuumas the on-going monitoring assessment that is aligned with The Creative Curriculum and the other curricula that are used as resources.
  • Trainings on subjects such as “challenging behaviors”, “teaching strategies”, and “meeting the needs of children with disabilities” were conducted to assist the staff in preparing our Head Start children for kindergarten.

2.Results of the most recent review by the Secretary and the financial audit

The Ascension Parish Head Start program was reviewed by a federal monitoring team from January 27 – February 1, 2008. The chart listing the areas of noncompliance are available for review at the Head Start office.

On 8/25/08, ACF (Administration for Children and Families) conducted a monitoring desk review of our program to determine whether the previously identified findings had been corrected. Based on the information presented to them, ACF closed the previously identified findings. No corrective action was required.

The Ascension Parish School board conducts an annual audit of all of its’ programs. This report is available for review at the Head Start office.

3.The total amount of public and private funds received and amount from each source

The total amount of public funds received from ACF was $1,484,124.

The total amount of public funds received from ACF for the ARRA COLA and

the Quality Improvement funding was $120, 970.

No private funds have been received.

4.An explanation of budgetary expenditures and proposed budget for the fiscal year

The APSB (Ascension Parish School Board) finance department completes a monthly review of the actual expenditures vs. what was budgeted. This information is shared with the director and the Policy Council members regularly. These documents are available for review at the Head Start office.