Week of the Young Child
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| TAP Head Start set up displays of enrolled children’s artwork in many of the communities we serve in honor of the Week of the Young Child, April 11th to 17th. Several of the organizations who hung art during this week wanted to keep up the displays. These include the Roanoke City Health Department, the Roanoke Natural Foods Co-op, and TAP Head Start’s central offices in downtown Roanoke |
Parent Conference
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Anthony Adams, TAP Head Start Fatherhood Liaison, presented a workshop titled, “Fatherhood – Be the Parent You Really Want to Be”. |
Dina Hackley-Hunt from Blue Ridge Behavioral Health Services provided a very popular workshop on stress management |
| TAP Head Start and Smart Beginnings of
Greater Roanoke held their annual Parent Conference on Thursday,
April 22nd at Virginia Heights Baptist Church. Eighty-three parents
attended the conference. Several community partners and TAP Head
Start staff presented workshops on a variety of topics such as
Reading is Fun, Healthy Meals for Picky Eaters, and Budgeting.
Feedback from parents who attended was overwhelmingly positive. |
Roanoke City Skate Night
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Roanoke City Preschool Programs (RCPP),
a collaboration between TAP Head Start and Roanoke City Public
Schools, held its annual free family event for Roanoke City families
with young children on Tuesday, March 24 at the Skate Center/Play
Zone. Staff from both preschool programs helped families complete
RCPP preschool applications for the 2010-2011 school year. Community
agencies were also there to provide helpful resources and
information for families. 618 parents and children attended.
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Belmont Child Development Center
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| On April 21st, Kristin Moore, a parent of a child
at TAP Head Start’s Belmont Child Development Center, brought some
pets to the Center so that the kids could examine them up close. Ms.
Moore’s husband’s family owns Pet City, who generously loaned the
animals for the morning. |
