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Date published: 3/14/2006

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Head Start

March is recruitment month for Head Start's preschool program. This federal program serves children from low-income families who turn 3 or 4 before Sept. 30. They are now accepting applications for the next school year. Call 540/368-2559 for more information.

Tax assistance is available at Head Start every Friday from 9 a.m. to noon. No appointment is necessary. Parents should contact their Family Service Worker for more information at 540/368-2559.

Students attending kindergarten at Moncure Elementary in the fall will tour the school tomorrow at 10 a.m. Parents are invited to attend, but must meet at the elementary school. The Policy Council will meet at 11:30 a.m. tomorrow and, at 2:15 p.m., the Daisy Girl Scouts are scheduled to meet.

On Thursday at 2 p.m. a Health Advisory meeting is scheduled.

The men's event for March will be a Kite Day, "Let's Go Fly a Kite." The event is March 18 at 10 a.m. at Brooks Park on Butler Road. Dads, grandfathers, brothers, uncles and other important men in the family are welcome to attend. For details, call Ellen Burgess at 540/368-2559.

The next Family Literacy Night is Monday at 5 p.m. A light dinner will be served at 6 p.m.

A parent workshop on depression is scheduled for March 21 at 9 a.m. The theme will be "Feeding the Blues."

Students of The Week were: Jaden Cooley, Dilleon Buenauentaura, Esmael Akbary, Motolani Ajayi, James Anderson, Ayanna Baldwin, Kyleigh Ash, Daniel Alvarenga-Martinez, Megan Shelton, Olivia Farley and Erika Amaya-Acosta.

--Alice Thompson

Kate Waller Barrett Elementary

Our school is fourth in earnings out of 2,201 schools for the Box Tops for Education fundraiser. We have earned $1,864.60. Continue to send in box tops because every little bit counts. Our Box Top winners for February are: Kathy Evans' kindergarten class; Susan Keys' first-grade class; Christine Elder's second-grade class; Theresa Marvinny's third-grade class; Becky Clark's fourth-grade class; and Ann Kingman's fifth-grade class.

--Carmen Healy

Margaret Brent Elementary


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Date published: 3/14/2006