public schools

Head Start

March is recruitment month for Stafford County Head Start's preschool program. This federal program serves children from low-income families who turn 3 or 4 years old before Sept. 30. Applications are being accepted for the 2006-07 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 the family service worker for more information at 540/368-2559.

The Daisy Girl Scouts will meet tomorrow at 2:15 p.m.

At 10 a.m. Friday the school will host a baby shower for school parents who have had a child recently or who are currently expecting a child.

Parents, don't forget to set your clocks ahead one hour on April 2, and change batteries in your smoke detectors. Families needing batteries for smoke detectors should contact their family service worker. Batteries are available for Head Start families.

A Kinship Support Group is scheduled for Monday at 10 a.m. At 5 p.m., Family Literacy Night activities begin. A light dinner will be served at 6 p.m.

Students attending kindergarten at Rocky Run Elementary in the fall will tour the school April 4 at 10 a.m. Parents are invited to attend, but must meet us at the elementary school.

Students of the week were: Shane Charles, Tyler Gallahan, Jeffrey Dalby Jr., Diamond Burton, Tyrese Clinton, Corey Cochran, Mariela Amaya, Demetre Brooks, Tyler Brassart and Layla Harris.

--Alice Thompson

Kate Waller Barrett Elementary

Tigerwear order forms went home last week. They are due back by Friday.

Students who had top scores in the recent Wordmasters Challenge are third-graders Shaina Sullivan, Chip Patton, Maxim Donohue and Amal Sagal; fourth-graders Karen Me, Matt Bowen, Dylan Thompson, Logan Fischer and Niara Thom; fifth-graders Alyssa Thibodeau, Delores Terry, Toby Pancione, Victoria Giordano and Bethany DeMerchant.

A PTO meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on Monday.

--Carmen Healy

Margaret Brent Elementary