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Head Start Program
Brevard Public Schools offers the Head Start program to 624 eligible children and families HeadStart at 12 elementary schools, one high school and one stand-alone site:
North Area
Coquina Elementary Enterprise Elementary Mims Elementary
Central Area
Cambridge Elementary Cocoa Junior/Senior High Endeavour Elementary Saturn Elementary Sherwood Elementary University Park Elementary
South Area
Discovery Elementary Jupiter Elementary
Palm Bay Elementary Port Malabar Elementary South Area Head Start
In addition to a free full-day preschool program, Head Start provides comprehensive services to enrolled children and their families, which include, health, nutrition, social and other services based on each family’s individual needs. Head Start emphasizes the role of parents as their child’s first and most important teacher.
Step 1: Eligibility
Children must be 3 or 4 years old on or before September 1, 2018 and meet the federal income poverty guidelines. Families must complete a Head Start application, available at select school sites or on the district website under Schools, Prekindergarten and Head Start. The completed application is sent to the Head Start administrative office and the family will be contacted for a face-to-face eligibility meeting with a Family Advocate. An information page is provided with the application outlining documents your family will need to bring to the eligibility meeting.
Step 2: Selection
Eligibility does not guarantee selection for the program. Children are selected for the program from the waitlist maintained at
the Head Start administrative office. Once a child has been selected for the program and is assigned to Head Start, the family must register for school within the designated
timeframe. Families who do not register for school within the designated timeframe will be returned to the waiting list.
Step 3: School Registration
Families selected to the Head Start program must bring all required school registration documents to their assigned school. Chil-
dren registering for Head Start VPK must bring the VPK Certificate of Eligibility along with required school registration documents. The VPK Certificate is obtained through the Early Learning Collation of Brevard. Families who do not provide the required documents within the desig-
nated timeframe will be returned to the waiting list.
Contact
Head Start Administrative Office | Clearlake Education Center 1225 Clearlake Road | Cocoa | FL 32922
321-617-7786 ext. 220 | https://fl02201431.schoolwires.net/ Page/3601
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