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Head Start Program
Brevard Public Schools offers the Head Start program to 624 eligible children and families at 12 elementary schools:
HeadStart
North Area
Coquina Elementary
Enterprise Elementary
Mims Elementary
Central Area
Cambridge Elementary
Endeavour Elementary
Saturn Elementary
Sherwood Elementary
In addition, to a free full-day pre-school program, Head Start provides comprehensive services to enrolled children and families, which include, health, nutrition, social, and other services based on indi- vidual family 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 and meet the federal
South Area
Discovery Elementary
Jupiter Elementary
Palm Bay Elementary
Port Malabar Elementary
University Park Elementary
income poverty guidelines. Families must complete
a Head Start Pre-Application, available at www.brevardschools.org/HeadStart. The completed Pre-Application is submitted electronically to the Head Start administrative office and the family will be contacted for a face-to-face/virtual eligibility meeting with a Family Advocate. An information page is pro- vided 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, the family will be asked to complete school registration. To
ensure registration is completed within the designated timeframe, a family advocate
is available to assist. Families who do not
complete registration within the designated time frame will be returned to the waiting list.
Step 3: School Registration
Families selected for the Head Start program must bring all required school registration
documents to the school. Children registering for Head Start VPK must bring the VPK Certificate of
Eligibility along with required school registration documents. The VPK Certificate is obtained online
through the Early Learning Collation of Brevard. Contact
Head Start Administrative Office I Clearlake Education Center
1225 Clearlake Road I Cocoa I FL 32922 (321) 617-7786, ext. 31380 I
www.brevardschools.org/HeadStart
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