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your homegrown newspaper May 5, 2023
Vol. 19, No. 33
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TAYLOR DAVISON / VALLEY JOURNAL
Head Start celebrates students with return of annual powwow By Taylor Davison / Valley Journal
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RONAN — Head Start celebrated its students and families with the return of its annual powwow at the Ronan School District Event Center on April 28. Though this is the first powwow held for the program since 2019 due to COVID, the student celebration has been a staple in the community for
decades. Andrea “Ondi” Adams, a Head Start teacher since 2006, has also been a Head Start student and parent herself. She’s seen the powwow evolve over the years. “It’s really grown,” Adams explained. “It used to be we’d have it at different venues a long time ago. As a parent I remember it being in the Arlee Community Center, it was in the Mission Community Center, and the
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high school in Ronan. But since we’ve been having it at the Event Center it’s really grown, and it’s really popular with the children and families.” Head Start and Early Head Start are programs that offer comprehensive services to low-income families. Along with providing medical, dental, health screenings, developmental screenings, and nutritional services for children, every child
also receives a variety of learning experiences to foster intellectual, physical, social and emotional growth. “Teachers put a ton of effort into planning and prepping and putting it into their lesson plan so those are all really great learning experiences for the kids,” Adams said. These learning experiences can include language lessons, traditional food cooking
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