Head Start Family News News from Lorain County Community Action Agency Head Start • Jan. 2023 Director’s Corner
Set Realistic New Year’s Resolutions Happy New Year, Head Start Parents!
Hello and welcome to 2023! We hope you enjoyed the holidays with your family, and are ready to begin the second half of the year. A new year means new beginnings. Are you one to make a new year’s resolution? Please be easy on yourself, and make sure the goals you set are small, attainable steps. Added stress is not necessary at a time when we are recovering from the pandemic. Your goals may take longer, but it will be worth it in the end when you succeed. Our goal as we journey through the rest of this program year is to keep moving forward in strengthening our program. Following the nationwide lead of Head Start programs, LCCAA will renew its focus on child safety. We have always worked to keep the children in our care safe. COVID created many socialization challenges for our youngest children in addition to staffing challenges for preschool and child care programs across the to providing high quality comprehensive child develcountry. These new dynamics mean we need to make opment services. Please stay engaged with ClassTag for sure child safety is at the forefront of everyone’s mind. the latest information. Our approach will include more discussions and, You should also know we rarely close our centers for importantly, celebration of successes. Staff have been weather emergencies. Centers located inside public empowered to recognize each other’s efforts. Each of school buildings will close when those districts close. our centers is unique so these efforts will look slightly Other centers will only close in the worst of circumdifferently across the program. If you ever have any stances. You will find information about any program concerns about your child’s safety, please don’t hesitate wide closures on local media and on our website at to reach out. www.lccaa.net. The impacts of COVID continue. We will still sometimes need to close classrooms due to COVID and workforce issues. Rest assured we remain committed
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Shauna Matelski, Ed.D. Head Start Director