[Head Start First Day of School]
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TODAY IS THE FIRST DAY FOR OUR 20 24, 20 25 SCHOOL YEAR AT OUR HEAD START CENTERS.
WE'RE AT OUR WEST METTERY HEAD START CENTER.
UH, WE HAVE A INFANT CLASS, TODDLER CLASS, AS WELL AS PRE-K CLASSES.
WE ARE SO EXCITED TO BE RECEIVING OUR CHILDREN.
OUR TEACHERS ARE EXCITED, THE PARENTS ARE EXCITED
TODAY IS OUR FIRST DAY WELCOME BACK.
EVERYBODY KNOWS ALL OF THE CHILDREN.
WE KNOW ALL OF THE PARENTS, AND DEFINITELY LOTS OF LOVE, LOTS OF LOVE, LOTS OF HUGS, LOTS OF HIGH FIVES.
WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM.
UH, WE PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, NUTRITIONAL SERVICES, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL HEALTH SERVICES EVERY DAY, YOU KNOW, THE KIDS COME IN, THEY'RE LEARNING, THESE KIDS ARE GETTING A HEAD START.
WE GIVE THEM THAT FOUNDATION WHERE THEY DO A LITTLE BIT OF READING, A LITTLE BIT OF WRITING.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME? AND, UM, MATH, SCIENCE, JUST ALL ACROSS THE BOARD.
IT'S DEFINITELY A FOUNDATION BECAUSE WHEN THEY LEAVE HERE, THEY'RE SCHOOL READY.
RESEARCH SHOWS WHEN A CHILD IS ENROLLED IN THE HEAD START PROGRAM, THEY ARE MORE THAN LIKELY TO GO ON TO COLLEGE AND BE SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE.
THEY ARE GONNA BE OUR DOCTORS, OUR LAWYERS, OUR ENTREPRENEURS, JUST EVERYTHING.
SO IT'S A GREAT RETURN ON INVESTMENT AND IT'S JUST WONDERFUL TO RUN INTO FAMILIES IN OUR COMMUNITY HERE IN JEFFERSON PARISH WHOSE CHILDREN HAVE GONE ON AND GRADUATED COLLEGE.