Attachment D - February Program Information.pdf

Attachment D 
 
Program Information Summaries 
 
Supporting Families During COVID Quarantine 
During the first week of February, Head Start Birth to Five staff assisted two families in 
the Deer Valley Unified School District Head Start program. Both families had to 
quarantine due to COVID exposure. The families did not know where to get tested and 
were concerned about their children missing school since they were attending in-person. 
Their caseworker referred the families to a free testing site in their area. The caseworker 
also worked with the teachers to obtain iPads so the children could attend school virtually. 
The caseworker safely dropped off the equipment to the families along with educational 
materials and monitored the families' needs.  
 
Recycled Materials For At Home Activities 
During the second week of February, a Public Works Zero Waste Analyst donated 
recycled items for children to use at home.  The items included pencils made from money 
and denim and bookmarks made of wildflower seeded paper to plant.  The 48 Head Start 
children who attend Cloves Campbell and Maxine O. Bush schools in the Roosevelt 
Elementary School District were recipients of these recycled materials.  An Early Literacy 
Outreach Specialist from the Library included three books for each child.  The children 
and their families will use these materials in collaboration with the distance learning 
curriculum. 
 
Balloon Cars 
On February 15, car kits were delivered to 30 Head Start fathers and their children from 
Maxine O. Bush and Cloves Campbell schools in the Roosevelt Elementary School 
District by Head Start's M.A.N.C.A.V.E. committee. The kits' purpose is to provide fathers 
and their children an engaging activity that facilitates critical thinking, fine motor skills, 
engineering, and problem-solving skills. Each kit contained materials to build five balloon 
cars, a book titled "Race Day," and an activity card.