This month, TCOE's Early Childhood Education joined programs across the nation in celebrating the 60th birthday of Head Start. President Lyndon B. Johnson created the program as part of his War on Poverty on May 18, 1965.
On the day the program was unveiled, President Johnson announced that the Tulare County Community Action Agency (TCCAA) had been approved for a $20,530 grant to begin Head Start programs at Maple, Roosevelt, and Lincoln elementary schools in Tulare. Later that same year, additional funds were awarded to create a child development program in Goshen.
Read more in the News Gallery Week.
Also in News Gallery Week:
Woodlake High School students Guillermo Rosales, Jose Tadeo, and Luis Jimenez all played a part in helping save Manuel Garcia's life -- a student in the school’s AcCEL program -- before an ambulance arrived. They, along with teacher Stephanie Hayes, instructional aides Raquel Marquez and Alberto Montemayor, and WHS assistant principal Victor De La Cruz, all jumped into action to assist Manuel.
At one point, the boys helped to stand Manuel up so that the Heimlich Maneuver could be performed.
AcCEL staff presented the boys with a goodie basket to say thank you. They were also recognized for the Pillar of Citizenship by CHARACTER COUNTS!
