Vision & Mission Statement

VISION
The vision of the Garrett-Keyser-Butler Head Start and Early Head Start is a comprehensive, county-wide, seamless delivery of services to ensure and promote positive growth for pregnant women, children and their families.


MISSION
The mission of the Garrett-Keyser-Butler Head Start and Early Head Start is to provide comprehensive services, including health and education services, to promote school readiness and social competence for pregnant women, children and their families in a developmentally appropriate manner.

July, 2007

About GKB Head Start

The Garrett-Keyser-Butler Community Head Start Program was started in 1966 as a summer program for approximately 17 children in the Garrett school district. The Grantee for the program was, and continues to be, the Garrett-Keyser-Butler Community School District Board of Trustees.


The Head Start program is currently funded to serve 140 children from all over DeKalb County. Actual enrollment each year averages 175-190 children due mostly to family relocations.
An Early Head Start grant was awarded to the program in 1998 to serve an additional 33 pregnant women, infants and toddlers. Actual annual enrollment averages 45 to 50 per year.


The Head Start program operates classrooms in five locations:
2 classrooms at the Garrett Center located adjacent to the Head Start office in Garrett
1 classroom at the JE Ober Elementary School in Garrett
1 classroom at the Auburn Center in Auburn
2 classrooms at the Butler Elementary School in Butler
2 classrooms and Early Head Start at the Waterloo site


The preschool classroom at the Auburn Center serves children in a full-day, full-year program option. This classroom is available for families who need care for children from 6:30 AM to 5:30 PM, daily.


All other preschool classrooms operate 3 ½ hours per day, 4 days per week, during the regular "school calendar" year.


Four sites are child-care licensed by the state of Indiana. Three centers are also accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (N.A.E.Y.C). A fourth center is currently pursuing accreditation.

WELCOME

Welcome to our BLOG!



This is a place for information to our parents. We are hoping you will let us know what you want to read about. Would you like the monthy menus for each center? What about web sites to visit? Conscience Disipline tidbits? Did you miss the last parent meeting and would like to know what was discussed? How about information on weatherization? You let us know what you want.