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Thanks to help from Dr. Greg Brady, an Allentown dermatologist, and the American Academy of Dermatology, CSC has purchased skin-saving shade structures for its unique outdoor play area for Head Start and Early Head Start children. The structure and additional shade trees cost $8000, paid entirely by this generous grant. Dedication of the new structure […]

Head Start’s Founding: 1965 Celebrating Head Start’s 45th anniversary, CSC pays homage to both Judith H. Chase and Patricia W. Levin. Mrs. Chase founded Head Start in the summer 1965 in Easton immediately following President Lyndon Johnson’s announcement of the new program to help disadvantaged children prepare for school. Head Start quickly became a school-year program (year […]

Stories, craft and snack are free to children infants to age 6 at CSC’s Family Library. Special programs 10-11 am and 2-3 pm on the following dates: October 4 & 7: Nursery Rhymes October 11 &14: Yoga for kids October 18 & 21: Rhythm in my feet October 25 & 28: Hip Hop Harry Family […]

In a huge mobile planetarium, hundreds of Head Start preschoolers experienced the night sky with help from Sesame Street characters. PNC’s ‘Grow Up Great’ project, intended to infuse millions of dollars into Head Start in several states over a 10-year period, now features a traveling planetarium large enough for 30 preschoolers and 10-15 adults. Recently, the planetarium and […]

Susquehanna Bank, CSC and DaVinci Team up for Scientist in Residence Program Head Start children in four Allentown classrooms get a weekly visitor from Jennifer Pritchard, the Outreach Coordinator at DaVinci Science Center, made possible by an ILMS grant to DaVinci. Jennifer works with the teachers and children to bring more science into the classrooms. […]

Head Start Turns 45 this Summer LBJ State of Union War on Poverty //www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfT03Ihtlds LBJ – Poverty 1964 Election Ad //www.youtube.com/watch?v=plCkZ38ftlI&feature=related On May 18th, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson announced the beginning of Project Head Start: “We set out to make certain that poverty’s children would not be forevermore poverty’s captives,” he said in a […]

Funds available for subsidized child care (not a current program – archived post from Sept. 21, 2010) Thanks to an infusion of federal stimulus ARRA funds, the PA state Office of Child Development and Early Learning made enough funds available May 6th to fund all families on waiting lists – first time since 2003. Additional […]

CSC Thanks Volunteers, Partners CSC, provider of Head Start/Early Head Start of the Lehigh Valley and other children’s programs, recognized volunteers and community partners at its 4th Annual Circle Awards breakfast, April 30, 2010. Those receiving special recognition this year included: Jean McGonigle, Outstanding Volunteer St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of Allentown, Education Services Dr. Eugene McGuire, Health & […]

PNC One World, One Sky Planetarium to visit Head Start Classroom in Allentown and Bethlehem The planetarium show is a cross-cultural, trilingual (English, Spanish or Mandarin) interactive program, geared toward children ages 4-6. The show provides an enriching, exciting and interactive introduction to astronomy. The inflatable dome can hold 35 students and the show is […]

CSC Honors Leaders in Educational Innovation This year, Community Services for Children will present the Inez and Edward Donley Award for Children’s Advocacy to Education 2010! Education 2010, composed of the LV’s leading CEOs/companies, addresses the educational needs facing children of the Lehigh Valley by serving as a stimulus for identification, development, and implementation of […]