Mark your calendars for August 14 & 15!

NCHSA will be hosting a two-day pre-service training event at the Sheraton - Koury Convention Center in Greensboro, August 14 & 15. This event will include a two-day Hispanic/Latino Culture in Head Start Institute. During the same two days, we will also hold a one-day Technology Insititute and a one-day Family Advocate Training Institute.

Activities:

• Hispanic & Latino Culture in Head Start (Aug. 14-15)
• Technology Institute (Aug. 14)
• Motivational Interviewing for Family Service Staff (Aug. 15)

Hotel Information:

The hotel room rate for this event is $128 +taxes. For hotel reservations, call 800-242-6556 and ask for the NCHSA block. The cut off date for reservations is July 16, 2008.

Event Registration: 

Click Here to Register. There will be NO registration fees for this event!

Training Opportunity!

Training Opportunity!

"Our Future: Children in a Global Village"

More Information:

• For Call for Papers information, click HERE.
• For additional conference information, visit their website: http://www.nbcdi.org/.

Activities:

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The 39th Annual Training Conference will be held in Winston Salem's Twin City Quarter, which includes the Embassy Suites and Winston-Salem Marriott, both on Cherry Street in downtown Winston-Salem. Room rates are $134 + taxes at the Embassy Suites (includes full made-to-order breakfast and managers evening reception) and $124 + taxes at the Winston-Salem Marriott. Make your reservations early! The deadline for room reservations is February 23, 2009. To make your reservations at the Embassy Suites, call 1-800-696-6107. To make your reservations at the Marriott, call 1-800-320-0934. Remember to tell them you need the NORTH CAROLINA HEAD START ASSOCIATION group rate!

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Other Information:

38th Annual Conference Highlights

Special Thanks to

• KAPLAN Early Learning for providing the wonderful conference bags!
• Pearson Digital Learning for co-sponsoring our 2008 Teacher of the Year!
• Carolina Thomas, LLC for sponsoring our Governing Board Luncheon!
• ChildPlus Software for co-sponsoring the Milk & Cookies break!
• GenesisEarth for co-sponsoring the Milk & Cookies break!
• Tom Bowman Photography for providing TWO pictorial presentatations and taking the conference pictures!

Please patronize our generous, supportive sponsors!

Head Start to Stardom: Ms. Lisa Banner, our 2007 Head Start to Stardom winner, was on hand to present awards to the 2008 Head Start to Stardom winners. Ms. Crystal Barnes was our first place winner. Ms. Angel Moore came in second and Ms. Kizzy Boyette earned third place honors. The event raised $236 for the Dollar per Child campaign. This is more than double the amount raised at the 2007 event!

Let's keep the momentum going and expand this event for 2009. We look to our fifty-five NC Head Start programs to encourage parents to compete at the program level. We look to our four Clusters to organize a Cluster competition prior to the March conference. We hope to have one finalist from each Cluster ready to compete for the 2009 Head Start to Stardom title. During the finalist competition, votes will cost $1 each. Proceeds go to the Dollar per Child campaign. We look to our fifty-five NC Head Start programs to do the same at the local level, using their program competition as a fund raiser for Dollar per Child.  We look to our four Clusters to do the same at the Cluster level, using the Cluster competition as a fund raiser for Dollar per Child. As we face uphill appropriations battles in Washington, we must pull together to fight for what we know is right for Head Start children, families and programs. That is where Dollar per Child funds play a vital role. Those funds are used to advocate at the State and Federal levels on behalf of all Head Start children, families and programs. Click HERE for the English flyer and HERE for the Spanish, flyer regarding the Head Start to Stardom event. Additional questions can be directed to Mr. Marcallus Sunday, NCHSA 2nd Vice President. He can be reached at msunday@familyserv.org or 336-727-0617. Thank you in advance for your support and enthusiasm. And may the best parent vocalist win!

Scholarships

Congratulations to our 2008 Scholarship Recipients!

Cluster A
Christina Jean Speight, Greene Lamp, Inc
Alicia Danielle Whitehurst, Martin County Community Action, Inc.

Cluster B
Kiara  Palmer, Sampson County Head Start
Desiree Newbie, Person County Schools

Cluster C
Achaicus Joshua Blue, Union County Community Action, Inc.
DeShawn Anthony Hamilton, Rockingham County Head Start

Cluster E
Tempestt Renee Head, Rutherford County Schools
Meghan Rae Hollifield, McDowell County Schools Head Start

Teacher of the Year

Congratulations to our 2008 Pearson-NCHSA Teacher of the year, Ms. Geneva Dixon! A special thanks to Pearson Digital Learning for co-sponsoring the Teacher of the Year recognition.

Congratulations to all of the 2008 Teacher of the Year finalists!

Cluster A
Jacquelyn Barrett, Martin County Community Action Head Start
Frances Braswell, WAGES Head Start
Cluster B
Sarah Mathis, Sampson County Head Start
Levonie P. Twitty, Franklin-Vance-Warrant Head Start
Cluster C
Geneva Dixon, Family Services Head Start
Gwendolyn Little, Salisbury-Rowan Head Start
Cluster E
Tammy Smith, WCCA Head Start
Tarah Simmons, Rutherford County Schools Head Start

 2008 CONFERENCE PRESENTER INDEX

The presenter index will be posted soon! Please consider these wonderful, knowledgeable presenters when planning pre-service, Cluster and other training events!