The East Haven School System is pleased to announce a joint partnership with the New Haven LULAC Early Head Start program. On February 8, 2017, LULAC will officially open an infant and toddler room in the East Haven Early Learning Center, 54 Gerrish Avenue. This is the first Early Head Start program to be centered in the East Haven School District.
The LULAC Early Head Start Program is currently providing eight (8) enrollment slots for infants and toddlers for parents seeking support and assistance for their family. The program allows children from 6 weeks to 3 years-of-age to attend a structured program that develops health, safety, education, and community services to the children it serves. By providing a classroom that accents the child's ability to grow through play, LULAC has been showcased as a model program that has been seen as one of the gold standards of early learning and child development. As our partner, LULAC, in conjunction with our families and the community at large, will work collaboratively to develop not only the child, but the parents/guardians and even grandparents as well.
The program was initiated through discussions with Superintendent Dr. Portia Bonner, Assistant Superintendent, Erica Forti, and the LULAC staff. Together, with the East Haven Board of Education, their shared purpose continues to be the development of those educational tools that so many of our children need. Over time, the shared hope is that the development of a strong, early education intervention will provide our most precious citizens the foundation to build life-long learning.
