Head Start promotes the school readiness of young children from low-income families through local programs. Head Start and Early Head Start programs support the mental, social, and emotional development of children from birth to age 5.
Head Start programs support the mental, social, and emotional development of children from birth to age 5. In addition to education services, programs provide children and their families with health, nutrition, social, and other services. Head Start services are responsive to each child and family's ethnic, cultural, and linguistic heritage.
Head Start encourages the role of parents as their child's first and most important teachers. Programs build relationships with families that support positive parent-child relationships, family well-being, and connections to peers and community.
St. James Parish Schools Head Start 3 Year Old Program:
St. Louis Academy Head Start Center 225-258- 4680
Sixth Ward Elementary Head Start Center 225-258-4674
Cypress Grove Montessori Head Start Center 225-258-5400
