Debra Gass, EES Executive Director (second from right) joined other Parent-Child Center Directors from across the state to meet with Bernie Sanders, US Senator to discuss highlights from the field of Early Care and Education and Family Development at the Ethan Allen Homestead in Burlington yesterday (9/20/2018).
EES celebrated the first day of school last week! Our new school year has officially begun! On the days before the start of this new school year, our sites held Open Houses at each center for the children and their families to get to know their new classrooms and teachers. Our teachers worked hard to prepare […]
EES staff have finished their first week of Pre-service training and we are halfway through the second! We started with a kick-off Staff Retreat on Monday, August 20th at Alyson’s Orchard in Walpole, NH. with two dynamic workshops: “Gender is On the Agenda!” with Kari Smith and “The Multi-Generational Workplace” with Karen Blumberg and Jennifer […]
We are excited to share with all of you that Joe LeClair, one of our EES dads, was recently contacted by the people at the HGTV show “Treehouse Masters”! The show’s producers would like Joe and his construction company to appear on the show from August 13-29 in Newfane, Vermont. Joe has two boys enrolled […]
Westminster Head Start Classroom 2 sure did have a great time learning all about seeds, and different foods with seeds. Our Nutritionist Chris Ellis came and did a wonderful presentation. We all enjoyed tasting all of the yummy things like avocado, snap peas, string beans, peppers, beets and sun flower seeds. ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” […]
Our Westminster and Canal Street sites celebrated the end of another school year and the beginning of summer with snacks, songs, certificates, and stickers. Families also came to the sites to join the little ones in celebrating their growth and transition! We would like to give a big thank you to all the families that came […]
On Saturday, June 2, families and staff represented EES in the wildly popular Strolling of the Heifers parade in downtown Brattleboro. The Strolling of the Heifers, which began in 2002 as a small parade and festival that celebrated farmers and local food producers, is now a world famous parade, expo and street festival which draws […]
In honor of National Nurses Week (May 6th through May 12th), we wanted to recognize and thank our nurses here at Early Education Services. Thank you Kelley (our Early Head Start nurse) and Cindy (our Head Start nurse)! Our nurses provide support to the classrooms and families as well as screenings and tracking well child […]
Our new kitchen is now open at our Westminster Head Start centers! We now have the ability to offer more fresh local products than ever before and assure better safety with food allergies. Please also join us in welcoming Kathi as our brand new cook in Westminster! In the photos you will see Kathi and […]
Over 230 families turned out for our Family Fun Event, which was held at Early Education Services’ headquarters on 130 Birge Street. The event was supported by the Green Street Promise Community and featured prizes, face painting, crafts, music and puppets with The Annies, live animals from the Southern Vermont Natural History Museum, making healthy […]
