INTRODUCTION
Stowe Early Learning Center is unique in that we house 4 PK programs, a Family Resource Center, and KITE( Key Initiatives to Early Education). We recognize that joining a new school community can sometimes feel like learning a new language as you acclimate to the procedures, environment, people, and jargon. See below to help you begin to make sense of all things SELC:
• SELC = Stowe Early Learning Center
• SELC = our mascot( the eaglet featured on most of our paperwork)
• EFC = Eaglet Family Connection( This committee serves to meet Head Start Performance Standard 1301.4 and strives to bring families from all PK programs at SELC together collaborate in supporting high quality PK programming.)
• ECDC = Enfield Child Development Center
• EPS = Enfield Public Schools
• FRC = Family Resource Center
• IPS = Integrated Pre-K
• HS = Head Start
• KITE = Key Initiatives to Early Education
• PKS = PK STEAM Academy
• Eaglets = all children taking part in any program at SELC
A note on Head Start … The National Head Start Program was begun in 1965 during the Lyndon Johnson administration. Head Start is federally funded and administered by the Department of Health and Human Services. There are 7,780 preschoolers enrolled in Head Start centers in Connecticut.
Head Start is a comprehensive child development program that encompasses Early Child Development and Health Services, Family and Community Partnerships, and Program Design and Management. These areas include family support, education, health, mental health, disabilities, nutrition, social services, and family engagement.
Enfield Head Start opened in 1978 and now has 102 children in 6 classrooms located at 117 Post Office Rd in the Stowe Early Learning Center. Head Start is a daily program that follows the Enfield Public Schools Calendar. We offer one extended day classroom which operates from 8:00 a. m.-4:00 p. m., four classrooms operate from 8:15 a. m. – 2:45 p. m., and one part day class operates from 8:15 a. m. to 11:45a. m. We also operate 1 classroom for 6 weeks in the summer.
REVISED 2025 3 Family Handbook