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Stanley’s
Retired Senior Volunteer Program has been a part of the Stanley School
District for a number of years, providing volunteers to work with students
to help with reading and other tasks. They are now expanding their efforts
to add volunteers with the Head Start Program.
Head
Start has classes Monday through Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Currently thirteen children ages three to five years are enrolled in Head
Start in Stanley.
The
volunteers will be reading and helping with creative projects like
painting, drawing and sculpting with play dough. Basically, they will
provide an extra set of eyes, helping in whatever ways possible.
RSVP
program, says they will recruit
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volunteers to help
in any way that teacher Andy Beyer needs. Volunteers can then be
organized to fit at times when they are available and needed.
Corpron will help
coordinate her efforts with Kathy Dazell, who is the Parent Policy
Council member in Stanley. In her position, Dazell is part of a council
that meets the first Monday of each month in Minot. She is involved in
the budget com-mittee. The council is involved with the hiring of staff,
spending plans and fundraising efforts.
Dazell also helps
plan a parent meeting once a month in Stanley. Those meetings make sure
parents are aware of programs available with Head Start. Dazell uses
these meetings to be a conduit between the
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council
and Stanley’s program to relate any concerns and issues.
According
to Dazell, Head Start receives much of its funding through federal grants.
Part of the grant process requires matching funds. That is where
volunteers come into play. Volunteer hours are tracked and factored as
part of those matching funds. Parent hours are also tracked for things
like reading with students at home. Times are recorded and calculated into
the levels that Head Start needs to meet their matching funds.
Stanley’s
Head Start program currently still has openings for stu-dents. Anyone
interested in more information can contact program coordinator Laurel
Kleven in Minot at 701-725-4913 or 701-720-0900.
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