Head Start is a federal program that promotes the school readiness of children ages birth to five from low-income families by enhancing their cognitive, social and emotional development.

Head Start programs provide a learning environment that supports children's growth in the following domains:

• language and literacy;

• cognition and general knowledge;

• physical development and health;

• social and emotional development; and

• approaches to learning.

Your child must be 4 years old on or before September 1 of the school year to attend Lubbock ISD’s Head Start Program. A limited number of three-year-olds will be accepted from the Alderson, Carmona-Harrison, Ervin, and Hodges attendance zones. 

Head Start programs provide comprehensive services to enrolled children and their families, which include: health, nutrition, social, and other services determined to be necessary by family needs assessments, in addition to education and cognitive development services.

Head Start emphasizes the role of parents as their child's first and most important teacher. Head Start programs build relationships with families that support:

• family well-being and positive parent-child relationships;

• families as learners and lifelong educators;

• family engagement in transitions;

• family connections to peers and community; and

• families as advocates and leaders.

Services are provided to children with special needs and children who speak languages other than English.

This website is supported by Grant Number 06CH011596 from the Office of Head Start within the Administration for Children and Families, a division of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Neither the Administration for Children and Families nor any of its components operate, control, are responsible for, or necessarily endorse this website (including, without limitation, its content, technical infrastructure, and policies, and any services or tools provided). The opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed are those of Lubbock ISD and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Administration for Children and Families and the Office of Head Start.