Through the Years
Carly Rose Ortiz attended MEO Head Start centers at UH-Maui College (Maui Community College back then) and Kahului A at Luana Gardens. She enjoyed the assorted activities offered, including rolling peanut butter balls and eating them! As a preschooler, Carly Rose...
Kai Pelayo of Bayer and an MEO board member delivered more than 160
Kai Pelayo of Bayer (and an MEO board member) delivered more than 160 pumpkins on Friday from Kula Country Farms to the MEO Head Start office in Wailuku for distribution to Head Start sites on Maui. Pumpkins also were delivered to the Moloka‘i Head Start site. Each...
Team from the Office of Head Start & OHS Region 9 visited MEO
A team from the Office of Head Start and OHS Region 9 (which includes Hawai‘i) visited MEO last week….
MEO Head Start on Maui beginning new year in wake of wildfires
*MEO Head Start on Maui beginning new year in wake of wildfires*
Valley Isle Federal Credit Union, Kiwanis Club of the Valley Isle donate school supplies to MEO Head Start
MEO’s Head Start preschool recently received school supplies from two community organizations that will assist low income families enrolled in the program….
Stacy Meyer, Kahi Kamali‘i lead teacher, named MEO Employee of the Month
Stacy Meyer, lead teacher at Kahi Kamali‘i Infant Toddler Center, was named Maui Economic Opportunity’s Employee of Month with her nominator extolling her altruism, the ‘ohana work atmosphere and her genuine love of children. “I believe that Stacy is an awesome person...
Evelyn Del Valle has come to be a Head Start Lead Teacher
Evelyn Del Valle has come from shy Spanish-speaking youngster to Head Start Lead Teacher….
MEO’s Alex Domingo completes Head Start management fellowship
Alex Domingo, MEO Early Childhood Services assistant director, receives her certificate of completion from the University of California at Los Angeles Head Start Management Fellows Program on June 30 in Los Angeles. Standing with Alex are Alfred E. Osborne Jr., faculty director of the fellows program, and Yasmine Daniel Vargas, director of the National Center on Program Management and Fiscal Operations…
MEO Head Start summer lead teacher Evelyn Del Valle greeted children and their parents
Head Start summer lead teacher Evelyn Del Valle greeted children and their parents at the door on a recent Friday morning, a few yards away from the other Head Start classroom at Luana Gardens, where she and her parents participated in the same ritual two decades ago…
Ka’anapali Ocean Resort Charitable Trust makes a gift to MEO’s Kahi Kamali’i
The Kā‘anapali Ocean Resort Charitable Trust recently gifted Maui Economic Opportunity’s Kahi Kamali‘i Infant Toddler Center $15,000 – the third donation in three years – to support safe and affordable child care for many parents looking to improve their lives....