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It takes a community. It takes a family. It takes a school.

building with soft blocksWelcome to Sure Start, a program of the Department of Defense Dependents Schools. In 1991, DoDEA established the Sure Start program as a model school readiness program for families living and working at military installations overseas. Sure Start offers a comprehensive approach to early childhood education that involves children, their families, the school and the community at large.



Example Image Overview of the Sure Start Program
Example Image Sure Start Publication: "It Takes a Community"
Example Image Sure Start Publication: "It Takes a Family"
Example Image A Day in Sure Start!
Example Image Calendar
Example Image The Creative Curriculum - Sure Start uses this developmentally appropriate curriculum by Dodge & Colker, Teaching Strategies
Example Image Sure Start program locations

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Updated June 2001
Last Reviewed July 9, 2007