A handful of preschoolers march in the Head Start parade on Thursday, May 15, 2025, carrying noisemakers, wearing hats and hanging on to a rope that keeps them all together and away from traffic.
Keith Kohn
Staff and volunteers had cake and soft drinks available for the community on the Golf Course Road Head Start campus' patio on Thursday, May 15, 2025.
Keith Kohn
Naidely Casique, 15, a Head Start alum who is a delegate for Teen Miss Elko County, smiles next to a reminder the program turned 60 on Thursday, May 15, 2025.
Parents, staff members and children prepare to line up for a parade on Thursday, May 15, 2025, celebrating Head Start's 60th birthday.
Keith Kohn
Staff line up cribs carrying Head Start babies and lots of balloons at the head of the birthday parade on Thursday, May 15, 2025.
Keith Kohn
Samantha Lee and Ruby Soriano, right, carry the numbers marking the age of Head Start nationally as they march in a parade in Elko on Thursday, May 15, 2025, marking the celebration.
Keith Kohn
Leslie Pawlik, right, participates in the parade celebrating Head Start's 60th birthday on Thursday, May 15, 2025.
Keith Kohn
The Head Start birthday parade makes its way up Flagview Road before turning at the bend and heading back on Thursday, May 15, 2025.
Keith Kohn
Children, parents and volunteers make their way back along Flagview Drive, many holding signs and noisemakers.
Keith Kohn
A gaggle of preschool girls and boys hang on to a rope toward the tail end of the Head Start birthday parade on Thursday, May 15, 2025.
ELKO — How do you wrangle a herd of children? Easy, line them up, give them noisemakers and hats, get the smaller ones to hang onto ropes, put even smaller ones in balloon-festooned cribs and promise them cake afterwards.
Leslie Pawlik, in red, and Naidely Casique, 15, right, pose for a photo while chatting with Cheri Moring, executive director of Head Start in Elko. Casique attended Head Start as a small child, Pawlik was her teacher and also attended Head Start as a child.
With Stacy Valdespino, right, family services manager, leading the way, a crib of toddlers is at the head of the parade marking the 60th birthday of Head Start on Thursday, May 15, 2025.
A handful of preschoolers march in the Head Start parade on Thursday, May 15, 2025, carrying noisemakers, wearing hats and hanging on to a rope that keeps them all together and away from traffic.
Leslie Pawlik, in red, and Naidely Casique, 15, right, pose for a photo while chatting with Cheri Moring, executive director of Head Start in Elko. Casique attended Head Start as a small child, Pawlik was her teacher and also attended Head Start as a child.
Naidely Casique, 15, a Head Start alum who is a delegate for Teen Miss Elko County, smiles next to a reminder the program turned 60 on Thursday, May 15, 2025.
With Stacy Valdespino, right, family services manager, leading the way, a crib of toddlers is at the head of the parade marking the 60th birthday of Head Start on Thursday, May 15, 2025.
Samantha Lee and Ruby Soriano, right, carry the numbers marking the age of Head Start nationally as they march in a parade in Elko on Thursday, May 15, 2025, marking the celebration.
