Alfred Saliba Family Services Center: HIPPY Plus

🩺💙 Take charge of your health with a FREE wellness screening!

Join UAB Live HealthSmart Alabama’s Mobile Wellness team on Tuesday, June 17, 2026, from 12:30 PM–4:00 PM at the Alfred Saliba Service Center (301 W. Lafayette St., Dothan, AL 36301).

Stop by for a comprehensive health screening at no cost and learn more about your overall health and wellness.

📍 Alfred Saliba Service Center
🗓 June 17, 2026
⏰ 12:30 PM – 4:00 PM

No appointment needed—just stop by!!

KINDERGARTEN READINESS TIP

Practice Name Recognition

Let your child decorate their name using crayons, stickers, markers, or paint!

Skills Built:
📕Name Recognition
🤚🏽Fine Motor Skills
✏️Pencil Control
🎨Creativity

Enrollment Opens in July!
Program Begins in September

Saliba Center's HIPPY Program

Is your child starting kindergarten this year or next?

Many parents are surprised to learn that kindergarten readiness is about much more than knowing ABCs and numbers.

Tell us: What are you most excited or nervous about when it comes to your child starting school?

Comment below!

HIPPY helps parents prepare their children for kindergarten through fun, hands-on learning activities you can do at home.
Message Saliba Center's HIPPY Program to learn more about enrollment.

Independence is a Superpower

Kindergarteners don’t need to be perfect—they just need practice being independent. Encourage your child to put on shoes, pack up toys, wash hands, and try solving small problems on their own. Confidence grows with every try!

Want more ideas to help your child build independence and prepare for school success? Saliba Center's HIPPY Program provides parents with fun, easy-to-use activities that strengthen essential kindergarten readiness skills at home.

Our next HIPPY program year begins in September!
Call 792-6255 today to be added to our callback list before enrollment opens in July.

Talking About Kindergarten Helps Reduce Anxiety

Start conversations early! Talk about what a typical school day looks like, drive by the school, and read books about starting kindergarten. The more familiar it feels, the more excited (and less nervous) your child will be.

Kindergarten is just the beginning!
The next HIPPY program year starts in September, and enrollment opens in July. Want to be first in line? Call 792-6255 today to be added to our callback list!

Reading Together = School Success

Just 10 minutes a day of reading together helps build vocabulary, attention span, and listening skills. Ask questions like “What do you think happens next?” to build early comprehension skills that teachers love seeing!

Interested in HIPPY?
Registration for Saliba Center's HIPPY Program program year opens in July! Call 792-6255 now to be added to our callback list and learn how HIPPY helps parents become their child’s first teacher.

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Fine Motor Skills Make a Big Difference

Before kindergarten begins, help your child strengthen little hands! Activities like coloring, cutting with child-safe scissors, stringing beads, and building with blocks all support writing readiness and classroom independence. Give your child a strong start!
Join Saliba Center's HIPPY Program and receive fun, educational activities that help prepare your child for kindergarten success. The new program year begins in September. Call 792-6255 to join our callback list before registration opens in July.

☀️🎨🥪🍎DON’T FORGET, SUMMER MEALS PROGRAM STARTS TODAY🍎🥪🎨☀️
Mondays through Thursdays

📍Crimson Ridge (Martin Homes) 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
📍Jamison Village (McRae Homes) 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM
📍Crawford Village (Henry Green) 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM

Dothan Housing is partnering with Dothan City Schools for The Backyard Summer Reading Program that is designed to keep students engaged throughout the summer through read-alouds, interactive games, hands-on activities, literacy enrichment, free books for students to take home, and free meals for children 18 and under. Meals are first-come, first-served.

District and school leaders will lead read-alouds for students and families, giving them the opportunity to connect with school principals and district leadership in a fun, relaxed, and family-friendly environment ahead of the 2026-2027 school year.

“This program is about creating memorable and educational experiences for our students, encouraging a love for learning, and bringing families together in a positive way throughout the summer,” said Superintendent Dr. Garrick Askew. “We are excited to take learning beyond the classroom and right into our own backyards.”

The Backyard Summer Reading Program will take place at the following locations:

🗓️Wednesday, June 3, 2026 | 11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
📍Jamison Village, 705 N. Lena Street

🗓️Wednesday, June 10, 2026 | 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
📍Crawford Village, 602 S. Lena St.

🗓️Wednesday, June 17, 2026 | 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
📍Crimson Ridge, 105 Booker St.

Dothan Housing & Dothan City Schools invites families to come out, enjoy a free meal, and join Dothan City Schools for an afternoon of reading, learning, and summer fun.