County has openings at 2 Head Start preschools

The federally funded Head Start program at two Cherokee County preschool sites has openings for children in the coming 2020-21 academic year, school district officials said.

The Head Start program at Ralph Bunche Center in Canton and Johnston Preschool Center at Johnston Elementary School in Woodstock provides free preschool to children who will be ages 3 and 4 by Sept. 1, according to a district announcement. Application forms are available at bit.ly/3gOQ j45

Families must meet income eligibility requirements, the district said. Head Start students receive breakfast and lunch at no charge.

The preschool centers follow the same calendar as other Cherokee County School District schools.

The full-day program is led by a certified teacher with a paraprofessional assistant, with separate classes for the 3- and 4-year-old age groups. Information: for Ralph Bunche, jo.morris@cherokeek12.net; for Johnston, ludi. allen@cherokeek12.net; or bit. ly/2XVrQl9 reation announced that its popular Splash Pad at Old Atlanta Park is now open and will remain open through Sept. 7.

Given the ongoing COVID19 pandemic, “the Splash Pad will follow CDC guidelines by limiting the facilities capacity (and) enhancing sanitation and disinfection, and we ask that users practice social distancing from other families,” according to the announcement.

Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, June 5-Aug. 5, including Independence Day; and 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday through Friday, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 6-Sept. 7, including Labor Day.

Daily admission is $2 per person, cash or check only, for those ages 1 and up. Adults entering with a paying child are free as long as they remain on the dry deck.

Individual annual passes are $30, and annual family passes, $60.

Old Atlanta Park is at 810 Nichols Road in southeast Forsyth. Information: bit. ly/2MxAC3g

This year’s theme is “Imagine Your Story.” For all ages, the library system’s programming will include Virtual Storytimes for Children and Adults, Digital Library tutorials and Author Talks.

Keep checking FulcoLibrary.org for updates and programs every week. While the library system remains closed, the Digital Library is always open. Log in and download your favorite titles, with your library card, to join “Imagine Your Story” this summer. Register: FultonCounty.beanstack.org

■ Avalon’s Drive-In Live Concert with the Mike Veal Band. 6-8 p.m. Friday. $25/ car. Parking lot in front of Ted’s Montana Grill, 400 Avalon Blvd., Alpharetta. Select restaurants will offer preordered meals for pickup for guests to view the concert from their cars. All proceeds will benefit the Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund to support artists and musicians who have been affected by COVID-19. Go to websites bit.ly/3eVcnrU or bit.ly/3h4CVZZ

■ Opening on June 15: Roswell Area Park Pool. 10495 Woodstock Road, Roswell. Many new guidelines will be in place. Credit cards are preferred. No pool passes will be sold this year. 770-817-6679, bit.ly/2XDeTxj. Updates: facebook.com/pg/RoswellRecAndParks/posts