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Looking for a creative way to support STARS and our good friends at Miriam’s Promise?
Looking for a way to help support STARS and the families whom we serve? Here’s a great, cost-free way by volunteering to greet at the Charity Tour of Homes taking place Fridays-Sundays at seven home sites around the Nashville area, May 18-27. STARS is one of the benefiting charities for this event which donates the [...]
College Trip for Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing – A SUCCESS!!!!!
On April 1st-April 4th, 2012, STARS took a group of eight high school students who are deaf and hard of hearing to Gallaudet University in Washington, DC. Gallaudet University is the largest college in America that offers services specifically for students who are deaf and hard of hearing. Over 4,000 students attend this school from [...]
Honoring Child Abuse Prevention Month with Ft. Campbell!
For the past four years, our Kids on the Block team has been invited onto Ft. Campbell Post to present to their now six elementary schools. This all began with funding from the Nashville Predators Foundation when they funded our Coping With Crisis program and corresponding puppet, Salima. This program addresses the fears, concerns, hopes [...]
Addressing Bullying, Harassment, and Hazing Through Effective Policy and Practice
Tennessee Department of Education Office of Safe and Supportive Schools in Partnership with STARS Nashville A civil and respectful learning environment is an essential foundation for teaching and learning. Public Chapter 153 as enacted by the 2009 General Assembly mandates specific actions on the part of schools relative to bullying, harassment and intimidation. This seminar will [...]
National Child Abuse Prevention Month: Kids On The Block Making A Difference
Did you know that a report of child abuse is made every ten seconds? Children who experience child abuse and neglect are 59% more likely to be arrested as a juvenile, 28% more likely to be arrested as an adult and 30% more likely to commit violent crime? STARS and Kids On The Block recognizes [...]
“Bully”
With the Friday, March 30 limited release of the movie “Bully,” once again this difficult issue is being presented in an important national forum. We applaud the efforts to create a dialogue and show a sympathetic view of the pain affected students are experiencing. At the same time, as advocates of bullying prevention, we [...]
A powerful response to the new documenatary BULLY.
This article reinforces what we have been talking about … The amazing importance of the film, and one of the big problems with the entire issue that is very complicated. By Emily Bazelon, from a recent article posted in Slate. What do you say about a documentary that could do some good—and also a lot of harm? That’s how [...]
