1st Grade-Meet Melodi
Meet Melodi Problem Solving (25 minutes) By giving the audience a chance to help the Kids On The Block characters find a solution, the children learn that there is more than one way to solve a problem. The program teaches the importance of sharing and also a simple technique to calm down and get control […]
Kindergarten-Meet Jason
Meet Jason Kindergarten Sticks and Stones (25 minutes) Developed for our youngest audiences, this presentation promotes caring and respect by showing that words can really hurt despite what children may have heard in the saying: “Sticks and stones. . . .” It discourages teasing and name-calling while encouraging kindness.
STARS Profiled By Professional Educators of Tennessee (PET)
Article originally appeared in the Spring 2013 newsletter of the Professional Educators of Tennessee (PET). What you are about to read is the story of a very unique and valuable service organization for youth. Though you will read about its involvement mostly in Middle Tennessee, the contact information at the end of the article will […]
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 […]
TEENS on the BLOCK
What do Hunter’s Lane High School, Nashville School of the Arts, Middle College High School and Martin Luther King Magnet School have in common??? Teens on the Block!! Over the summer a group of dynamic, curious and wonderfully talented high school students approached STARS stating: “We want to learn the puppets!” The timing was inspired. […]
It Makes A Difference.
Today we hosted our quarterly board meeting. We had tremendous turn out and a very full agenda. Our board is comprised of community leaders, thinkers, philanthropists, parents, business owners, lawyers, investment bankers, and school staff, to name but a few of the professions represented on our board. And, today we shared a powerful, and dare I […]
