Holy Terrors S.T.A.R.S.
Sports Program





for Children with Special Needs

STARS Program Mailing List

If you would like to be on our e-mail list to receive periodic updates and announcements about our programs and activities -  click here and ask to be added.

Registration is required to participate - but it's free!


Please note that "pre-registration" is required for special events!
If you are a new family, please come any Friday evening to STARS group
and fill out our new registration form, before attending any events!
Special events are only open to registered STARS families! 
If you have any questions about this, ask Cyndi. 
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STARS Events & Activities
 
 
Announcements & Upcoming Activities:
 
 
 
   
LAST STARS EVENT OF 2009 ~ LAST STARS EVENT OF THE SEASON!
 
STARS Annual Christmas Party -
Friday, December 18 -
6 to 8 p.m. - John Perzel Center
(The sign-up for this event is now CLOSED, as of 12/4/09.) 
Our STARS party is only
for our registered STARS kids. 
 
 
HAPPY HOLIDAYS, EVERYONE -
THANKS FOR A GREAT YEAR -
SEE YOU ON JANUARY 8, 2010!!! 
 
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STARS is CLOSED Christmas weekend and New Years weekend. We will resume STARS Activities on Friday, January 8, 2010 
 
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Due to our family obligations & schedules, it has been difficult for us
to plan a long-term calendar. On the STARS table you'll find lots of info
& you can sign up for our activities. Or call our Director, Cyndi Hinchey,
to learn about upcoming events & activities.
 
To join our e-mail list (bcc'd), contact Kim, which will also keep you
informed of special needs resources (not always STARS-related)
& events that special-needs families may wish to attend.  

Elwyn's 2009 Autism Resource List is available here!

Download it here!

Vist Our STARS Photo Gallery!

Visit STARS Photo Gallery to view our photos
from our activities and events!  

E-mail vs. Phone Calls

If you have an e-mail address that you check regularly, but are not receiving e-mails from STARS, please contact us by e-mail and ask to be added to our list! If you don't have an e-mail address or don't have internet access, PLEASE contact Cyndi to let her know so she can put a star next to your name for phone calls for activities! We don't want anyone missing out on STARS activities due to not knowing when our events are happening. It's easier to e-mail 80+ families than it is to make 80+ phone calls. We are happy to phone families if they do not have internet access, however.

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                   To all STARS Parents (originally sent via e-mail)

Effective immediately - and also previously, but we have to repeat it
- we need all parents and caregivers to do the following at STARS on
Friday nights:

• Parents must stay OFF the gym floor unless you are working with your
STARS child. STARS is for our special needs children. It is NOT "free
play time" for adults. The balls, equipment, and accessories are for
the STARS children, not the parents. Parents can play the games also -
you can play with your STARS children.

• Siblings must stay OFF the gym floor. Siblings are only permitted on
the gym floor if they are actively helping STARS children. Otherwise,
they are a danger to our STARS kids with physical disabilities. If a
STARS child falls and gets hurt from a typical child (running across,
roughhousing, etc.) - we're liable. Kids like Nick, Kyle, and others
can easily fall and get hurt if smaller typical children run in front
of them. Yes - we make special accommodations for children of all ages
with disabilities - we're STARS!

• Parents MUST accompany their children in the lobby to the bathrooms
and the water fountain. No exceptions. We're receiving complaints on
'unaccompanied kids.'

If these rules are not enforced or followed - we will lose the Center
and STARS may shut down. We don't want to lose STARS over a few simple
rules. It really is simple - STARS is for special needs children - not
typical siblings, not free play-time for adults.

We will repeat these rules as often as we have to - we don't want to
lose the Center. We don't want STARS to close - but the Perzel Center
is complaining, and we have to follow their rules. If a STARS child
gets hurt, Holy Terrors is responsible. All of this is preventable.
Please follow the rules, watch your children and help where you can.

Thank you.

Cyndi, Coach Mike, Tracy & Kim

!!!ATTENTION ALL *STARS* PARENTS!!!

Friday evenings at the John Perzel
Community Center will continue indefinitely!!
Come any Friday evening at 6 p.m.,
and you will find STARS group there -
in the gym, or in the Community Room.