Constellations: South Shore Stars newsletter    December 2012
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IN THIS ISSUE
Community Partner News
40 Under 40 Event Photos
FEATURED ARTICLE
Volunteer Days
High School Program News
Community Partner News

TD Charitable Foundation
celebrates TD Bank Weymouth Branch opening with a grant to Stars' Family Support Program

 

Check presentation by TD Bank
Stars' receives donation check from TD Charitable Foundation (l to r) Gwen Tarbox, Director of Program resource Development at Stars, of Stars, David Sawyer,  Paul Hamlin of TD Bank
Ribbon Cutting with mayor Susan Kay at TD Bank Weymouth Branch
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony with Mayor Kay
Alma's Kids donate 50 turkey dinners to South Shore families
50 Stars families benefit
All the makings for a turkey dinner!
Turkey and all the fixings!.

Paul & Alma Wahlberg with their volunteer crew
Paul & Alma Wahlberg of Alma Nove & Wahlbergers (center) with volunteer crew
 

2012 40 Under 40 Awards -

Photo Galleries  

 

40 Under 40 Gallery on Facebook!

  

Patriot Ledger Gallery

Sorboni Banerjee as Mistress of Ceremonies
Sorboni Banerjee of Fox 25 kicks of the 2012 40 Under 40 Award

 Stars'  Preschools Receive Top Marks

in NAEYC Accreditation

NAEYC logo

Stars' Preschool programs in Weymouth and Quincy recently received five-year reaccreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NEAYC), with Weymouth scoring a perfect 100 percent in nine of the 10 program evaluation areas.

 

In order to successfully receive NEAYC reaccreditation, education programs must meet or exceed a score of 80 percent in areas such as curriculum, teaching, physical environment, management and assessment of child progress.  Article about Quincy Preschool 
Teacher Kristyn Robichaud reads to a student
Stars' Weymouth Preschool teacher Kristyn Robichaud reads to a student.
 "NEAYC accreditation is recognized as the highest standard of quality among early childhood education programs," Stars Executive Director Sheri Adlin said. "It is gratifying to have the hard work and dedication of our staff recognized with such outstanding scores on our program evaluation."
Fall Volunteer Days
Thank you to our summer/fall Volunteer partners:

 

BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD
BlueCrew Volunteers & Service Day Grant
BOSTON FINANCIAL DATA SERVICES
HomeLINKS kits for RISE Family Literacy Project
BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN
United Way Community Care Day
MILTON ACADEMY STUDENTS
Volunteer Landscaping Crew
NORDSTROM
Volunteer Painting Crew
ROCKLAND TRUST
RockCorp Event Ambassadors & Playground Fall Clean-up
STATE STREET
Global Volunteers & Interns
SPIRIT OF STATE STREET
Volunteer Event Ambassadors & LEGO Robotics Supply Sorting
WORK, Inc.
Volunteer Landscaping Crew
 

Volunteer crews painted classrooms and removed debris from storm Sandy; built a new fall zone around a playground climber; winterized buildings and stored equipment at our Hale Reservation campsite; served as hosts and registration ambassadors at our 40 Under 40 event;
sorted thousands of LEGO pieces for our afterschool robotics program; and created a colorful dramatic play area for our Randolph Extended Day program.    

 

Many, many thanks for all your hard work!  

Nordstrom group
A fashionable Nordstrom group gave new life to our afterschool space for 6th, 7th & 8th grade students at Randolph Extended Day

 

Rockland Trust Group
Rockland Trust volunteers cleaned up our Weymouth Preschool playground after Sandy & the Nor'easter.

 
Finished muralBlueCrew mural painters
BlueCrew artists at work on a mural for the dramatic play room.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Holbrook HS STARS in Full Swing
Students Visit Berklee College

Berklee Field Trip  Berklee Tour
Holbrook HS STARS visit Berklee
 
The Holbrook Jr./Sr. High School STARS afterschool program is in full swing this fall - 30 students participate in the 4 day/week program working on academic skills and participating in project-based clubs.  Students are engaged in video and music production,digital photography and culinary arts clubs this fall.  Several students toured Berklee College in October and got a behind the scenes look at the school's music production studios. 

Funded by a 21st Century Community Learning Center grant, the out-of-school time program provides academic support and enrichment activities to academically at-risk students in grades 7 through 9.  

 


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Administration office:
200 Middle Street
East Weymouth, MA  02189
(781) 331-8505  

 

Mission Statement:
Stars provides comprehensive early education and youth programs, using a family support approach, that enhance the development of children from economically and culturally diverse families through collaboration with parents, schools and communities.