THE KIDS ON THE BLOCK is a collaborative effort of School District Eleven Volunteer Services and the ASSISTANCE LEAGUE of Colorado Springs.

 Our presentation is designed to teach children what it is like to be disabled through puppetry and student involvement.  Our goal continues to be to promote, through THE KIDS ON THE BLOCK, trust, understanding and acceptance of disabled individuals.  The puppets will illustrate to their audience that disabled individuals are not so different after all.

During the show, the puppets share their wonderful personalities with the audience.  Mandy Puccini is 12 years old and deaf.  She uses sign language to communicate.  Mark Riley is 11 and has cerebral palsy and is in a wheelchair.  He is very bright and excels in math and science.  Renaldo Rodriquez is 9 years old and has been blind since birth.  He uses a cane, reads Braille and wears a Braille watch.  Ellen Jane Peterson is 21 and works for a veterinarian.  She has Down's Syndrome and is mentally retarded.  Jennifer Hauser is learning disabled and goes to a resource room at her school.  Melody James and Brenda Dubrosky are two average kids who are very interested in learning about Mandy, Mark, Renaldo and Ellen Jane.

AUDIENCE                             Second grade:  Renaldo, Ellen Jane, Mandy

                                                Third grade:    Mark, Jennifer, Mandy

SIZE                                       One grade level, not combined for each performance limited to 60 students maximum

PRESENTATION

TIMES                                     9:30 A.M. and 10:30 A.M. Tuesday or Thursday, the available dates are as follows:

September 23 & 25; October 21 & 23, 28 & 30; November 18, 20 & 25; January 20 & 22, 27 & 29; February 17 & 19, 24 & 26

Make-up Days April 21 & 23, 28 & 30 in the event of bad weather..

Each performance is 35 minutes

 NEEDED                                  Large performance area.  No stage is necessary.  Seating on floor is                         

                                                 appropriate.  Audience will come to the presentation.  Please furnish:

¨       6 foot rectangular table, 29 - 30 inches high

¨       5 classroom chairs

¨       electrical outlet

 PREPARATION                 

                                                In preparation for THE KIDS' visit, please take advantage of the printed materials you will receive prior to your school's performance.  Teachers are required to remain with the students to explain the program, discuss the various disabilities and help the students ask questions during the presentation. Questions from the children are encouraged and the  audience will become quite involved with our puppet "people". 

PARENTS ARE ENTHUSIASTICALLY INVITED.

FOLLOW-UP                      

                                                Thank you notes and pictures and teacher evaluations can be sent to the address below.

                                               Make your request for THE KIDS by completing and returning the request form to:

                                           LouAnn Dekleva:  (deklel@d11.org),   1115 N. El Paso Street,Colorado Springs            

CO,   80903 or  FAX (719) 477-1048.Please remember to give a choice of days/weeks.

COLORADO SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT ELEVEN

Dr. Terry N. Bishop, Superintendent

Volunteer Services

REQUEST FOR KIDS ON THE BLOCK DISABLED 

 Please Return to:

Colorado Springs School District 11

Volunteer Services

1115 North El Paso, Colorado Springs, CO 80903

                FAX: (719) 477-1048 or go to our website: www.d11.org/volunteer.org/volunteers

to submit the form.

Updated 9/3/2008