I’m a bit late in posting this, but there’s still a chance for kids to tryout out.  Douglas sends along this announcement and tryout schedule…

The Decatur-Dekalb YMCA Soccer Club is holding open tryouts for its fall Academy and Select soccer program starting Tuesday, May 28. These tryouts are open to all Academy or Select age boys and girls and will be held at Pattillo Park. Pattillo Park is located at 1500 Mountain Industrial Boulevard, Stone Mountain, Ga. 30083, at the corner of Mountain Industrial Boulevard and East Ponce de Leon Avenue. For more information, please visit the DDYSC website and click on Fall 2013 tryouts

Douglas sends along this announcement…

The Decatur-Dekalb YMCA Soccer Club is holding spring tryouts for its soccer program this weekend. These tryouts are open to any Academy or Select age kids who are not currently playing academy or select soccer somewhere.

Saturday, Jan. 12 at Pattillo Park
U9/U10 boys & girls – 11:30 to 1 p.m.
U11/U12 & older boys & girls – 1 to 2:30 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 13 at Pattillo Park
U9/U10 boys & girls – 2:30 to 4 p.m.
U11/U12 & older boys & girls – 1 to 2:30 p.m.

Pattillo Park is located at 1500 Mountain Industrial Boulevard, Stone Mountain, Ga. 30083, at the corner of Mountain Industrial Boulevard and East Ponce de Leon Avenue. For more information, please vist the DDYSC website at http://www.ddysoccer.org.

Michael and an anonymous tipster report that a letter was sent out to parents from College Heights Early Childhood Learning Center principal Suzanne Kennedy announcing that the pre-K program had received a grant to add additional spots to the current Head Start preschool program and open an Early Head Start (birth to 3) program at the school.  Kennedy sees the need because CSD still is striving to close the achievement gap between blacks and whites and provide equal opportunities to infant and toddlers from low income families.

But as is often the biggest challenge in little ol’ Decatur, in order to expand, you need room to expand.  And in order to accommodate expansion needs quickly, we must call in the trailers…or as they’re referred to in the letter, “learning cottages”.

The principal has called an open meeting to help decide how to use the trailer, umm learning cottage, to implement the Head Start and Early Head Start programs while “keeping our goal to blend the Decatur-DeKalb YMCA with the PCA program”.  The meeting will be held next Tuesday, September 29th from 5p-6p in the school’s cafeteria.

You can read the full letter, provided by Michael, HERE (pdf).