What People Say About Star Readers
It’s really fun! I love to go to club!
Esperanza, Saratoga 1st Grader
I’m excited for another session of Star Readers! The kids really enjoy it!
Kelli Dearmont, Saratoga Family Services Coordinator
This type of free, after-school, supplemental reading instruction for our Kindergarten and 1st Grade students is very important, especially for families at Title 1 schools and for our English-language learners.
Kathy Fleming, former Principal at Saratoga
Star Readers has really helped my daughter.
Holly, Saratoga Parent of 1st Grader
Star Readers reinforces what I teach in the classroom. Our children really need it because some may not have that kind of learning support at home.
Julie McNeil, Kindergarten Teacher
Star Readers Team
Sharon O’Neal
Program Director
“Every day that I see a child’s eyes light up when they first realize they can read makes me smile. Teaching a child to read is an empowering gift. It gives them wings to sail to greater heights in life, and it’s my greatest passion.”
Sharon started Star Readers because she’s passionate about helping young children — our most vulnerable citizens — get a strong foundation in reading. She was a reading intervention paraeducator at Saratoga Elementary for 8 years and a trained Orton-Gillingham reading specialist and reading tutor for over 15 years. After a long career in business, Sharon now devotes all her time to her driving enthusiasm for giving children the gift of reading.
Nancy and John “Blade” Wiederspan
Shannon Filing
Elizabeth “Liz” Hinrichs
Carolyn and Jim Brandle
Jeffery Sheets, CPA
Gwelda and Dick Carlson
Other Contributors and Supporters
Saratoga Elementary School, Lincoln
Annette Bushaw, Principal
Kathy Fleming, Former Principal
Julie McNeil, Kindergarten Teacher
Cheri Parent, 2nd Grade Teacher
Virginia “Cuz” Johnson
Lincoln Public Schools
Nebraska Dyslexia Association
Marilyn Moore
Doug Evans
Angela Hauserman, Community Services Director
Community Learning Centers of Lincoln
Lincoln Public Schools Foundation
Lincoln Community Foundation
Prosper Lincoln
Transformation Marketing
Friends of the Nebraska Dyslexia Association
Amanda Garner
Dr. Michael Herbert & Dr. Pam Bazis, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Special Education & Communication Disorders