REACH/STARS Programs

R.E.A.C.H. (Realizing Educational and Career Hopes) is a Grundy County Special Education Cooperative high school program servicing students of Minooka Community High School, Morris High School, and Gardner South Wilmington who are in need of life skills-based instruction.

Students in the R.E.A.C.H. program benefit from direct instruction in daily living skills, vocational training, and social communication. Currently, there are four classrooms housed at Minooka Community High School Central Campus, and one at Minooka Community High School South Campus. In addition to our life skills classrooms, MCHS Central Campus is home to our County Multi Needs program. Students in this program benefit from a therapeutic program that infuses daily therapies into curricular activities.

REACH Program Coordinator Kate Ross	STARS Program Coordinator Kate Ross
REACH High School Teachers Tammy Batson Shannon Capwell Julia Easter Carrie Kravitz Jenny Wicevic	STARS High School Teacher Sean Miller
REACH High School Assistants Amy Constanzo Stacey Dalton Amber Denato George Dergo Pat Hendrix Amy Kinnitt Maria Kolniak Sarah Kozel Larissa Lopez Tami Maland Beth Mangun Karleen Nalepka Patty Severson Kim Willoughby Kim Xoxakos REACH Nurse Andrea Paramo	STARS High School Assistants Stacie Eartly Dennis Miller

Speech - Language Pathologist
Anna Burke

Occupational Therapist
Heather Manthey
Jamie Noon

Physical Therapist
Vicky Guth

Vision Itinerant
Rochelle Prospero

Hearing Itinerant
Holly Daggett

Social Worker
Jen Ceko

Adaptive PE Teacher
Stephanie Haub
Chadd Morrissy