Sports in 2021 may be different or they may not! No matter what, WE HAVE SPORTS!
Be Sports informed!
Options for Hybrid & Remote Learners
ActivKids Remote Learning Childcare
School districts begin hybrid learning this month. For the days your child is remote learning and you need to work – we have you covered! The Carol Stream Park District is offering two registration options for Grades K-8. Sign up for any combination of days and take advantage of our biweekly payment plan.
Partial Day Hybrid Learning
Register for morning or afternoon childcare based on your in-person learning schedule. CCSD93 is providing transportation to and from the Simkus Recreation Center for hybrid students.
Full Day Remote Learning
Take advantage of our full school day option, from 8 am to 4 pm. CCSD93 students are fully remote on Mondays and can pair this option with hybrid childcare on Tuesdays-Fridays.
Staff oversee a safe learning environment where face coverings and social distancing are required. Kids enjoy activity breaks during down time. All school districts are welcome. Details are subject to change.
For flexibility, After Care can be added to your child’s schedule for an additional fee.
This Holiday Season will be thought-provoking, to say the least. In the midst of the pandemic, we need to remember that the season is about family, love, caring, sharing and giving. Give to those in need. There are many families that need help at this time. Share love and positivity with others. Be nice. Be patient. Spend time with your family. We can still share the joys of the holiday season with some thought, while we social distance to keep ourselves and others well.
The Carol Stream Park District is here for you, always! We are confident in the future and are working creatively to bring activities, sports and recreation to the community. During current mitigations, we can offer virtual, outdoors and one-on-one programs, in addition to in-person special events (when allowed). Keep yourself and the kids busy – we are here for you!
As is the Carol Stream way, a community of friendships and partnerships, I thank you strongly for your support this bizarre year. I thank you for your continued support this holiday season and into the New Year. Keep the faith that 2021 will be a great year. I wish you and your families well! Have a beautiful holiday!
Sincerely, Jim Reuter, Executive Director
UPDATED! Digital Activity Guide
December!
We creatively adjusted December programs to accommodate the State’s COVID Mitigation guidelines. We are pleased to offer so many opportunities! Here are some:
Bankshot Basketball, Youth Kickball, Soccer, Dodgeball and Wiffleball.
Virtual Programs
Art Classes with Casie, Magic of Zoom (Harry Potter parody), Intros to Guitar or Ukulele, Holiday “Dancing through the Snow” with Rock ‘n’ Kids, Musical “It’s Christmas Carol”, JoJo’s Dance Party, Trolls Dance Party, Preschool Mini Camps, and more.
Virtual Fitness
Fitness members can join their favorite instructors in their favorite classes virtually. Nonmembers may participate for a fee.
Remote Learning Childcare
We are still offering full-day Remote Learning Childcare for students in all school districts!
Family Events
Grinchmas and Teenie Weenie New Year’s Eve virtual event with an activity box.
Browse the digital guide for December sports, events & programs today!
January & February 2021
We’re looking ahead at the New Year 2021 with confidence. We are excited to have planned many new programs for you and hope we can continue to bring you the programs you know and love.
Dance & Gymnastics
Private 1-on-1 classes with your favorite instructor are available along with in-person and virtual classes.
Arts & Education
We are offering a variety of Art classes by one of our own, Casie! Educational classes include Spanish, CPR, Babysitting, and more.
Music, Performing Arts
New music classes begin in January for all ages. We’re exploring a one-act musical play for kids ages 5-13.
School Year Care
In-person and Virtual Preschool classes, Remote Learning Childcare for grades K-8 and Days Off Club for K-6 are open for online registration.
Sports
Youth basketball, dodgeball, lacrosse, soccer, tee ball, volleyball. Adult bean bags, dodgeball, pickleball, volleyball. Esports, self-defense, fencing, karate and more!
Events
Sports-tacular Night Out, “That’s Amore!” Daughter Date Night at home, and more!
Browse the digital guide for January & February sports, events & programs today!
UPDATE about Park District Activities, Programs & Facilities in cooperation with State Mitigation Requirements
Dear Residents,
The State of Illinois is tightening down mitigation requirements to prevent the rapidly increasing spread of COVID-19. In order to safeguard the residents and customers of the Carol Stream Park District, we are closely following the guidance newly released by the Illinois Department of Health (IDPH). Beginning November 20, 2020, at 12:01am, the mitigation requirements to combat this surge of COVID-19 affects the Park District as follows:
Fountain View Fitness Center
Operate at no more than 25% capacity
No indoor group fitness classes
Face coverings must be worn at all times, including while engaged in individual exercise regardless of person or machine spacing
Meeting rooms, private party rooms and indoor special event rooms may not host gatherings
Organized group recreational activities (sports, indoor sports and activity facilities, etc.)
Pause all indoor group sporting and recreational activities including youth and adult recreational sports, individual personal training may remain (with facility reservation)
Includes park districts and travel leagues
Outdoor sports and recreation allowed
Participant groups and practices outdoors limited to 10 persons or less with social distancing
Face coverings required for all activities at all times
Indoor recreation
Indoor recreation centers close
Outdoor activities allowed at 25% capacity or less
Outdoor group activities limited to 10 persons or less, participants/guests must wear face coverings at all times
We are working diligently to keep our patrons active and both physical and mentally engaged. At this time we are figuring out ways to bring activities and programs to you yet follow the guidelines imposed upon us. Many of these activities will be virtual. Some may be “drive-by” or outdoors when weather cooperates, while others may be activity “boxes” you may pick up and take home. All current participants in programs will be contacted by phone or by email with the status of their program moving forward.
Our staff is full of ideas and we look forward to bringing them to you to get us through the holidays and this most recent mitigation measure. Keep looking to us. Open your emails and check social media feeds. We’ll keep you informed by email, social media and our website of any changes to our plans and facility closures. If you have concerns we can address, please feel free to call 630-784-6100 (M-F 9am-5pm) or email info@csparks.org.
The Carol Stream Park District thanks you for your patience and understanding during this challenging time. We ask that you take precautions, stay safe, and exercise kindness to others. We will forge through this. Difficult roads lead to beautiful destinations.
Respectfully,
Jim Reuter
Executive Director
From the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity RESTORE ILLINOIS TIER 3 RESURGENCE MITIGATION FAQ (issued 11/29/20)
Executive Director Jim Reuter did a series of video clips to let you all know that your Park District is open for business!
The Fountain View Fitness Center is open, which includes the indoor lap pool and track, in addition to the equipment floor and group fitness classes. We are cleaning and sanitizing around the clock! We are open for dance classes and gymnastics. Our registration desks are open for in-person registration. We’re offering Remote Learning Childcare for parents too, at Simkus Recreation Center. We are taking care to follow the guidelines of the IDPH and the CDC to keep our environments clean, sanitized, germ-free and safe. We are open for business folks! (We do require face coverings while in our facilities.)
Check out October, November & December activities, classes, events and sports in the Digital Guide!
We have planned so many fun programs for you! Here’s just a few:
New Events:
Egg-tober Egg Hunt, Trick or Treat Trail, Middle School Mingle, Teenie Weenie Thanksgiving, Grinchmas Breakfast, and Santa Special Deliveries.
New Activities:
Drawing & Crafting, Learn Spanish, Self-Defense, Musical Theatre, Dog Training, Bingo, Private Swim, Open Gym, Sports Leagues and ESports tournaments.
Regular Programs:
Dance, Gymnastics, Forever Young, Performing Arts, Sports, Swimming, Preschool, and ActivKids Days Off Club. Our regular programs are making a comeback while following IDPH guidelines.
Remote & Hybrid Learning Childcare:
We are offering a Hybrid Learning Program for partial-day childcare as CCSD 93 students transition to in-person learning. Full-day Remote Learning Childcare is also available for students in all school districts!
Fountain View Fitness Center:
We reopened in July, and members are back enjoying the fitness floor, group fitness and aqua classes. Lap swim is available by reservation, and the walking track is open. We are taking new memberships! Email workout@csparks.org to arrange a tour.
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The Digital Guide enables us to add activities as we plan them, and to remove past activities as they expire. You can sign up for activities more easily from wherever you may be. Buttons take you right to your shopping cart for descriptions, locations, dates, times and prices.
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In a year ravaged by a global pandemic, civil unrest, an economic crisis and many families with loved ones losing jobs, your community is facing yet another challenge — a local challenge we must meet head on together, as a community. This local challenge is depleting budget dollars meant for park and playground improvements, repairs, and sustaining the overall quality of life you are accustomed to in the great town of Carol Stream. This challenge is not a new challenge by any means; however, I can’t simply sit by and watch a park system and a community be deliberately destroyed by random acts of vandalism without making a plea to each and every one of you for help.
Public property within the Carol Stream Park District’s park system has been continuously vandalized this summer, totaling over $20,000 in damages. From Armstrong Park to Hampe Park to Community Park, random acts of vandalism have occurred almost daily, forcing your Park District to close washroom facilities, shifting budgeted funds to repair these items. In turn, this takes away funds from items such as new swings or new playground surfacing, not to mention taking countless staff hours away from our routine daily maintenance. Simply put – when we are repairing vandalized parks, we can’t focus on delivering the great outdoor spaces you deserve!
Your Park District is staffed by true professionals who truly care and are passionate about what they do on a daily basis. These professionals take pride in delivering well-maintained, safe open spaces and recreation programs each and every day. These countless acts of vandalism have challenged our ability to deliver those positive recreational experiences as we are simply repairing vandalized parks and playgrounds . . . not focusing on progress!
Today I write to you on behalf of myself, the Park District Board of Commissioners and Park District staff, earnestly asking YOU to assist us with this local emergency. If you see anyone vandalizing YOUR public property, call the Carol Stream Police Department at 911 and/or the Carol Stream Park District immediately.
If you see vandalism actively happening, call 911. Vandalism is a misdemeanor, a punishable offense. Vandals should be arrested.
If you see vandalism already done at your local park, call the park district at 630-784-6100, so we may photograph damages and begin clean-up or repair.
I am a proud man who dislikes asking for help but today is the day. The Park District and the community need you more than ever! Please come together, rally and unite to help save your parks, playgrounds and open space from vandals who are causing major destruction right under our noses. The time is now to help take back this community. When you see something, you need to say something.
If you have any information about vandalism in your parks, please email me at shaneh@csparks.org
Yours In Parks,
Shane Hamilton
Director – Parks & Facilities
UPDATED! Digital Activity Guide
We creatively adjusted December programs to accommodate the State’s COVID Mitigation guidelines. We are pleased to offer so many opportunities! Here are some:
Bankshot Basketball, Youth Kickball, Soccer, Dodgeball and Wiffleball.
Virtual Programs
Art Classes with Casie, Magic of Zoom (Harry Potter parody), Intros to Guitar or Ukulele, Holiday “Dancing through the Snow” with Rock ‘n’ Kids, Musical “It’s Christmas Carol”, JoJo’s Dance Party, Trolls Dance Party, Preschool Mini Camps, and more.
Virtual Fitness
Fitness members can join their favorite instructors in their favorite classes virtually. Nonmembers may participate for a fee.
Remote Learning Childcare
We are still offering full-day Remote Learning Childcare for students in all school districts!
Family Events
Grinchmas and Teenie Weenie New Year’s Eve virtual event with an activity box.
Browse the digital guide for December sports, events & programs today!
January & February 2021
We’re looking ahead at the New Year 2021 with confidence. We are excited to have planned many new programs for you and hope we can continue to bring you the programs you know and love.
Dance & Gymnastics
Private 1-on-1 classes with your favorite instructor are available along with in-person and virtual classes.
Arts & Education
We are offering a variety of Art classes by one of our own, Casie! Educational classes include Spanish, CPR, Babysitting, and more.
Music, Performing Arts
New music classes begin in January for all ages. We’re exploring a one-act musical play for kids ages 5-13.
School Year Care
In-person and Virtual Preschool classes, Remote Learning Childcare for grades K-8 and Days Off Club for K-6 are open for online registration.
Sports
Youth basketball, dodgeball, lacrosse, soccer, tee ball, volleyball. Adult bean bags, dodgeball, pickleball, volleyball. Esports, self-defense, fencing, karate and more!
Events
Sports-tacular Night Out, “That’s Amore!” Daughter Date Night at home, and more!
Browse the digital guide for January & February sports, events & programs today!
