Activities in 2011

• PAAD Palaro 2011
Open Basketball Tournament,
35 Years old and over Basketball Tournament,
Youth Basketball Tournament and
Mixed Volleyball Tournament.
When: July 9
Where: PAL Hockessin Center Old Lancaster Pike, Hockessin, Delaware

New Teams! Teams combining forces! Veteran Teams going for it again! Comeback Teams! GK aiming for a 4-peat!
Fellow PAAD Ballers! The stage is now set for the 2011 PAAD Palaro.

As valuable participants of PAAD Palaro, we’ve listened to your opinions and concerns. We’ve made improvements to the rules in our pursuit of making the games fun and competitive.

Key Points and changes:
1. For Basketball, each team will be allowed to have a maximum of five (5) players with heights 6’ and above.
2. For Basketball, each team will have a maximum of two (2) players with heights between 6’ and above playing at the same time in the game.
3. For Basketball, improved quotient and tie-breaking system.
4. Eligibility rules. A player should have played 2 consecutive years in PAAD to be eligible for the “grandfather rule”. Previously we’ve allowed players who have previously played in PAAD to play without scrutiny of their eligibility (primarily their Filipino lineage)
5. Players who have been banned from other leagues similar to PAAD Palaro are automatically banned from PAAD Palaro
6. Teams that are based outside of Delaware or reasonably far from the venue can request to have multiple games in a particular week. These requests should be in place before the PAAD 2011 Schedule is finalized.
7. Volleyball teams are now allowed to have 3 male players playing at the same time

Key Dates:

Tournament Start: July 9, 2011
Team Registration Fee (Initial/DP): June 27, 2011
Team Registration Fee (Full Payment): July 3, 2011
Tournament Schedule Finalized: July 3, 2011

For the teams who are joining, please fill up the appropriate forms. Please note that we will limit the Teams for the OPEN Tournament. We will accommodate teams on a First-Come-First-Served basis.

• Paaralan
Date : 07/16/2011, 07/23/2011, 07/30/2011, and 08/06/2011
Time : 9AM to 12:30PM (Please arrive no later than 8:45AM as classes will start promptly)
Venue : Holy Family Religious Education Building
15 Gender Road Newark, DE 19713-2898

The program is open to everyone aged 3 and up (including adults) and is interested in learning more about Filipino language and culture. The program offers classes in Language, History, Practical Arts, and Music & Dance. The focus for History this year will be Philippine Literature. For Practical Arts, participants will be taught the basic hand sewing stitches. If you are interested in joining either as participant or volunteer and have not signed-up yet, please feel free to email cultural.affairs@paadko.com or paadko.culturalaffairs@gmail.com or any PAAD officers. If you cannot join us but are interested to support, we welcome donations for children's snacks as well as donations for our outreach program. You can drop-off your donations anytime during our sessions.

For more details about the program, please see the program overview using the below link:

Summer Filipino School Overview

For children participants, we will need support from parents to ensure participants from 7 years old and up actively participate in the activities and complete the homework that they may be assigned..

We will have our graduation on the afternoon of August 7, depending on the availability of the Holy Family Social Hall.