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A Story of Success: The Gift of Achievement
December 27, 2016
For eighth grader DeKarieon, the CIS support he’s received over the past three years at Hillside Middle School has done more than put him on the road to success in...
Blog Category: Programs
Pop Quiz: Montrell Baker
September 13, 2016
Category: Programs
Welcome back to the POP QUIZ! This is a regular, yet totally unexpected, feature where we ask students, parents, staff, our friends, and partners to answer a few questions about...
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August 23, 2016
Category: PartnershipsPrograms
Here is a lovely poem written by seven-year-old Sevati. She wrote this during the CIS Think Summer! program.* Sevati attends Woods Lake Elementary School: A Magnet Center for the Arts....
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The Beat of Summer
August 2, 2016
Category: PartnershipsPrograms
Students are packing a lot of fun and learning into these six weeks of their CIS Think Summer! program*. At the Prairie Ridge Elementary School site, Kalamazoo Kids in Tune...
Big Brothers Big Sisters, A Community of Caring
July 19, 2016
Today we highlight Big Brothers Big Sisters, A Community of Caring, one of seven school and community partners honored with a 2016 Champ Award. Their award was sponsored by BASIC and...
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Western Michigan University Medallion Scholars
June 28, 2016
Today we highlight Western Michigan University Medallion Scholars, one of seven school and community partners honored with a 2016 Champ Award. Their award was sponsored by Western Michigan University and CIS...
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Poetry Fuels Young Minds
April 26, 2016
We can’t let April slip by without a nod to poetry. Whether a student is reading and writing poetry in April or December, poetry enhances literacy, builds community, aids in...
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An Hour A Week: April 2016
April 25, 2016
Category: ProgramsVolunteers
March was National Reading Month. We asked our volunteers what they were reading. Check out our blog, Ask Me About My 12,000 Kids, to take a look at the responses!...
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Pop Quiz: The XY-Zone!
Welcome back to the POP QUIZ! This is a regular, yet totally unexpected, feature where we ask students, parents, staff, our friends, and partners to answer a few questions about...
Introduction To Mindfulness: How It Helps Students
April 7, 2015
Today’s guest blogger is Jessica Smith, Western Michigan University MSW Intern at Communities In Schools of Kalamazoo. My name is Jessica Smith, I am an MSW (Masters of Social Work)...