Blog Tag: reading

What CIS Volunteers are Reading in 2021

April 6, 2021
Category: Volunteers

While March may be recognized as National Reading Month, it’s always reading month for Communities In Schools of Kalamazoo volunteers. Here’s what some of them are reading … [Note: Like...

Read this post on reading

August 21, 2018
Category: General Info

Summer is slipping away. Have you had a chance to read as much as you hoped? If you hurry, you still have time to snag a book from The New...

We are an open book

March 1, 2016
Category: General Info

Today begins National Reading Month. In anticipation of all the fabulous literacy activities kicking off throughout the Kalamazoo Public Schools, Communities In Schools of Kalamazoo (CIS) staff once again prepare by...

What Are You Reading?

February 17, 2015
Category: General Info

In anticipation of National Reading Month this March—in which Kalamazoo Public Schools kicks off literacy activities throughout the schools—we prepare ourselves by engaging in the annual ritual of asking via email:...

We Geek The Library

May 6, 2014
Category: Partnerships

Here at Communities In Schools, we’ve been talking about how much we love our Kalamazoo Public Library. The organization and its people are a part of what makes Kalamazoo excellent. Speaking...

What Are You Reading?

February 18, 2014
Category: General Info

In anticipation of National Reading Month, we’re posting a series of emails that have recently flown between CIS staff. We did this last year and once again, it’s been fun...

Avoid The Summer Setback—READ!

June 18, 2013

Taking a “break” from learning during the summer months is hazardous to a student’s education. According to the National Summer Learning Association more than half of the achievement gap between...