Stories

From the CIS Kalamazoo Blog

In This Season of Thanks and Giving

November 21, 2017
Category: General Info

As I busy myself with upcoming preparations, like menu planning and making out a grocery list, and debating if it would be best to shred or slice zucchini for a...

Mike Stoddard: People Focused

November 14, 2017
Category: Pop Quiz

We recently met up with Mike Stoddard at BASIC, where he is chief operating officer of the human resources consulting company that has been named to Inc. magazine’s list of...

Millie’s Mittens

November 7, 2017
Category: Volunteers

There is always a good reason not to give. We don’t have enough time or money or time. We think somebody else will step up or do a better job...

Boo!

October 31, 2017

Did we scare you? No? Well then, here are a few facts about kids in America that are plenty scary. 61,423 children are incarcerated throughout the United States. It is...

A Salute To Bonnie Terrentine

October 24, 2017
Category: Caring Adult

At the end of last school year, Bonnie Terrentine stepped down from her role as CIS after school coordinator at Lincoln International Studies. She officially retired (well kind of, keep...

17 New Sparks with CIS

October 17, 2017

This is the largest group of interns CIS has yet to connect to the schools! Seventeen of the students attend Western Michigan University and one attends Spring Arbor University and...

Pop Quiz: Jennifer Swan

October 10, 2017

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...

Girls on the Run of Greater Kalamazoo

October 2, 2017
Category: Uncategorized

Congratulations and best wishes to Girls on the Run of Greater Kalamazoo!  After 14+ years, as of October 1st, they are a separate, independent not-for-profit entity and Communities In Schools...

EVERY MINUTE COUNTS

September 26, 2017
Category: Partnerships

Fifth Third Bank is partnering with Communities In Schools of Kalamazoo (CIS) to support students’ school attendance with a donation of 500 alarm clocks. This comes just in time for...