From the CIS Kalamazoo Blog

Pop Quiz: Dr. Jim Zhu

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...

Calling all Kalamazoo Public Schools teachers, principals, and administrators! Our 2017-18 grant guide is out and can be found on our website through the link below. This guide contains information on...

Isaiah & Dedrenna Hoskins, A Mother and Son Giving Back

Welcome back to the POP QUIZ! This is a regular, yet totally unexpected, feature where we ask students, parents, staff, our friends, volunteers and partners to answer a few questions...

Dropping In

“I’m here for the first time and I’m here to work. I want to get my C up to a B in math.” “I’m here because my mom thinks that...

In This Season of Thanks and Giving

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

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

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!

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

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

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...