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Pop Quiz: Fred Myles
May 17, 2016
Category: Pop Quiz
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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Maple Street’s Duo: Emily Demorest and Jen Nitz
May 10, 2016
Category: Pop Quiz
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...
Pop Quiz: Terra Mosqueda
May 3, 2016
Category: Pop QuizVolunteers
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...
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...
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Giving Back “Just Because”
April 12, 2016
Category: General InfoVolunteers
This week, we’d like you to meet Rex. Rex turned five years old in March. He is starting t-ball this spring, loves inventing things, and when we talked to him...
A Young Man Moving Forward, No Matter What
April 6, 2016
Category: NewslettersSuccess Stories
Dareon Martin, in his quiet voice says, “Everybody has their own story. I went through stuff when I was younger. I needed somebody. I was fortunate to have some people...
CIS Connections: Why Boys?
April 6, 2016
Category: Newsletters
These days, the road to becoming a man is fraught with peril. Throughout our nation: Boys are suspended at roughly twice the rate of girls. Two-thirds of the D’s and...
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A Safe Place to Learn and Grow
April 5, 2016
Category: General InfoGuest Bloggers
A safe place to learn and grow. This is one of five CIS basics that we believe every child needs and deserves. Communities In Schools of Kalamazoo Site Coordinator and...