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How ‘Bout them Grits?
November 11, 2014
Category: General Info
We’ve heard from a number of you about how much you enjoyed reading the latest CIS Connections (“It’s All About the Grit” issue) on social emotional learning. That’s why we...
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Pop Quiz: The CIS Interns Of 2014!
November 4, 2014
Category: PartnershipsPop Quiz
Have you voted today?No? Well, then, go ahead. We’ll wait… Welcome back to the POP QUIZ! This is a regular, yet totally unexpected, feature where we ask students, parents, staff,...
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Oh Say Can She See?
October 14, 2014
What if, right now, you could do one thing that would positively impact a student’s academic performance? Would you do it? What is that one thing, you ask? It’s helping...
Open Letter To Kids’ Closet Supporters
October 7, 2014
Category: General InfoGuest Bloggers
So many cool things can happen while waiting in the checkout lane of the grocery store. Here’s one thing you need to check out today: the below post. It is written...
Know The ABCs Of School Attendance
September 30, 2014
Category: General InfoThe CIS Model
Attendance research is discovering what schools have known all along: Our teachers can teach our children….if the children show up. Turns out, attendance is a significant predictor of student performance....
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Don’t Quote Me
September 23, 2014
Category: General InfoPartnerships
As I sit down to write this post, I’ve just returned from being part of the orientation for our new interns. All twelve of them! It’s a CIS bi-annual ritual...
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Calling Out That Person Who Is Behind That Face
September 16, 2014
Category: Caring Adult
Think back to when you were young and in school. Maybe you were in elementary school, or perhaps it was middle or high school. Recall that caring adult you felt...
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AmeriCorps Vista Summer Associates: Memory Makers
September 9, 2014
Category: General InfoVolunteers
CIS Think Summer! ran for six weeks this summer and served over 150 first through ninth graders and also included the Kids in Tune participants. Fifteen AmeriCorps VISTA Summer Associates were hired...
Back To School Means…
September 2, 2014
Category: General Info
Summer is slipping away and school is back in session. At CIS, back to school means… Believing that the future of our community rests in our children who deserve...
Sailing the Sea Of Success
August 26, 2014
Category: Guest BloggersSuccess Stories
Today’s guest blogger is CIS graduate and former CIS board member, Ricki Harris. Ricki graduated from Kalamazoo Central High School in 2012, and later that year she graduated from Naval...