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Pop Quiz: Principal Frank Rocco
April 29, 2014
Today’s guest blogger is Daquayveon Edmonson, a fourth grader at Woodward School for Science and Technology. His favorite thing to learn about in school is science. His favorite book is...
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Math, Music, And Refrigerators
April 22, 2014
Category: Guest BloggersPartnerships
Today’s post is written by our CIS friend and partner, Kalamazoo College Professor Dr. Eric “Rick” Barth. Let’s begin with an old clipping from my home-town newspaper, dating back to...
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Are You My Mother Or My Father? Yes. Yes You Are.
April 15, 2014
Category: Guest BloggersPartnerships
What kind of parent are you? If you are a regular reader of this blog then you know that YOU are raising the children of our community. So, what kind...
Pop Quiz: Hailiey From Spring Valley Center For Exploration
April 8, 2014
Today’s pop quiz features Hailiey Houser, a fifth grader at Spring Valley Center for Exploration. She has been involved with CIS for three years now and is featured within our...
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The Madness Of The March To Graduation
March 25, 2014
Category: The CIS Model
In my house, “March Madness” means the excitement of the NCAA men’s and women’s basketball tournaments. It’s great to see KPS grads Devin Oliver (University of Dayton) and Von Washington, III...
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Melissa Holman: A World Changer
March 18, 2014
Category: Guest Bloggers
Compassionate, smart, creative and so much more, Melissa Holman is part of what makes Communities In Schools of Kalamazoo a great organization. In her role as the CIS After School...
Pop Quiz: Andrew From Spring Valley Center For Exploration
March 11, 2014
Category: Pop Quiz
I recently sat down with Andrew Hedgpeth, a second grader in Mrs. McCurley’s class at Spring Valley Center for Exploration. He is also in his second year with the Writer’s...
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Knock, Knock
March 4, 2014
Category: General Info
This has been a tough winter. And it’s not over. With all this snow falling, ice damming, roof leaking, pipe bursting weather, my humor has taken a hit. What about...
What is Your Story?
February 25, 2014
Category: Guest Bloggers
When somebody asks you what your story is, what do you tell them? Where do you start? When we tell our stories, according to writer Scott Russell Sanders, we usually...
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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...