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Happy Birthday, Blog!
September 3, 2013
Category: General Info
One year ago we launched this blog: Ask Me About My 12,000 Kids. There were over 181 million blogs when we began and there are probably more than that now....
Stories
From the CIS Kalamazoo Blog
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A Dynamic Duo
August 27, 2013
Category: ChampsVolunteers
Today we highlight the work of Joyce and Doyle Crow. These CIS volunteers were honored this past spring at the sixth annual Champ Celebration. (This is the seventh installment of a nine part series.)...
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Pastor Gets Real With Young Men
August 20, 2013
Category: ChampsVolunteers
Today we highlight the work of Pastor James Harris. He was honored this past spring at the sixth annual Champ Celebration. (This is the six installment of a nine part series.) These...
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Got Learning?
August 6, 2013
Category: PartnershipsPrograms
What have you been learning this summer? Have you improved your math and reading skills? Have you learned to sing, cook, dance, play the cello, discovered who you are, and...
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Tuning Into Music And Possibilities
July 30, 2013
Today we highlight the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, honored this past spring at the sixth annual Champ Celebration. (This is the fifth installment of a nine part series.) At Woods Lake Elementary School:...
Out On A Limb
July 23, 2013
Category: PartnershipsPrograms
“Stop singing!” my son has been begging me. But I can’t stop singing the beautiful song (Out on a Limb) I heard last week out at the CIS Think Summer! program. If...
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Think Summer! Think Water!
July 16, 2013
Category: PartnershipsPrograms
What is the best thing that has ever happened to you? For one fifth grader, it is being a part of the CIS “Think Summer” program which is running out...
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Engineers of the Heart
July 9, 2013
Category: General InfoVolunteers
There is considerable research that shows that children who are not reading at grade level by third grade face far higher risks than their peers of dropping out of high...
Patti Petersen
July 2, 2013
Category: ChampsPartnerships
Today we highlight Patti Petersen who was recently honored at the sixth annual Champ Celebration. (This is the fourth installment of a nine part series.) During the week of Caring,...
Peer To Peer Tutors
June 25, 2013
Category: ChampsVolunteers
Today we give a shout out to Linden Grove’s National Honor Society Peer to Peer Tutors, a group recently honored at the sixth annual Champ Celebration. CIS Board Member, Jeff...