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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...
Blog Category: General Info
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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...
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Checking In For Children At The Checkout Lane At Meijer
January 28, 2014
Category: General InfoGuest Bloggers
Pam Kingery, Executive Director of Communities In Schools of Kalamazoo, has returned from Charlotte, North Carolina. She, along with a Kalamazoo delegation, joined the national CIS board for a reception...
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Gulnar Husain: No Longer Unsung
January 21, 2014
Category: General InfoThe CIS Model
We are excited that CIS Site Coordinator Gulnar Husain has received national recognition for her work within Arcadia Elementary School. She joins the ranks of only a handful throughout this country to receive...
Ask Me About My 13,000 Students
January 7, 2014
Category: General Info
It’s a new year and an opportunity to come clean with you, dear readers. On several occasions last year, it was pointed out to me that the name of our...
Ten and a Half Things To Do While We’re Away
December 24, 2013
Category: General Info
Our office is closed this week of December 24. We’re taking a little break but we’ll start blogging again on January 7. Wondering what to do ‘til we get back? In addition to...
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Count Thanks, Not Sheep
December 3, 2013
Category: General InfoPartnerships
When you find yourself having trouble falling asleep: count thanks. I tried it the other night and it worked. I drifted off somewhere around 124. It probably wasn’t a coincidence...
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....
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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...
Avoid The Summer Setback—READ!
June 18, 2013
Category: General InfoPrograms
Taking a “break” from learning during the summer months is hazardous to a student’s education. According to the National Summer Learning Association more than half of the achievement gap between...