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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...
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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...
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...
Silent Giants In The Schools
February 4, 2014
Today’s post is written by Lauren Longwell. She is venturing into her second year as an AmeriCorps VISTA with us. (VISTA stands for Volunteers In Service To America. VISTAs commit...
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...
A Gift Of Warmth For Edison
December 17, 2013
Category: Guest BloggersPartnerships
Today’s lovely post is written by Donna Carroll, Director of Health Initiatives for CIS. If Edison School looked like a department store last Friday it was not by chance. Over...
Kalamazoo Through The Eyes Of Dan Cardinali
December 10, 2013
Category: Guest BloggersThe CIS Model
As an educational leader, Dan Cardinali, President of Communities In Schools, Inc.,regularly lends his voice to the national dialogue on education reform. In a recent visit to Kalamazoo, Dan was...
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Being a VISTA
November 26, 2013
CIS has three AmeriCorps VISTA workers who are wrapping up their time with us this week. VISTA stands for Volunteers In Service To America. VISTAs commit to a full-time year of service...