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A Day Off With A Day On
March 10, 2015
Category: PartnershipsPrograms
I can’t stop thinking about a recent Friday. It was a no school day for Kalamazoo Public Schools and my son was quite excited by this fact. He loves school...
Blog Category: Programs
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Twelve Days Of Kindness
December 23, 2014
Category: PartnershipsPrograms
We’re taking the next two weeks off from blogging and will return here to meet up with you again in January. To tide you over until then, we thought we’d...
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Eleven Tips To Beat The Summer Slide
June 24, 2014
Finally. Summer is here. But 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...
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We Can’t Have a Strong America with Weak Kids
February 11, 2014
Hunger, by its very nature, takes bites out of academic success. When a child is hungry, it impacts that child’s ability to learn. It’s harder to pay attention to what...
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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...
Failure is Never Fatal
November 5, 2013
Category: ProgramsThe CIS Model
Every 26 seconds, a child drops out of school. This alarming statistic disturbs me more than any other national statistic out there. Why? I think it’s because it is entirely...
One Man’s Charitable Odyssey
October 22, 2013
Category: PartnershipsPrograms
We recently welcomed a most amazing and interesting person into our midst. Imagine making it your personal mission to seek out and perform a charitable act in every state throughout...
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...
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...