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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...
Blog Category: Programs
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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...
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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...
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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...
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...
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...
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...
Bookends of Life
June 11, 2013
Category: Guest BloggersPrograms
Today’s lovely post is written by Carly Wiggins, Director of Volunteer Services for Communities In Schools of Kalamazoo. A few weeks ago, I started my day at the senior honors...
