Boo!

October 31, 2017

Did we scare you? No? Well then, here are a few facts about kids in America that are plenty scary. 61,423 children are incarcerated throughout the United States. It is...

A Salute To Bonnie Terrentine

October 24, 2017
Category: Caring Adult

At the end of last school year, Bonnie Terrentine stepped down from her role as CIS after school coordinator at Lincoln International Studies. She officially retired (well kind of, keep...

17 New Sparks with CIS

October 17, 2017

This is the largest group of interns CIS has yet to connect to the schools! Seventeen of the students attend Western Michigan University and one attends Spring Arbor University and...

Pop Quiz: Jennifer Swan

October 10, 2017

Welcome back to the POP QUIZ! This is a regular, yet totally unexpected, feature where we ask students, parents, staff, our friends, and partners to answer a few questions about...

EVERY MINUTE COUNTS

September 26, 2017
Category: Partnerships

Fifth Third Bank is partnering with Communities In Schools of Kalamazoo (CIS) to support students’ school attendance with a donation of 500 alarm clocks. This comes just in time for...

Storms All Around Us

September 19, 2017
Category: General Info

Lately, it feels as if storms are all around us. Right now, the Kalamazoo community is weathering its own tragedy of the five young people who were killed in the...

Pop Quiz: Dalanna Hoskins

September 12, 2017

Welcome back to the POP QUIZ! This is a regular, yet totally unexpected, feature where we ask students, parents, staff, our friends, and partners to answer a few questions about...

Back to School CIS-Style

September 5, 2017
Category: The CIS Model

It’s back to school for Kalamazoo Public School students. And back by popular demand is the post about what back to school means here at Communities In School…   Believing...

POP QUIZ: Sheldon Turner

August 29, 2017

Welcome back to the POP QUIZ! This is a regular, yet totally unexpected, feature where we ask students, parents, staff, our friends, and partners to answer a few questions about...