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Today begins National Reading Month. In anticipation of all the fabulous literacy activities kicking off throughout the Kalamazoo Public Schools, Communities In Schools of Kalamazoo (CIS) staff once again prepare by...
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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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As I sit down to write this post, I’ve just returned from being part of the orientation for our new interns. All twelve of them! It’s a CIS bi-annual ritual...
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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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...
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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...
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...
As Director of Education for the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, Liz Youker has been instrumental (no pun intended) in helping to establish Kids in Tune (KIT)—a partnership between Kalamazoo Public Schools,...
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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...
