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“I liked learning what businesses, teachers, your volunteers and partners are doing with you in the schools.” This was one of many comments guests made after attending Communities In Schools...
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CIS Think Summer! ran for six weeks this summer and served over 150 first through ninth graders and also included the Kids in Tune participants. Fifteen AmeriCorps VISTA Summer Associates were hired...
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To say that things are hopping at Communities In Schools of Kalamazoo as we prepare for the upcoming school year is probably an understatement. A few weeks back, our six weeks...
Today, we highlight the work of RSVP through Senior Services Southwest Michigan. RSVP was recently honored at the seventh annual Champ celebration. CIS Board Member Steve Powell, along with Emily Demorest, CIS Site Coordinator...
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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...
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...
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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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,...
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:...
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“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...
