This time last year we polled a few CIS partners, volunteers, and staff to find out what they love. This year, we posed this same question to students, from kindergarten through fifth grade, who are part of the CIS after school program at Milwood Elementary.
Here is what they love:
Playing with my brothers.
-Ayden, 5th grade, future fire fighter
Playing with my friends.
-Josiah, 3rd grade, future basketball coach
Teachers!
-Tevin, 1st grade, future teacher
I love my dad and mom because they take care of me.
-Jayvious, 3rd grade, future football player
My mom, my dad, and my brother.
-Cavin, 1st grade, future police officer
Music, gym, computers, and tigers.
-Damario, 2nd grade, future FBI Agent
My mom and the Kalamazoo Promise.
-Nataviah, 5th grade, future doctor or nurse
Ninjas.
-Sammie, 1st grade, future video hacker and ninja.
Playing with Legos, and my family.
-Christopher, 2nd grade, future police officer.
My mom.
-Kadesha, 1st grade, future doctor.
Football.
-Liadreas, 5th grade, future singer
My mom and dad, sisters and brother.
-Ashley, 5th grade, future doctor or teacher
Football.
-Kemoni, 5th grade, future professional football player
My family.
-Ysabella, 2nd grade, future artist
Pizza.
-Walter, 4th grade, future basketball player
Making slime.
-Mariah, 4th grade, future wildlife rehabilitator
Spending time with family and friends.
-Samiya, 4th grade, future vet or makeup artist
Race cars and toys.
-Jayden, kindergarten, future police officer
Pizza, my mom and dad and brother.
-Dean, 1st grade, future cop
My sister.
-Brandon, 1st grade, future cop
And just what is love?
Aaliyah, a kindergartener who loves having her own bedroom and wants to be a teacher one day, says love is “kisses and hugs.”
Photo of Gabriel.
According to Gabriel, a 4th grader who loves his siblings and plans to be a police officer when he grows up, “Love is not something you can take.” Love is a “symbol of care and means you matter to the world.”
CIS After School is made possible thanks to the support of the Michigan Department of Education (21st Century Community Learning Centers). Special thanks to the CIS youth development workers (YDWs) at Milwood Elementary School for helping to solicit these responses: Karen Hill, Marla Sykes, Autumn Lumpkin, Marshera Ogletree, Lexi Chie, and Sam Gbadamosi. Their help not only made today’s post possible, but they, as do other youth development workers in CIS after school programs throughout Kalamazoo Public Schools, work hard to develop the strengths and talents of our youth by involving and empowering students in their own growth.
Our kids need more youth development workers, enthusiastic and energetic individuals to serve in an after school setting (Monday through Thursday). If you or someone you know might be right for the job, go here.
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