CIS of Peninsula Site Coordinator Wins National Award for Helping Kids Succeed in Gig Harbor
We’re excited to announce that Lara Unger, Site Coordinator with Communities In Schools of Peninsula, recently won the prestigious All In For Students Award from CIS National. Lara is all […]
Communities In Schools Receives Multi-Year Investment from Ballmer Group
Communities In Schools (CIS) announced today that it will receive a $15 million grant from Ballmer Group to advance its work inside public schools. The five-year investment will support CIS’s work empowering at-risk students to stay in school and reach their full potential.
CIS of Washington on New Day NW
State Director Susan Richards spoke with New Day NW’s Margaret Larson this morning about the work CIS of Washington affiliates are doing and our ongoing partnership with Western Washington Toyota and the Seattle Seahawks through the False Start program.
Susan Richards on KOMO-AM
CIS of Washington State Director Susan Richards recently spoke to Herb Weisbaum on KOMO News Radio about the thousands of students who drop out of school every year, and what […]
Wall Street Journal: More Schools Open Their Doors to the Whole Community
The Wall Street Journal today shined a spotlight on “community schools,” also known as integrated student supports, citing Communities In Schools as “the largest coordinator of such programs,” and stating […]
New York Times Ad Honors CIS Grads
Communities In Schools was in the New York Times! The full-page insert honored our 2014 graduating seniors nationwide and featured “selfies” of their milestone moments collected as part of our […]
Western Washington Toyota Dealers Association Donates 10k to CIS
The Western Washington Toyota Dealers Association celebrated the Seahawks’ championship season with a $10,000 donation Thursday to Communities in Schools of Washington. The Toyota Dealers Association presented their donation to […]
Mardi Gras Event Pic Featured in PSBJ
On April 4, we were delighted to see that Puget Sound Business Journal ran a Mardi Gras event photo in the “Scene” section. The image shows Dan Cardinali, Communities In […]
CIS President Pens Article for Stanford Social Innovation Review
The Spring 2014 issue of Stanford Social Innovation Review includes an article by Communities In Schools President Dan Cardinali in a special supplement, Smarter Philanthropy for Greater Impact: Rethinking How […]
Want Better Students? Get Real About Life Outside the Classroom
By Claudia Rowe, Reporter, The Seattle Times The din surrounding education reform often fails to recognize forces that significantly affect student achievement, but happen outside the classroom. You can strengthen teacher […]