The Gift of Connection
This post from Dan Cardinali, president of Communities In Schools, originally appeared in The Huffington Post on June 1, 2012. Bill Milliken’s feet sat comfortably atop his desk as we […]
Loving Relationships and Education Reform
Communities In Schools President Dan Cardinali wrote for The Huffington Post about the capacity to build trusting relationships with students. I recently met Diane Formosa at a Communities In Schools […]
No Cape, but a “Hero” Nonetheless: Xaila Lewis, Rainier Beach High School
They don’t have capes or secret identities. They can’t leap tall buildings or fly. But their hard work and unrelenting passion to help others gives them the power to save […]
MetLife Teacher Survey Shows Increasing Need for Community Support in Schools
Communities In Schools National weighs in on MetLife’s “Survey of the American Teacher Report.” When 64 percent of teachers report students and families needing increased health and social support services, […]
Poised for success: high school junior shares her story
High school junior Victoire LeTourneau shared this story at the Communities In Schools of Washington Mardi Gras Dinner & Auction, February 11, 2012. She is on track to graduate next […]
Malo Maoemai – Mt. Tahoma High School Success Story
Malogaifo (Malo) Maoemai, senior at Mt. Tahoma High School, was one of two students who spoke at the Greater Tacoma Community Foundation’s Fund For Women and Girls Luncheon on March […]
The bigger picture surrounding education reform: Communities
Helping students is more than fixing what happens inside schools; it’s about strengthening outside communities as well. MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry, Communities In Schools National Board Chair Elaine Wynn, and Telemundo’s […]
A High School Student’s Reflections on Mentoring: Lessons Shared
By Cori Uddenberg, Volunteer, Communities In Schools of Peninsula Pencil to paper, marker to dry erase board, finger to calculator. The medium changes constantly. Never the same in process but […]
President Obama Proclaims January as National Mentoring Month – You Can Become a Communities In Schools Mentor
Excerpted from NMM news release | Posted: January 5, 2012 January 3, 2012: President Barack Obama has issued a proclamation designating January as National Mentoring Month, saying, “Every day, mentors help […]
Breaking the cycle
Author: Briana Kerensky, Online Communications Specialist, Communities In Schools National Office While we have all experienced the effects of our country’s economic downturn in one way or another, a new […]