Federal Way mentors rev up for a new school year
By JOAN TORNOW, PH.D. Every Tuesday afternoon, Bev and Steve Ross ride up to a Federal Way school where they meet with their respective mentees for 50 very important minutes. […]
Communities In Schools of Federal Way Salutes Sacajawea School Outreach Coordinator
By Joan Tornow, Ph.D. With her open door policy at Sacajawea Middle School, School Outreach Coordinator Sarah Curl has been a daily resource for students. Those who come to Sarah, […]
Communities In Schools of Peninsula Employee Wins National Award
Linda Shelley, the Communities In Schools of Peninsula Site Coordinator at Vaughn Elementary, has won the Whatever it Takes award from the Communities In Schools National office located in Washington […]
Communities In Schools Teams with Procter & Gamble to Raise Awareness of the Dropout Crisis
While many new high school graduates are enjoying summer break and preparing for their next big step, millions of young people across America are struggling to figure out what’s next […]
State Director Susan Richards on Adaptation in Scarce Times
On June 5, 2012, Social Venture Partners (SVP) organized a series of brief talks about adaptation in scarce times for their spring meeting. Susan Richards, State Director of Communities In […]
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 […]
Study Shows $11 Benefit to Community for Every $1 Invested
The Communities In Schools model produces lifetime benefits for students, businesses and taxpayers.
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, […]