My name is Leroy Brown, and I am an intern for Communities In Schools at Bettye Myers Middle School in Denton, TX. I have known Skylar, an eighth grader, for 4 months, and within that time he has made major improvements towards his personal growth. When I first met Skylar, he told me he was […]
Read moreMeet Makayla
Meet Makayla! She is a CIS Alumni that is ACHIEVING in life! Makayla graduated from Little Elm High School, where she received support from CIS, and is now attending Texas Woman’s University! She is the first woman in her family to graduate from high school, and she is the first personin her family to attend college. She reports that […]
Read moreLocal school-based nonprofit awarded grant funding to address gaps in mental health services for North Texas students
LEWISVILLE, TX (October 3, 2018) – The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) has awarded Communities In Schools of North Texas (CISNT) with a Community Mental Health grant of $278,683 for the 2018-2019 school year to expand prevention and early intervention services which address the behavioral health needs of public school students and empower […]
Read moreLocal school-based nonprofit awarded AmeriCorps grant funding
LEWISVILLE, TX (August 22, 2018) – The OneStar Foundation has awarded Communities In Schools of North Texas (CISNT) with an AmeriCorps grant of $150,789 for the 2018-2019 school year to onboard and support 39 AmeriCorps Members. Each Member will provide 300-450 service hours to support CISNT’s school-based case management programs and provide direct services to […]
Read moreRocketing Towards Your Goal
At the beginning the of the 2017-2018 school year, a group of 4th grade boys approached me. They wanted mentors! We did not currently have mentors available for them, so the boys decided they wanted to form a lunch group. We worked together to decide what topics would be covered, and the STEM and Leadership […]
Read moreSelf-Confidence and Self-Control
I would like to brag on Datoniya, a third grader at Rivera Elementary in Denton, TX. She has participated in the Communities In Schools of North Texas program for a couple years now, and she is definitely showing more and more growth as time goes on. This year, Datoniya has the opportunity to work with […]
Read moreA Healthy Place to Learn and Grow
Prailey is a CIS student at Chisholm Trail Middle School who can be found in the CIS office every single day. She is plugged into the CIS girls’ self-esteem group, the CIS amiibros academic group, and the CIS guitar club. Prailey also often attends the after-school STEM club called XSTEAM. CIS has a presence at […]
Read moreAn ACE Student Council Leader
Jacqueline is a 5th grader at Hackberry Elementary in Little Elm, TX. This is her second year to participate in the Communities In Schools of North Texas Afterschool Center on Education (CISNT ACE) program. Last year, Jacqueline was a quiet student. While she always did her work and participated in ACE activities, she was never […]
Read moreLearning Coping Skills
Ty’Rece, a fourth grader at Rivera Elementary in Denton, TX, has been doing wonderful work to improve himself! He joined CISNT through a desire to work on his behavior at school, and I have had the pleasure of seeing him learn new coping skills and gain perspective to better understand his peers. He comes into […]
Read moreA Turnaround in Attitude
I just wanted to take the time to recognize Mia, an eighth grader at Calhoun Middle School in Denton, TX. I met Mia when she was in sixth grade, and she struck me as a kid that didn’t have a lot of respect for ANY authority figures. She consistently showed difficulty in following the law […]
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