*Names of clients changed for privacy and protection We are really excited to welcome back UNT Math and Reading and welcome TWU student volunteers. Our students love and appreciate all the extra support they get from these wonderful students coming on campus. Currently, we have reading volunteers taking groups of 4-6 students in 3rd, 4th, […]
Read moreLunch with a Leader at Peters Colony Elementary
Communities In Schools of North Texas facilitates the Lunch with a Leader (LWAL) group at Peters Colony Elementary in The Colony, Texas where women leaders in the community mentor a group of girls. The group meets with students once a month to have lunch together and engage in leadership activities. The group’s goal is to promote […]
Read moreMindfulness Activities Promote Healthy Mindsets
Every Monday through Thursday I have mindfulness activities prepared for students at Prairie View Elementary in Northwest ISD. Students who participate have the opportunity to start their day with a healthy mindset! I get these activities from a boxed card deck called Mindful Kids: 50 Mindfulness Activities for Calm, Focus, and Peace. I dim the […]
Read moreHelping Hands for Little Hearts
Helping Hands for Little Hearts, a non-profit organization that has partnered up with Communities in Schools to help meet the needs of students in creative and useful ways, has been so helpful with kick starting the school year with healthy and nutritional snacks for our students across North Texas. Through their program called Power Snacks, […]
Read moreAn Amazing Tutor
This month, I would like to take some time to recognize one of our amazing tutors this semester at Rivera Elementary in Denton, TX. D. comes to us from the UNT Education program and is currently completing one of her final classes before beginning student teaching. D. comes in two times a week and sees […]
Read moreCISNT Celebrates World Mental Health Day
Two years ago, CISNT started a Mental Health Initiative with the purpose of doing what was best for kids and filling the gaps in resources for students and families in our community. By adding a Mental Health Coordinator CISNT was able to expand services offered to students on campuses. Through our Mental Health Coordinator we […]
Read moreFinding Support Through Caring Relationships
*Names of clients and volunteers changed for privacy and protection Adjusting to a new school while facing tough family dynamics, Damien was struggling. Damien and his family had just moved from Mississippi and there was a lot of dysfunction at home. That is when Mirna, the CISNT Site Coordinator at Lewisville Harmon High School, first […]
Read moreMentor Spotlight: Matt Yeager
I would like to take the time to recognize our wonderful mentor, Matt Yeager at Bridgeport Elementary School in Bridgeport, Texas! Mr. Yeager began mentoring two students last school year with CISNT. This school year he has once again committed to mentoring two more students. When Mr. Yeager meets with his students, he focuses on […]
Read moreMentor Spotlight: Mr. Moses
I would like to introduce you all to Mr. Bob Moses. Not only is Mr. Moses the owner of Beth Marie’s Old Fashioned Ice Cream in Denton, he is also a long-standing mentor to Nathan, an eighth grader at Strickland Middle School in Denton ISD. Mr. Moses first met Nathan when he was at Ginnings […]
Read moreInterns and AmeriCorps Members Make a Difference in Their Own Lives and in Students’ Lives
Communities In Schools of North Texas (CISNT) partners with area colleges and universities to provide internships that help college students develop the skills they will need in the future. CISNT also partners with AmeriCorps, the network of national service programs through which members—primarily college students– commit their time to address critical community needs. Each year, AmeriCorps […]
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