Communities In Schools of North Texas (CISNT) is extremely grateful to the Lewisville Noon Rotary for partnering with us to implement the first ever Rotary Reads program at Central Elementary, Lewisville Elementary, Rockbrook Elementary, and Southridge Elementary. In place of their regular meeting on December 7th, Rotarians dispersed amongst four CISNT elementary campuses and were […]
Read moreA Significant Change
For the month of November, I would like to acknowledge one of my 5th Grade students at Rivera Elementary in Denton, TX. At the end of her 4th Grade year, Da’Niya was struggling with controlling her attitude. I was having frequent conversations with her about respecting her teacher and noticed she was becoming more involved […]
Read moreMiss Sally and Madison
Miss Sally and Madison started meeting together at Hedrick Elementary in the Lewisville Independent School District midway through the last school year, and have continued their mentoring relationship this year. Madison was referred to Communities In Schools of North Texas by her first grade teachers for having some behavior issues that had been persisting ever since she […]
Read moreSigma Delta Lambda Mentors Calhoun Middle School girls
Thank you to Sigma Delta Lambda Sorority, Inc. (SDL) as well as Texas Women’s University and the TWU Women’s Soccer team for hosting the Calhoun Middle School Damas Unidas GOAL team on October 4th! Many members of SDL coach and mentor many of the girls on the team and decided that they wanted to take […]
Read moreHelping Kids Understand Math
I would like to spotlight our Volunteer of the Month at Chisholm Trail Middle School: Roxanne Leininger is a student from the University of North Texas studying Mathematics. Roxanne has gone above and beyond helping students here at Chisholm Trail. She has been working with some tough students who have been struggling to get by […]
Read moreA Behavioral Turnaround
Ryan is new to the Communities In Schools of North Texas Afterschool Centers on Education (CISNT ACE) program at Evers Park Elementary in Denton, TX this year. When he first started, he struggled to understand the purpose of CIS. This translated into struggles in the classroom. When his coach told me about some of the […]
Read moreOnce a CISNT Student, Now a CISNT Employee
I met Kaela Byrd eight years ago as one of the first students during the very first year of the Communities In Schools of North Texas (CISNT) Afterschool Centers on Education (ACE) program began operating at Calhoun Middle School in Denton, TX. Kaela was in my ACE class for the next two years at Strickland, and […]
Read moreTremendous Growth in a Short Amount of Time
Landon, a kindergartener at Bridgeport Elementary in Bridgeport, TX has grown in many ways over the past couple months. When he first started school, Landon could only recognize the letter L in his name. He was also one of the last students to finish his work. His teachers and I began to work with him […]
Read moreA Winning Attitude
Kevin is a fourth grader at Peters Colony Elementary in The Colony, TX. He has been participating in the CIS program for three years, and his great attitude reflects the spirit of our program. Kevin is originally from Central America and is currently living with his guardian. He struggled at the beginning of his school […]
Read moreSummertime Goal
Summer can be a challenge for students because of the freedom of time they are given. For Donavin, a fifth grader at Seven Hills Elementary in the Northwest Independent School District, the summertime was the time he had to get to work. He made a goal of reading over the summer and was able to […]
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