The Dazzling Ladies of Sigma Delta Lambda Sorority has made great strides with the girls at Calhoun Middle School in Denton, TX. Individual members of the sorority first came to me to mentor in October and were an absolute blessing to my girls. With their arrival, I now had mentors that many of my students […]

One of the reasons Communities In Schools is the largest and most effective dropout prevention programs in the nation is because it provides continuous services to students. Students who utilized CIS in elementary school often have the opportunity to be a part of CIS middle school and high school. Rubi Hernandez was matched with her […]

As an eighth grader at Lake Dallas Middle School, Evelyn is beginning to realize and understand the importance of the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) tests. Unfortunately, Evelyn has not been successful in previous tests, and with her Practice STAAR coming up in the beginning of March, she realized she had to […]

North Point Christian Church has supported Communities In Schools of North Texas at DeLay Middle School for many years. North Point Christian Church has helped with the CIS Holiday Assistance program for the past four years.  Mike Farra, North Point’s lead pastor, sits on our Building Leadership Team to help with community input.  One summer […]

Our interns are a valued resource for Communities In Schools of North Texas. Today, we highlight Cecily Johnson, a Family Studies Intern from the University of North Texas. Johnson interns at Hedrick Elementary in Lewisville, TX, under the supervision of Josh Nunley, CIS North Texas Site Coordinator. Johnson is paired with five students to individually […]

Karen Skoken is a retired high school math tutor who reached out to Communities In Schools of North Texas at Northwest High School to offer math tutoring services. Karen uses her valuable skills to tutor four to six students every week. She is able to help students with homework completion, studying for tests, mastering new […]

Len is one of the bravest students I know. She is a ninth grader at Lewisville High School-Killough Campus. This is Len’s first year in America, and she has embraced high school’s challenges and opportunities with an open mind and a smile on her face. Len came into my office in September and told me […]

Today’s brag goes out to Morgan, a fourth grade student at Rockbrook Elementary in Lewisville ISD. She has been struggling a lot in math, specifically division, so we decided to incorporate math into a game. This allowed for us to have fun and have active learning at the same time. Our activity involved us playing […]

An innovative group that I’ve seen implemented through the CIS Model is the Guitar Club, run by Joaquin Urby, Site Coordinator at Chisholm Trail Middle School in Northwest ISD. The goal of Guitar Club was to build self-esteem and confidence for a group of five kids by learning to play the guitar. Urby purchased five […]

Gary Vickery began as a mentor at Lee Elementary in the Communities In Schools of North Texas Afterschool Centers on Education (ACE) program in January. He was initially paired with a fourth grade student, but after two weeks of meeting with his mentee, the student moved to a different school. Gary still expressed interest in […]