This month I would like to brag on Connie Munoz, our Communities In Schools Social Work Intern at Lewisville High School. Connie began her CIS internship at Lewisville High School in January and hit the ground running. She is a social work intern from Texas Woman’s University. She applied herself to learning the Communities In […]

I would like to recognize two organizations that volunteer for Communities In Schools at Central Elementary in Lewisville ISD. Judy Tanner, who is a member of Garden Ridge Church of Christ, coordinates with her church to provide food baskets for our families on the Food 4 Kids program.  Judy and her husband collected all the […]

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 […]