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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Piper is a student I can always count on to have a big smile and a funny story when she enters the Communities In Schools of North Texas office at Chisholm Trail Middle School in Rhome, TX. Over the years that I’ve worked with Piper, I’ve seen her self-esteem grow, and I’m very proud of […]