Communities In Schools Takes on Chronic Absenteeism Nationwide in Powerful New Campaign Featuring “The Longest Roll Call”
Communities In Schools® (CIS®), the nation’s leading provider of K-12 school-based integrated student supports (ISS), has launched the new “Being Present Matters” public service campaign highlighting the nationwide epidemic of chronic absenteeism and the solutions Communities In Schools offers to eradicate it. The campaign features a six-foot-tall paper attendance roll, imprinted with 15 million names – […]
Communities In Schools of the South Plains® Receives $20,000 Charitable Donation From Michael Postar’s Affordable Storage
Communities in Schools of The South Plains is incredibly grateful to receive a $20,000 charitable donation from our friends at Micael Postar’s Affordable Storage. Their ongoing support has been a blessing to our community and we couldn’t be more grateful for their generosity.
Communities In Schools of the South Plains® Receives $2,500 Grant for Emergency Fund
Communities In Schools of the South Plains® (CIS-SP®) has received a $2,500 grant from the Community Foundation of West Texas to fund the CIS-SP® Emergency Fund which provides one-time, emergency assistance to students enrolled in CIS-SP® services and their families. The Community Foundation of West Texas grant will be used to help students in local […]
Communities In Schools of the South Plains Announces Transformative Investment to Help Students Overcome Obstacles to Learning
$3.3 MILLION DONATION FROM PHILANTHROPIST MACKENZIE SCOTT WILL DEEPEN THE ORGANIZATION’S IMPACT IN SCHOOLS ACROSS THE SOUTH PLAINS SUPPORTING NEARLY 10,000 STUDENTS February 3, 2022 – Communities In Schools of the South Plains, a local nonprofit working in schools to ensure every student has what they need to succeed in school, today announced it is […]
Communities In Schools of the South Plains & Michael Postar’s Affordable Storage – A Corporate Partnership That Works
“It’s relationships, not programs, that change children.” This simple mission, expressed by Communities in Schools® founder, Bill Milliken, is at the heart of everything we do at Communities in Schools of the South Plains (CIS). We help kids stay in school. We do that by surrounding students with a community of support, empowering them to […]
CIS Ranked Most Effective
Five–Year Comprehensive Evaluation Ranks Communities In Schools as the Most Effective Dropout Prevention Organization in America’s Largest and Most Comprehensive Evaluation of Dropout Prevention Programs Ever Completed