by CISGA | Mar 13, 2023 | Featured Articles, Our Students
A Champion for Garrett Middle School CIS Site Coordinator Timothy Parham loves working with youth, and it shows in everything he does to support the students of Garrett Middle School in Marietta. “I’m gonna be there as a support system for them. And I’m gonna be able...
by CISGA | Mar 8, 2023 | Featured Articles, Our Students, Our Work in Schools
SOAR (Situations, Obstacles, Actions, Results) Girls Mentoring group making a positive impact on behavior. There were 30 students present to discuss self care at the Spread The Love Event thanks to Communities In Schools of Georgia in Henry...
by CISGA | Jan 23, 2023 | Awards, Featured Articles, News, Press Releases
ATLANTA (January 19, 2023) Communities in Schools of Georgia (CISGA) announced today that it is the recipient of the Department of Education’s, Full-Service Community Schools Program (FSCS) grant for its Georgia ACRES Project: Activating Communities for Rural...
by CISGA | Dec 21, 2022 | Our Students
He asked me, “Can a boy live in project housing and go to a gifted school?” Rhonda Sisroe, MSW CIS Site Coordinator, Communities In Schools of Albany/Dougherty County The answer is YES! Jeremy Mobley is a fifth-grade student I met several years ago. I noticed he had...
by CISGA | Nov 18, 2022 | Our Students
Students with behavior problems tend to act in ineffective ways when under stress by becoming impulsive, aggressive or shutting down. Communities In Schools of Georgia in Albany/Dougherty helps students learn to cope with stress. From affirmations to start each day,...
by CISGA | Nov 17, 2022 | Our Students
“Please meet Jakiyle Griffin!! This extraordinary young man is a second grader at Dooly County Elementary. I had the opportunity of mentoring this young man for 2 years now. And, as the new Site Coordinator for Communities in Schools, luckily, he was on my...
by CISGA | Nov 14, 2022 | Featured Articles, Our Work in Schools
In a study from the University of Kansas, high school athletes were 10% more likely to graduate than peers who never participated in sports. Why would this be true? In a study from the University of Kansas, high school athletes were 10% more likely to graduate than...
by CISGA | Oct 8, 2022 | Our Students, Our Work in Schools
It was 9th grade year when I first moved to Cobb County… I was just a freshman who knew nobody and had no idea what to expect from Cobb County or South Cobb High School as a whole. When I was invited to Operation Snatch Back (a program for students to avoid...
by CISGA | Jul 27, 2022 | Featured Articles, Our Students
Tymarion, CIS Alumni Luella High School Graduate Tymarion is from the small, Southern town of Vidalia, Georgia, where he was born and raised by his mother and grandmother along with three younger brothers. When the family relocated, Tymarion began his high school...
by CISGA | Jun 7, 2022 | COVID-19, Our Students
When Lisbel’s mother had a stroke in the first semester of her sophomore year she found herself saddled with adult responsibilities and an overwhelming sense of loss. Her mother was mentally unavailable during the earliest periods of her return home from the hospital...
