by CISGA | Oct 14, 2020 | Featured Articles, Our Students
“Communities in Schools changed my trajectory. I wouldn’t be where I am today without that intervention and support.” —Fredrick Bailey, former CIS student & Director of Community Engagement & Operations at CIS of Georgia in Henry County Vision to Become a...
by CISGA | Oct 12, 2020 | Resources
Our country’s youth have been a powerful voice for change this year, speaking up forcefully about racial and social injustice and the existence of systemic racism that is embedded in major institutions in our country. They also have the potential to exercise...
by CISGA | Oct 12, 2020 | Our Students
South Cobb High School “Prior to my last semester of senior year, I was in South Cobb’s Academy of Research and Medical Sciences, where I took several rigorous courses. While taking AP and Magnet classes, I played Softball for a season and was working more than...
by webmaster | Jul 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
Fredrick Bailey, a Communities In Schools of Georgia in Troup County graduate, has been named the first ever recipient of the Bill and Jean Milliken Fellowship by the Communities In Schools (CIS) National Office. This annual fellowship seeks to advance CIS’...
by webmaster | Mar 28, 2018 | Featured Articles
The Georgia Coalition for Public Education brought together about 100 teachers, principals, superintendents, state educational leaders, and education advocates recently to look at “community schools.” As the state’s premiere model in student support or student...
by webmaster | Mar 1, 2018 | Featured Articles, Our Work in Schools
Georgia First Lady Sandra Deal, Yaarab Shriners and CIS-served students are honoredOn Monday, February 19, as the Nation observed President’s Day, Communities In Schools of Georgia (CISGA) – the state’s premiere model for dropout prevention and wrap-around student...
by webmaster | Feb 21, 2018 | Featured Articles, Our Work in Schools
So often we get so caught up in our differences that we forget, whether we admit it or not, that at our core we’re all the same. We all bleed red. We all want to be loved and accepted. We’re all human.Keep that in mind as you read the story of 15-year-old Jemariya...
by webmaster | Feb 19, 2018 | Featured Articles, Our Work in Schools
In any given school week, Kara Thompson sees as many as 38 students who need her help. Sometimes the need is as simple as a word of encouragement and other times as complicated as finding them a place to stay. As often as she can, she does whatever it takes to fulfill...
by webmaster | Dec 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
Atlanta, GA – Communities In Schools of Georgia (CISGA), the state’s premier model for dropout prevention, has announced the appointment of Jomal Vailes as Chief Philanthropy Officer. Vailes, a certified fundraising executive (CFRE), began December 1, 2017. “We are...
by webmaster | Sep 27, 2017 | News, Staff Blogging Corner
For 40 years, Communities In Schools (CIS) has been working with high-needs children at risk of dropping out of school across the nation and including Georgia. The unique model of placing a site coordinator inside the schools allows students to build a...
