Dextriona Gibson

Dextriona Gibson

Dextriona Gibson Communities In Schools of Burke County 8th Grade Student Burke County Middle School Winner: Written Expression             My storm is over.  Gmail Account I’ve loved, laughed and lost. Those nights I cried myself to...
Quintrell Roundtree

Quintrell Roundtree

Quintrell Roundtree Communities In Schools of Savannah/Chatham County swiggy coupons 3rd Grade Student Haven Elementary School Winner: Creative Expression             CIS helped me bring my reading grades up and my SRI scores. My picture...
Ilavia Smalls

Ilavia Smalls

Ilavia Smalls Communities In Schools of Savannah/Chatham County 4th Grade Student Haven Elementary School Winner: Written Expression Lucky Patcher Apk for Android       Ms. Williams, my CIS site coordinator, and I met at specials time. We met on the...
Legislators Support CIS

Legislators Support CIS

Communities In Schools of Georgia held a legislative breakfast on March 2, 2016, at the State Capitol. During the event Carol Lewis introduced a champion of CIS, Chairman of the Georgia State House of Representatives Education Committee, Representative Brooks Coleman....
2016 Legislative and Policy Update

2016 Legislative and Policy Update

A focus on education At the request of the House Appropriations Committee, CIS of Georgia submitted a report to the Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts Performance Audit Division. The report provided information on which school systems are participating in CIS,...
2016 Georgia Family Engagement Conference

2016 Georgia Family Engagement Conference

    Communities In Schools of Georgia was a sponsoring partner for the 2016 Georgia Family Engagement Conference. There were over 1,200 educators, administrators, parents and child advocates who attended. As one of the opening speakers Carol Lewis, CIS of...
AmeriCorps Success Story

AmeriCorps Success Story

    showbox movies The Communities In Schools network has 26 AmeriCorps members in the AmeriCorps Reading Tutorial program that serve children in grades 3-12 and their families in several Georgia counties. The main priority for the members is to increase the...
K-12 Forward Thinking

K-12 Forward Thinking

Georgia’s graduation rate is on the rise, from 72.5% in 2014 to 78.8% in 2015, an increase for the fourth straight year. The Congressional passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), previously known as the Elementary Secondary School and No Child Left Behind...

Completing the FAFSA

COMPLETING THE FAFSA   On January 1, the 2016-17 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) became available.  Completing the FAFSA is critical to getting access to billion in grants, loans, and work-study funds.  Moreover, it is free, quick (on average,...