National Mentoring Month
On behalf of the Communities In Schools Board of Directors, staff and students we serve, we want to thank our mentors, past and present, for providing support through our students’ formative years, offering guidance and encouragement through life’s challenges, and providing stability when their home or school like may be in turmoil.
December 2016 Newsletter
Our December Newsletter is here! In This Issue: Holiday Support 2016 Year End Gift Program Spotlight: Improving School Attendance Funding Spotlight: Pride Foundation
UW Science Day at Mill Creek Middle School
Thank you to Marit Murray, our Site Coordinator at Mill Creek Middle School for organizing UW Science Day and bringing it for the students to explore, learn and be inspired. […]
School Outreach Coordinator Helps Improve Attendance
Our School Outreach Coordinator, Anthony Cryer, at Totem Middle School, is working to support Totem’s school-wide goal of 95% attendance. Anthony helped put together an attendance team to assess and […]
Holiday Support
FEDERAL WAY CARES FOR KIDS On Saturday, December 17th, 250 community volunteers came out to support the Federal Way Cares For Kids Holiday Gift Giving Event. This year, we were […]
Duke’s Dine Out Night was AWESOME!
Thank you to all that were able to join us at Duke’s Kent Station on 11/15/16 to support Communities In Schools of Kent. The restaurant was busy, full and filled […]
November Newsletter
Our November Newsletter is here!
“Team Glow-Up” rewards students for making progress toward goals
Our School Outreach Coordinator at Kilo Middle School has created a program called “Team Glow-Up” to encourage students to view school as their job, in which they must work hard […]
Federal Way Cares For Kids Holiday Giving Event
Communities In Schools of Federal Way is a part of Federal Way Cares For Kids, a community coalition which coordinates the talents, resources and skills of local organizations and individuals to […]
Pacific Islander students from TJHS Attend UPRISE Education Summit
On Saturday, October 28th, Our AmeriCorps School Outreach Coordinator accompanied 20 students from Thomas Jefferson High School’s Pacific Islander Club to the 2016 UPRISE Pacific Islander Education Summit at Clover Park […]