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Success Stories to Read
CIS Alumni Determined to Help Youth Facing Similar Challenges
This past year, our School Outreach Coordinator, Kaitlin Thomas, at Federal Way High School worked with a Senior, Mikey, who was referred to her because he did not have food […]
Sixth Grader at Sequoyah Achieves Academic Goals
Honey, a sixth grader at Sequoyah Middle School, was struggling with her grades and sought the help of our School Outreach Coordinator, Alicia Vasey. At the end of first semester, […]
Mentor Impact
As a mentor, I work with the situation at hand. I’ve learned that a mentor’s impact comes in many subtle forms.
Drawing
One of our matches spend their time drawing. I thought this had been the mentor’s idea. After talking with the mentor one day, I found out it actually was the student’s idea and he is becoming quite an artist.
Mentor Consistency
A mentor has been meeting with his student for just over two years. I cannot express how much the consistency of that relationship has helped this student. The mentor came to visit no matter what his moods or choices. Having that acceptance and knowing his mentor would come anyway has helped this student to grow in to a more happy and confident student.
Mentoring
I appreciate all of the hard work you coordinators put into organizing the mentoring program and all of the other programs to help the students… It was a pleasure to be able to work with my student, and I’m pleased that I was asked to come back next year and mentor her.
Overcoming a fear
… Her biggest success was facing a big fear when she spoke about her mentor relationship in front of 100s of people at the Communities In Schools of Kent breakfast. It really was her mentor relationship that helped her move past her fear of life.
Headache relief
I met the mother when she had come in for a conference about her son and she expressed her concerns about the language barrier she and he both struggle with and how their living situation is something they all really struggle with. In addition, her and her oldest son really need glasses and suffer from serious headaches due to this.
Chess
It definitely was good for his confidence, but the most important part was we got to talk about other things while we were playing.
Seattle Thunderbirds
I have an amazing job. However, what makes my job more enticing is watching the relationships within a mentoring program.