Success Stories
Get inspired by the stories of CIS site coordinators, students, families, educators, administrators, and partners—all working together in schools and classrooms across the country every day!
Learn more about the impact of CIS on individual students and school-wide success.
Learn what Mariyah, Alumna from CIS of Charlotte-Mecklenburg, has been up to since graduation.
Read more of Mariyah: Thriving in College and Beyond
Just nine weeks into her senior year, Londyn, a high school senior from Northampton County, NC, was struggling. She was not attending school regularly and her grades were suffering as a result. A teacher introduced Londyn to Ms. Nicole Boone, the Communities In Schools’ Student Support Specialist at her school.
Read more of Londyn: Finding Her Passion
Mack is currently a senior and is also a member of the Comanche Nation. Prior to joining CIS in his sophomore year, Mack struggled greatly with his attendance and grades. After joining CIS, he started to thrive both in school and out.
Read more of Mack: Learning About His Native Heritage
Experiences of social isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic have created unprecedented challenges for students and families, highlighting the need for social-emotional learning more than ever. Students like Olga did their best to help their friends reengage and have a safe space to share how they felt about the issues they were facing inside and outside of school.
Read more of Olga: Creating a Safe Space for Students
We invite you to share how you or someone you love
has been impacted by the dedication of a CIS organization.
The Push is a short film that follows the inspirational relationship between Darrell Smith, a caring CIS site coordinator, and Ja-Mez, who is about to graduate from high school full of self-confidence and with the promise of a bright future — an event that seemed impossible just two years earlier. The moving film provides an inside look at one of the many stories unfolding in thousands of CIS schools across America.
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