The Ready, Set, Read-Tacoma! Summer 2017 program was a huge success! After four weeks of reading, learning, and fun hands-on activities, the summer programs at Mann, Jefferson, Northeast Tacoma, and […]

  Hope is a preschooler at McCarver Elementary who participates in our preschool literacy program READY! Set, Read-Tacoma!(RSR-T) Everyday after school, Hope and her grandma Eugenia go to the school’s […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 30, 2014 New Studies Shed Light on Back-to-School Challenges for Low-Income Families     Communities In Schools of Tacoma to Host “Stuff the Bus” Campaign to […]

It’s that time of year again: the weather starts getting colder; it’s getting dark earlier; stores are putting out decorations; thoughts turn to the magic of the holidays….For some families, though, this time of year is less about the magic and decorations and more about the dark and cold.

Buying school supplies for kids they don’t know ranks high on the list of Tacomans’ finest habits. No sooner do crayons go on sale for a quarter and markers hit 50 cents than Tacomans load up the shopping cart, swipe the debit card and broadcast the tools for a happy school year.