Highlights from 2015
2015 was a good year for Communities In Schools of Tacoma. We provided services for over 4,600 students within eight school sites in the Tacoma Public School District. Our preschool […]
Leo
Leo began the year performing below expectations in reading. He was identified by the school staff as “at-risk” and joined the All Star Reading Program. Leo’s parents were concerned and […]
Tyree
Sometimes kids get lost in the shuffle. Tyree is one of those kids. At the beginning of the second semester last year, Tyree’s counselor noticed he was a class requirement short, […]
Mt. Tahoma Students Shine with Habitat
Saturday, March 28 – Tacoma, WA. Mt. Tahoma students and Site Coordinator Miss Trisha teamed up with Habitat for Humanity to provide the opportunity to community service hours. Students attended […]
Jaden
Jaden is extremely dedicated to changing her school year around. Jaden is currently acknowledged as a senior in high school, but when you look at her transcript she is extremely […]
Hope and Eugenia
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 […]
Three Mt. Tahoma Seniors Celebrated
Tinya, Dahvee and Destany spoke to Communities In Schools of Tacoma board members at the February Board Meeting sharing their school experience including the struggles and how Communities In Schools […]
Meeting Our State Representatives – January 28, 2015
On a gray Wednesday morning, current and former students from Baker Middle School and Oakland High School, a parent/volunteer at Fern Hill Elementary along with Communities In Schools staff and […]
January 5th, 2015 Opening Bell
Join Communities In Schools on January 5, 2015 to ring the NYSE Opening Bell to raise awareness of efforts to change the picture of education in our country by helping […]
