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Dustin entered our program as a freshmen in need of resources to help his family during a difficult period in their lives. His mom had recently been forced to leave […]

When Katrina fist started our program, she was failing most of her classes. She was referred to our Mt. Tahoma Site Coordinator, Ms. Tracy, for help with catching up. After […]

Kenya joined CIS programs at Oakland High School as a Healthy Youth Council member and has emerged as an undisputed leader this year. Coming from a non-traditional family structure she […]

Antoni learned about CIS at Mt. Tahoma High School when he signed up for the H.I.R.E program (Helping Interns Reach Excellence). He had been looking for a way to earn […]

Samalee is a first grade student at Fern Hill Elementary School. Reading has been difficult for her since English is her second language, so she was referred to the “All […]

Kui’Andre was so excited in the Fall to learn that Timm was going to be his tutor again. Timm has been volunteering with us for over five years now—his dedication […]

Cydell is an amazing second grader with a big personality and big dreams. During the start of the school year it was unclear if the All-Star Readers program would be […]

Leanna connected to Communities in Schools of Tacoma through our 2015-2016 Stuff the Bus Campaign. She was a superstar volunteer who connected very quickly to our site coordinator, Mrs. Tracy. […]