Success Stories

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. […]

Sean came to Tacoma from a small town in Virginia his sophomore year. He had trouble adjusting to a new home and a new school and he was always worried […]

Elaf came to Mount Tahoma last year and was referred to our tutoring program to assist her with her homework. She was feeling overwhelmed with the language barrier, but was […]

Kee’Aunte has done it again! We have our first Two Time Ready, Set, Read-Tacoma! Champion for the 2017-18 School Year. Kee’Aunte participated in the Ready, Set, Read-Tacoma! program last year […]

After enduring numerous tragedies over this past year, Dominick’s dad reached out to CIS to see if Site Coordinator Trisha Tracy could help. It had been over a year since […]

Moving is never easy, but it is especially hard for a young person who has attended school with the same friends for years. When Nathan’s family moved to another part […]

Christina joined the CIS program last year after she saw how it had helped her older sister succeed in school. Christina has always excelled in academics, but she reached out […]