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Doug, a Communities In Schools volunteer, has mentored Kevin for 6 years. “In elementary school Kevin struggled with behavior problems, which caused his grades to suffer. We met and worked on math homework or played chutes and ladders after school. Soon, his behavior improved. Kevin became interested in music and started playing percussion in the school band. Now that Kevin is in high school, we talk about life experiences and the importance of keeping good grades in preparation for college. Mentoring Kevin gives me a chance to give back to the community. Growing up I had very few black male mentors, and I wanted to be that kind of example to Kevin. I’m so proud to see how he’s developed into a mature young man.”
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Communities In Schools, the nation's leading organization dedicated to empowering students to stay in school and achieve in life, today released the results of a five-year comprehensive study with great news: the Communities In Schools model resulted in the strongest reduction in dropout rates of any dropout prevention program that has been evaluated.

 Improv for Education 2012

A Successful Fundraiser For Communities In Schools of Whatcom County

 

 The results from our 2012 Improv For Education fundraiser are in!

We made just under $8,000 with about 100 guests. Thank you to everyone who contributed  by purchasing tickets and participating in the desert dash and raffle. Also, Thanks to the improv performers for putting on such a great show and interacting so well with the audience.

We look forward to another successful Improv For Education performance in 2013.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2011 Race for Education

A successful partnership between the

Bellingham Public School Foundation

and

Communities In Schools of Whatcom County

 

Great weather for the 2011 Race for Education

A big thanks to

Whatcom Educational Credit Union

and all our other sponsors!

 

Bellingham Parks and Recreation

Bellingham Public Schools

Cascade Radio Group

Clean Water Services

Chris Roselli

Community Food Co-op

Costco

Data Doctors

Fairhaven Runners and Walkers

Fresh Start Espresso

Great Harvest Bread Co.

John Boswell

KVOS

Louis Auto Glass

North Cascades Health and Rehabilitation

Opportunity Council

Signs Plus

Silver Reef Casino

Sound Beverage

Sportsplex

The Bellingham Herald

Whatcom Family and Community Network

Western Washington University

 

 425 Runners

$11,000 Raised for Kids

 

Save the Date

Race for Education 2012

Saturday, October 6th

 

 

Resized Greg and Tom from the back

Two Bellingham Schools administrators enjoy the Race with their children.

Panorama

Trophies were awarded and prizes given

to those who stayed for the presentation. 

WECU Rep

 

Superintendent Greg Baker and Bellingham Public School Foundations Gennie Clawson thanking WECU Racer Thanh Larson

Geneva

Geneva Elementary gets the prize for largest percentage of runners!

 

Chris Rosseli

 

MC Chris Roselli gets a slap on the back for a job well done.

See more 2011 Race for Education pictures here

To learn about this past year's work with individual students, please click here!

  

 

Student’s Story of the Week: 

 

Diane and Caleb

Remara Koppel, a resource coordinator for CIS, has recently been working on finding a volunteer who can help Diane, a young girl, with math.  She is working on an Independent Learning class where she can complete work on her own time and will eventually get credit for 2 math classes.

To learn more about Diane and Caleb, click here!

Eric and Michael

Eric got involved in the mentoring program based on his grades from his last Semester of 8th grade. He and his mentor, Michael, have been meeting almost every week for the entire school year.

 To learn more about Eric and Michael, click here!

Dan and Cody

Dan was recommended to the program by his mom and school counselor. He is a well-spoken, friendly guy who recently moved here from Tennessee and has been very accepting of the program. Cody is a Western student who is majoring in History and plays on the Ultimate Frisbee team.

To learn more about Dan and Cody, click here!

(Names have been changed in order to protect the privacy of our students)

 

Mentoring Update

The mentoring program has been going strong for its second year with more than twice the number of students involved! In addition to the Community Volunteer Mentoring program last year, we’ve added another component to our program; peer mentoring! A handful of Seniors and Juniors have volunteered their time afterschool to help out some of the Freshman students with homework and studying. Many of the students mentoring relationships have developed into friendships which in turn has bridged some gaps between the upper and lower classman at Sehome High School giving everyone a greater sense of community and school spirit. One of the goals of the mentoring program is to ease the transition process into high school. We are happy to see that through these built relationships and bridged gaps, the hardships involved in the transition process are reduced.

Here at Communities in Schools, we want to share the student’s achievements with you. This marks the start of ‘Student’s Story of the Week’, where we will be posting a new story each week about the success of students through the mentoring program, and the outstanding impact a mentor can have on a student’s life.

 

 

 

 

 

Compass 2 Campus Gears up for a third Year

Communities In Schools is please to support Compass 2 Campus -   We are excited to be joining with C2C to help bring mentoring relationships to kids across Northwest Washington.

Compass 2 Campus is a program at Western Washington University designed to increase access to higher education by providing an opportunity for 5th grade students from traditionally underrepresented and disadvantaged backgrounds in Whatcom and Skagit counties to be mentored by university students.


Find out more here.

 

 


 

 

 

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