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Communities In Schools of Wake County works with students in schools across Wake County to impact overall school goals. Evidence shows that attendance, behavior, coursework, and parent & family engagement are indicators of student success.
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We surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. Every student deserves:
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A one-on-one relationship with a caring adult
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A safe place to learn and grow
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A healthy start and a healthy future
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A chance to give back to peers and community
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A marketable skill to use upon graduation
Featured News
CISNC Honors Suzanne Gordon with the Power of One Award
Gordon Pictured with Mentee Carol On Tuesday, August 13, 2019, Suzanne Gordon, Board Chair for Communities In Schools of Wake County was recognized with the statewide H. Glenn Williams Power of One Award for her ongoing commitment and dedication to students in Wake County. A multiplier of impact, Gordon has been a long-time mentor and […]
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Jaden, a rising junior in high school, fulfills an opportunity to give back to peers and community for the second summer in a row. https://www.instagram.com/p/CfXkfHUrYQL/?igshid=YTgzYjQ4ZTY=
The CAPTRUST Community Foundation Announces 2022 Charity of Choice https://www.captrust.com/the-captrust-community-foundation-announces-2022-charity-of-choice/
Join our (m)athletes on the playground this summer! #campvibes #campMissionPossible https://www.instagram.com/p/CfENpMcOuCg/?igshid=YTgzYjQ4ZTY=
Quintin is an Alumni In Motion (AIM) pursuing his dream of becoming an EMT at @waketechcc! https://www.instagram.com/p/CfEM2hUOhYH/?igshid=YTgzYjQ4ZTY=
Last Saturday, @ciswake joined us at @TheDoobieBros concert at @CoastalMP to answer questions and share how to get involved.
With a vision to eliminate barriers for school-age kids, CIS strives to surround students with a support community. #CIS #SupportStudents
This picture says it all! Thanks @creightb and @coastal24 for making partnership fun! #coastaliseverywhere #partners #communityimpact https://www.instagram.com/p/Cew25MDL_6l/?igshid=YTgzYjQ4ZTY=
Thanks @coastal24 for such a great platform to share our mission. https://www.instagram.com/p/CerkaXTPiy4/?igshid=YTgzYjQ4ZTY=
Just posted a photo https://www.instagram.com/p/CdTfFwYLGgZ/?igshid=YTgzYjQ4ZTY=
Collaboration is the key! It truly takes a village and it takes everyone in the village to elevate everyone on the village.
Loved collaborating with “Communities in Schools” today. With their support, student success is the EXPECTATION for all and not the EXCEPTION for some. @CISWake
Community of support personified! Thanks @ligonprincipal706, @carpenterelem, and chair-elect Larry Somerville for sharing the impact of our mission from your lens! https://www.instagram.com/p/CcygcPxvx9G/?igshid=YTgzYjQ4ZTY=
Congratulations @wcpss Dr. Cathy Moore for being named the National Superintendent of the Year by Magnet Schools of America! Thank you for your leadership! https://www.instagram.com/p/CclpIb5P8CI/?igshid=YTgzYjQ4ZTY=
Thanks PrinciPAL Dr. Jones, AP Miller and CIS Wake Board member Linda Robinson for your continued support! Community + Schools= Equitable Engagement https://www.instagram.com/p/CcRIhLyLVDE/?igshid=YTgzYjQ4ZTY=
This family definitely approves the efforts of their school to meet them where they are! @carpenterelem https://www.instagram.com/p/CcRHmSmLi2_/?igshid=YTgzYjQ4ZTY=
Lots of fun sharing our mission at @raleighgov Mayor’s Unity Day! https://www.instagram.com/p/CcJIxCmv0Ly/?igshid=YTgzYjQ4ZTY=
Thanks for all that you do!
It’s AP Appreciation Week but we are grateful for our Dream TEAM everyday!! @RChewDRMS @jeff_kleiber @6_drms @7drms1 @8Drms
Thanks for all that you do!
Shout out to my A-Team for #NationalAssistantPrincipalsWeek! I am so thankful to have such a talented group of educators who care so much for our Little Blues and staff! 🙌🏽
Thanks for all that you do!
We have the MOST MAGNIFICENT Assistant Principals. #WeAreWendell #APWeek @JPalmerWMS @MarsieRabii @MagnusHemans
We are saddened by the recent loss of long-time education champion and long-time CIS Wake board member, Dana King. She was the epitome of principle + PAL=Principal. You are impact is forever engraved on our mission!🕊🕊 https://www.instagram.com/p/Cb-_cmUvmWI/?utm_medium=twitter
Frederick Douglass walked so that you could fly. Excellent job Josyah! https://www.instagram.com/p/CbvunJNLpqJ/?utm_medium=twitter
What a wonderful way to spend a Saturday afternoon!
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CbToOeaAzrG/?utm_medium=copy_link
Thanks Capitol Area Developments for your ongoing financial Investment to support academic enrichment in the communities that we serve. https://www.instagram.com/p/CbLs5rALBY5/?utm_medium=twitter
Thanks for engaging our students @GoodnightNCSU!
NCSU Goodnight Fellows engage our great minds in STEM projects like using collaboration and engineering to create a zip line. https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca8KMrULqqZ/?utm_medium=twitter
NCSU Goodnight Fellows engage our great minds in STEM projects like using collaboration and engineering to create a zip line. https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca8KMrULqqZ/?utm_medium=twitter
Just posted a photo https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca2diV5O44S/?utm_medium=twitter
Dr. Fay Jones from @carpelem, your leadership is inspiring and a model for meeting families where they are! Thanks for bringing the amazing Dr. Kisha Bryant to engage our Kentwood families is such an uplifting community circle in their community! You filled every seat!
2Thanks @elevationoutreach for bringing treats for the staff! We 💘 you! https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ-siB0rCe4/?utm_medium=twitter
Thanks @allentate for your continuous love for our mission! https://www.instagram.com/p/CZ-pihPrngW/?utm_medium=twitter
Success Coach + Counselor= Dynamic Duo! We see you Charity! @cis_Ligonmiddle
Mr. Charity (@cis_ligonmiddle) and I have successfully launched our @ligonmiddle Black History Month Chat Series with students! This week we discussed hair in the Black community! What’s “good” hair? What’s your relationship like with your hair?#SafeSpace #BHM 4
Leith Toyota is giving away $500 for the nonprofit who gets the most votes. You can vote once daily and you can share this far and wide! Share on your social media and with friends and family! Let’s win this!
https://contest.app.do/leith-toyota-january-2022-win-for-local-charity-voting?from=page_wall&fbclid=IwAR2EpNWoLGNIUT-msFlVHPev6Go-KcY07kNGhzVV297d6BIRKsCW7YDlCDQ
Join us in celebrating 2022 graduate🎉, Miss Syniah Holliday! She has been a CIS Wake student since 5th grade! Welcome to our AIM (Alumni In Motion) network! https://www.instagram.com/p/CZPePVsrxlK/?utm_medium=twitter
Leith Toyota is giving away $500 for the nonprofit who gets the most votes. You can vote once daily and you can share this far and wide! Share on your social media and with friends and family! Let’s win this!
https://contest.app.do/leith-toyota-january-2022-win-for-local-charity-voting?from=page_wall&fbclid=IwAR2EpNWoLGNIUT-msFlVHPev6Go-KcY07kNGhzVV297d6BIRKsCW7YDlCDQ
“Like a good neighbor..” Thanks for your intentional investment in making the community around you better!
State Farm is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2022 by building #SFNeighborhoodAssist bigger. That means more grants to help more causes and communities. On February 16, submit a cause you care about. Learn more at: http://st8.fm/NBHDAssist
@CISWake is a Wake County treasure!!! https://twitter.com/KellyBushNC/status/1471612797163294734
Yesterday I volunteered my photography services to capture the amazing staff at @CISWake. If you are looking for a place to share your resources please check them out. They do so much good! ❤️ #ciswake50k4kids
Thanks @kellybushnc! You captured the look of success in each member! We are so lucky to have you in our network!
Yesterday I volunteered my photography services to capture the amazing staff at @CISWake. If you are looking for a place to share your resources please check them out. They do so much good! ❤️ #ciswake50k4kids
We’re giving thanks to @ElevOutreach for your generous financial donation to expand your support of our mission! #ciswake50k4kids
CIS Wake is thankful for all of the parents that trust us to learn and grow with some of the most amazing students in the county! #ciswake50kforkids #GivingThanks
Oldie but goodie! https://www.instagram.com/p/CWqsMLzL_np/?utm_medium=twitter
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/communities-in-schools-of-wake-co_ciswake50k4kids-ciswake-activity-6862107934793498624-kRsn
Thanks @ElevOutreach for supporting our students at @EMMMSCougars, @ExplorisSchool, @NeuseRiverMS, and more!
Thanks to awesome volunteers like Andy from @elevationoutreach, 100 Thanksgiving dinners were delivered across our network to make Thanksgiving even better this year! https://www.instagram.com/p/CWTU-xmr5yp/?utm_medium=twitter
Thanks to awesome volunteers like Andy from @elevationoutreach, 100 Thanksgiving dinners were delivered across our network to make Thanksgiving even better this year! https://www.instagram.com/p/CWTU-xmr5yp/?utm_medium=twitter
We are appreciative of the awesomeness that these young ladies brought with them today! Today’s service will exponentially improve our ability to get supplies in the hands of students that need them!
Thank you @CISWake for allowing us to come and help organize and pack your donated school supplies! There were so many learned lessons of teamwork, communication, and coordination! #Empowerment 4
Check out this great article about CIS Wake board member, Patrick Dunnigan.
https://grepbeat.com/2021/10/18/the-download-patrick-dunnigan-partner-river-cities-capital-funds/
We are grateful for IMC’s investment and thought partnership. They are doing great work in the community. Check out their IMC Gives page on their new website! It features pics of CIS Wake students! https://investorsmanagement.com/giving-back/
Had the opportunity to work alongside my prospective and practicing teachers at @meredith_teach with students at @CISWake yesterday, as we will every week. Great staff, great kids, great support for students. Reach out and support: https://ciswake.org
👀Looks like they are dressed Operation Success!
Three-day weekend Friday’s are for matching gear and smiling under the mask. @CISWake #TGIF
Check out a featured article in @chathammagazine about our rock star Success Coach, Alexander Percy. https://issuu.com/shannonmedia/docs/ctm_so21_issuu/40 His talent is impressive and inspiring! https://www.instagram.com/p/CTXj9O6HN8c/?utm_medium=twitter
Special thanks to Fred Anderson Nissan of Raleigh Anderson for your generous investment in our mission! https://www.instagram.com/p/CTVqq8RHkAO/?utm_medium=twitter
🎉Wishing a happy birthday to one of our newest board members, Nate Branscomb! 🎉 https://www.instagram.com/p/CTAhJS9n0Ax/?utm_medium=twitter
This is such an invaluable partnership for the students and families that we serve! #AccesstoSuccess is the 🔑!
#RallyMark: Community in Schools Partnership
In May, we partnered with @CISWake to collaborate on educational opportunities and pathways for CIS students. This partnership correlates with our Equitable Access Goal to assist students from underrepresented groups.
S/O to @ ligonprincipal706 for making it to the Principal of the Year semi-finals. You’re definitely a great princiPAL! https://www.instagram.com/p/CSesktenUIf/?utm_medium=twitter
S/O to @DuvallTweets706 for making it to the Principal of the Year semi-finals! You’re definitely a great princiPAL!
For over 10 years, @christfamilych_nc has ensured that our students begin the school year with the tools to be successful. We are so grateful! https://www.instagram.com/p/CSeepSun-oi/?utm_medium=twitter
Anthony and Jayden collaborated to make a spaghetti bridge that supported their Hot Wheels car. https://www.instagram.com/p/CR97-yrnt9i/?utm_medium=twitter
Thanks @balfourbeatty for showing our students how drones inform your work. It’s was truly a way to end camp on a high note! https://www.instagram.com/p/CR7gM77L96f/?utm_medium=twitter
We’re looking for the next superstar of student supports! Could that be you? https://www.instagram.com/p/CRrPK1cnZP4/?utm_medium=twitter
🥳Happy birthday to Chair-Elect, Larry Somerville. 🥳 https://www.instagram.com/p/CRZ8ok7HS9-/?utm_medium=twitter
It’s FUN FRI-YAY! Special thanks to @geek__squad for a fun, interactive Digital Music workshop! https://www.instagram.com/p/CRHJL0onpAT/?utm_medium=twitter
Plan🔹Build🔹Drop!
Thanks @balfourbeatty for bringing the Egg Drop activity to kickoff the Construction Academy. Candis Parker is a rock star! https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ11fcMnyAl/?utm_medium=twitter
Who needs Build-a-Bear when you can build-a-gallon man! Gallons, quarts, pints, and cups…oh my! https://www.instagram.com/p/CQtiItUnGS2/?utm_medium=twitter
PBL meets SEL- Students are propagating pothos to promote practicing positivity! Try saying that 3x! https://www.instagram.com/p/CQtchuVHGVj/?utm_medium=twitter
Campers designed “I am Capable”badges to proudly display their confidence. https://www.instagram.com/p/CQtAao5Hjh9/?utm_medium=twitter
If you missed our CLASS event last night, stay tuned for highlights over the next week.
Highlight #1: We premiered our 30th anniversary video that was shelved due to COVID last year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIMV_dvRY9Q
👏🏾👏🏾Kudos to our superintendent, Cathy Q. Moore! It’s been a tough year and you rocked it! 👏🏾👏🏾
Congratulations to Cathy Q. Moore, our Superintendent, who was just named 2021 Superintendent of the Year by the @PTA4AllKids (North Carolina PTA)! 🎉🏆🥇http://bit.ly/3oUu0OO #WhatStartsHereChangesEverything
🎉Happy Birthday to CIS Wake board member, Hill Davis! 🎉 https://www.instagram.com/p/COgfIIdH5Dt/?igshid=1xczsg0wwg2r8
Thanks @raleighchamber #leadershipraleigh42 for making our Heritage Park learning center a brighter, cheerier space for our students with vibrant color and reorganization! https://www.instagram.com/p/COa1vuvHENV/?igshid=1fcsu9wxtebcu
Happy belated birthday to @waketechprez and CIS Wake board member, Scott Ralls!🎉 https://www.instagram.com/p/COaz-oRHXQN/?igshid=mkcb1m2o3nf6
Rock star volunteer, Kim Conyers, creatively engages Kymani in a game of concentration to re-enforce his phonics. https://www.instagram.com/p/CNs-2Rjni81/?igshid=nb7xjs7gjwz0
🎉Happy birthday to CIS Wake board member and student champion, Suzanne Gordon! 🎉 https://www.instagram.com/p/CM-Yb-Sn92P/?igshid=hd6nyjt8ac8i
Shout out to Fire Engineer, Conelle Farrar @twinfarrar, for sharing his experiences with Quintin, an aspiring fire chief during a special IMAGES session! https://www.instagram.com/p/CMAkJxbHech/?igshid=10sia7h8ubown
Special thanks to our partner @neighborhealth for providing an opportunity for our staff to receive the armor that we need to help our students succeed! #VaccineTime
Mrs. JoAnne Smart Drane will be the next featured IMAGES speaker. Mrs. Drane and Ms. Bettye Tillman, were the 1st students of color to attend UNC-G. We can’t wait for our students to hear her story tomorrow! https://www.instagram.com/p/CLsIKXXn6Oy/?igshid=k6iq6z0yrl84
Special thanks to IMAGES guest, Ms. Greene, for reading and reiterating the title theme of I Am Enough by Grace Byers with our students. https://www.instagram.com/p/CLc-e65H6BR/?igshid=1m92bb4hi4ao2
Equity ISN’T taking something from one person to give to another. It’s more about removing a barrier. @DanyaPerry #CommunitySuccess21
#communitysuccess21 https://twitter.com/CISWake/status/1362425905776381954
There is no shortage of opportunities to learn from the past. ~Dr. Muhammad @raleighchamber #communitysuccess21
So many nuggets of knowledge! I’m so glad our entire team and interns are participating! #communitysuccess21
Thanks @raleighchamber for providing the #communitysuccess21 ‘Dismantling Systemic Racism’! This is important convo.
Thanks @DukeEnergy for sponsoring the @uwtriangle 21 Racial Equity challenge. We’ve even engaged our interns! #uwracetoequity
Ms. McKennie joins Halima as she jumps and counts during ABC gymnastics. https://www.instagram.com/p/CKzn35SHrg2/?igshid=18m3nd1peuy1f
Just posted a photo https://www.instagram.com/p/CKw2kuYH6c9/?igshid=5gvcks4zeaug
Imagine being on the marketing team for a new Lysol product during a pandemic as the 1st assignment of your career. Welcome to Chantel Hinton’s, CIS Wake Alumni In Motion and board member, reality! 👏🏾👏🏾 https://www.instagram.com/p/CKCtDWnHMpS/?igshid=3y8hwbc68o1s
Thanks @balfourbeatty and Candis Parker for sparking the embers of interest in construction and celebrating our staff during our partnership Kickoff celebration!
3Bundled and ready to learn! #SMARTCafé https://www.instagram.com/p/CIgGK0inxzB/?igshid=6cj79x94alsh