Communities in Schools Executive Director Vivian Ashmawi spoke to the club on March 9th and gave an update of the programs currently in place with the organization. She noted that every nine seconds, a student drops out of school in the United States; thus, CIS has as it's mission making it's resources available to potential dropouts.
One means of reaching such students is by pairing one adult with one student in the hopes of improving ISTEP and reading scores.
CIS utilizes numerous coordinators and assists Peers Helping Peers, The Discovery School, aids with a Reality Store, helps sponsor the Test Expo and sponsors Eagle Buddies at Western Wayne Elementary School.
Rather than duplicating services or competing with other youth-serving organizations and agencies, CIS identifies and mobilizes community resources and fosters cooperative partnerships. CIS also tracks outcomes, and tracks better grades as well as the reduction of discipline problems.
Also last week, Third Graders at Crestdale Elementary received their Rotary Dictionaries. Our goal to provide Dictionaries to all 3rd Graders in Richmond and Centerville is nearly finished. This is one of the ways our club contributes to the efforts of improving literacy in Wayne County.
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