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Welcome
CIS is a private, nonprofit organization that connects resources from public and private sectors with at-risk students. We utilize the power of partnerships to serve students, schools and communities.
Too many young people are failing in our public schools today - and Florida has one of the highest dropout rates and lowest literacy rates in the nation. Schools alone cannot solve the complex and diverse problems faced by today's youth.
Our Mission
The mission of Communities In Schools is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.
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Communities In Schools Recognized by President Obama as a Model Program
Yesterday, Communities In Schools National President Dan Cardinali represented Communities In Schools at a gathering of national education leaders with President Barack Obama at a White House event.
Said Cardinalli, "It was my great pleasure to represent you at a gathering of national education leaders with President Barack Obama at the White House this morning. While I was quite pleased to hear the President's commitment to reducing the dropout rate and to helping young people graduate from high school prepared for success—as evidenced by his plan to provide $3.5 billion to improve under-performing schools and $900 million in school Turnaround Grants—I was especially gratified to hear him recognize the work of Communities In Schools by name."
That recognition, with some of the lead-in from President Obama's speech to give it context, went as follows: "As my Education Secretary, Arne Duncan, says, our kids get only one chance at an education, and we need to get it right. Of course, getting it right requires more than just transforming our lowest performing schools. It requires giving students who are behind in school a chance to catch up and a path to a diploma. It requires focusing on students, from middle school through high school, who face factors at home, in the neighborhood, or in school that put them at risk of dropping out.
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(Photo L to R): CISFL Board Member Jill Gleeson, Chair Frank Messersmith, State Director Lois Gracey and Senior VP Bank of America Katie Scanlan.
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Bank of America Grants $500,000 to Communities In Schools To Improve Florida's Graduation Rate
Communities In Schools (CIS), Florida's leading stay-in-school organization, is proud to announce the award of $500,000 in grants from Bank of America to support its work to reduce the state's dropout rate. "The high school dropout rate has become a national epidemic - as many as one out of three students nationally are not graduating each year. In Florida, without support, as many as 1 million currently-enrolled students are in jeopardy of not graduating with their peers."
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Governor Crist Proclaims Communities In Schools Awareness Month
Governor Charlie Crist has issued a Proclamation Declaring November as Communities In Schools Awareness Month. "Whereas reducing the trend of school dropouts requires increased awareness...
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