El Dorado, KS – Communities In Schools of Mid-America is pleased to announce it has received a $7,500 grant from the City of El Dorado. The funds will be used to support the Communities In Schools program located at El Dorado Middle School. Communities In Schools of Mid-America focuses its work in schools and beyond, […]
City of Garden City Supports Communities In Schools of Mid-America
Garden City, KS – Communities In Schools of Mid-America is pleased to announce it has received a $4,000 grant from the City of Garden City. The funds will be used to support the Communities In Schools program located at Garden City High School. Communities In Schools of Mid-America focuses its work in schools and beyond, […]
Earl Bane Foundation Supports Communities In Schools of Mid-America
Salina, KS – Communities In Schools of Mid-America is pleased to announce it has received a $15,000 grant from the Earl Bane Foundation. The funds will be used to support the Communities In Schools programs located at Salina’s Lakewood Middle School and Central High School. Communities In Schools of Mid-America focuses its work in schools […]
Topeka Community Foundation Supports Communities In Schools of Mid-America with Healthy Lifestyles Grant
Topeka, KS – Communities In Schools of Mid-America is pleased to announce it has received a $5,000 Greater Topeka Fund/Healthy Lifestyles grant from the Topeka Community Foundation. The funds will be used to support the CIS programs in Ross and State Street Elementary Schools, and Highland Park, Topeka West and Topeka High Schools. According to […]
Communities In Schools of Mid-America receives Raymond C. and Marguerite Gibson Foundation Donation
Ottawa, KS – Communities In Schools of Mid-America is pleased to announce it has received a grant from the Raymond C. and Marguerite Gibson Foundation through the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation in the amount of $8,415. The funds will be used to support the CIS program located at Ottawa High School and Ottawa Middle […]
Dodge City Student Receives Scholarship from Communities In Schools of Mid-America
Dodge City, KS – Communities In Schools (CIS) of Mid-America, an affiliate of the national organization that empowers all students to stay in school and on a path to graduation, announced the recipient of its annual scholarship opportunity. Jimena Cartagena, of Dodge City High School in Dodge City, KS, has been chosen as this year’s […]
Black History: More than just a month
Chasity Hurd | CIS of Mid-America Site Coordinator at Shawnee Mission Northwest High School Those who have no record of what their forbearers have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history. Carter G. Woodson Woodson, known as the Father of Black History Month, understood these words. Woodson reminds us […]
Highland Park High School Students Spend the Day as 26-Year Olds
Topeka, KS – On Wednesday, March 4 and Thursday, March 5, students at Highland Park High School will participate in FutureNow: Finance, a financial literacy program of Communities In Schools of Mid-America. The FutureNow: Finance program is supported by a financial stability impact grant from the United Way of Greater Topeka. This financial literacy program […]