Last Saturday, CIS Atlanta partnered with Roark Capital Group to host a backpack giveaway for our caseload students in the Therrell cluster of schools: Therrell High School, Bunche Middle School, and Kimberly Elementary School; all schools in the Atlanta Public Schools district. These backpacks were filled with school supplies, COVID-19 protective gear, wireless headphones, and gift cards to some of the amazing food chains they own across the country. In addition to these bac

Last Saturday, CIS Atlanta partnered with Roark Capital Group to host a backpack giveaway for our caseload students in the Therrell cluster of schools. In addition to these backpacks, we also distributed lunch boxes from Jimmy John's (owned by Roark) to the community. Our site coordinator, Mestophia Frame, delivered some of these lunch boxes to his caseload families and our community in Decatur. Thank you for your dedication, Mr. Frame! #cisatlanta #communitiesinschools #comm

Last Saturday, CIS Atlanta partnered with Roark Capital Group to host a backpack giveaway for our caseload students in the Therrell cluster of schools. In addition to these backpacks, we also distributed lunch boxes from Jimmy John's (owned by Roark) to the community. Given the fact that food insecurity in the metro Atlanta area is high, our Program Manager, Calleb Obumba, wanted to deliver more than 70 of the Jimmy John's lunch boxes to a local extended stay hotel which is h

With students adjusting to the new world of virtual learning, our site coordinators are there to ensure that they are still attending classes and participating every day. Eric White and La'Vonna Taylor, our site coordinators at Brown Middle School, arranged for our students with perfect attendance to receive pizza! Perfect attendance meant no tardies and no absences since the first day of school as well as being present and engaged during class. Some students lived in areas

Our Site Coordinator at Boyd Elementary School, Shirkia Spearman, assisted in the Boyd Bobcat Incentive Van. The idea behind the Boyd Bobcat Incentive Van was to give incentives, including class dojo points, to students who had perfect attendance for the week of school. Perfect attendance consisted of those students who successfully logged in every day. Class dojo points are points earned for students who participate during class using the virtual platform. Shirkia states, “I