Celebrate teachers this week by sharing CIS
It seems like every week, every month, and almost every day, is dedicated to honoring a different group of people or activity. We at Communities In Schools of Lexington/Davidson County try to stay on top of them all – last month we honored volunteers, back in January we appreciated mentors, and on April 4th we even celebrated National Tell A Lie Day.
Well this week (May 6 – 10) is all about teachers – educators of all sorts, really – and May 7 was National Teacher Day.
We thought we’d take just a moment not only to give our sincerest thanks to the teachers and educators who make our dropout prevention work possible in the Lexington City and Davidson County school systems, but to remind them to use CIS as the resource we aspire to be.
CIS is about keeping kids K-12 in school until they graduate. We do that by providing at-risk students with adult mentors that they can trust to guide and encourage them.
But we also accomplish our dropout prevention goals by simply stepping in to alleviate problems individual students might be having at any given time, even if the student isn’t in one of our programs.
When it comes to this part of our work, teachers are our greatest ally. Teachers see when students aren’t eating enough, or don’t come to class prepared because their families can’t afford a trip down the school supply aisle. Teachers see it in students’ eyes and, most often, in their actions when trouble at home becomes overwhelming.
We need teachers to tell us what’s happening in their classrooms so we know how to intervene.
Teachers have a hard job – the hardest job. Help CIS help them – Tell a teacher about CIS today!
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Some things we can help with:
- School supplies
- Hygiene items
- Food
- School-appropriate clothes
- Connections to community resources (assistance with housing, utility, and other services)
- Supplies for extracurricular activities (sports equipment, club fees, etc.)