News & Events
January: Month in Review
It has been a great month of impact at CISCC. Scroll through to see some of our highlights and accomplishments over the past month! Our mentors play a significant role in providing a community of support for our CISCC students, empowering them to stay in school and...
VIDEO – 2023 Year in Review
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#InSchoolsAndBeyond: Portraits of Our Community-wide Impact this December
As we near the end of 2023, we wanted to share some of the highlights from our work this past month. We have had many opportunities to impact students and families throughout Chatham County. We are grateful for everyone who makes our work possible - together we are...
Building Relationships That Matter
Jy’Mir, initially a 2nd grader at Virginia Cross Elementary in 2015, crossed paths with Tych when he served as a Student Support Specialist for Communities In Schools Chatham County, overseeing program activities for the school. Always eager to be part of everything,...
January/February 2023 Newsletter
Our 2019 Newsletter
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Jy’Mir Continues to Thrive
It’s the end of October at Chatham Middle School and Jy’Mir is busy working on a project with his 8th grade AVID classmates. Looking back, it was a busy summer full of new experiences and exciting challenges, and finding his groove at school provides him the...
Garry and Shymein
Garry Sronce and his mentee, Shymein move around a lot! Just check out the ol’ log book. 47 miles hiking and an impressive 83 miles biking various trails. That’s 130 miles in 4 years. 83 miles is tough on one’s bike. Recently Garry and Shyein visited The ReCYCLEry NC...
CIS’s Shirille Lee on Mentoring, Intervention
Shirille Lee, the Student Support Specialist for Youth FIRST for Chatham Communities In Schools, joined the CIS team as a staff member in 1998. But long before that, she was a volunteer mentor and board member. Her full-time service to CIS has included being the...