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Kalamazoo Communities In Schools (KCIS) brings together major service providers, school officials, community volunteers, business leaders and other concerned citizens to meet  the various physical, social-emotional, and academic needs of students. Through its network of community partners, KCIS strives to help children and youth successfully learn, stay in school and prepare for life. KCIS is an affiliate of the largest national "stay-in-school" organization - Communities In Schools - which has been selected by "Worth Magazine" as one of the nation's best charities for return on investment two years in a row.

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A Summer Experience Unlike Any Other…

Close your eyes and think about the words summer school. What comes to mind? I’m assuming that it isn’t a room full of children clapping, chanting, laughing and learning to fall in love with literacy. Well, it should be! Thousands of children across the country will be having just that kind of experience this summer as they participate in the Children's Defense Fund Freedom Schools® program. Proudly rooted in the American Civil Rights Movement and the courageous efforts of college-age youth (just like youJ), the CDF Freedom Schools program provides summer enrichment through a model curriculum that supports children and families around five essential components: high quality academic enrichment; parent and family involvement; social action and civic engagement; intergenerational servant leadership development; and nutrition, health and mental health.

We are currently in the process of accepting applications for Servant Leader positions to teach 1st-8th graders at Freedom School during the summer of 2010 through the Americorps VISTA service program. 

To view more details about the position, please click here.

To download the application, please click here.

Applications are due on February 12, 2010.  A committee will then review all applications and select candidates to interview.  Candidates will be notified of final decisions no later than February 15th.

Please send this completed application to:

Kalamazoo Communities In Schools
Attn: Demarra Gardner
125 W. Exchange Place
Kalamazoo, MI 49001

Or send via fax to (269) 385-5806, or via e-mail to dgardner@kcis.us.

If you have any questions, please contact Demarra Gardner at (269) 337-1601 x225.

 
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 2009-10 Mini Grant application  
The deadline for submitting an application for a Mini grant has been extended to Friday, January 29. 

The 2009-10 Grants Guide is also available.  Please click here to access it.  You may also download a version of the Grants Guide that will allow you to type your answers directly into the application before printing and submitting it.  Please click here to access this version. 

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Lewis Carroll (1832-1898)
English writer, author of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
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