- CIS Executive Director Selena Bennett honored with Duke Citizenship and Service Award
- 66% of kids experience academic difficulties.
- 1 in 3 kids experience bullying.
- 61,423 kids are currently incarcerated.
- 75% of prisoners are high school dropouts.
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- Every day, 83 students drop out of school in North Carolina.
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- Communities in Schools is the nation’s most successful drop-out prevention program.
CIS Executive Director Selena Bennett Honored with Duke Citizenship and Service Award
Selena Bennett (center) is surprised by her family when she was awarded the Duke Energy Citizenship and Service Award. Left to right: Mom: Mrs. Vinnie Jordan; husband, Gordon Bennett and children, Laura and Graham Bennett.
Duke Energy and the Wayne County Chamber of Commerce has named CIS Executive Director Selena Bennett the recepient of the Duke Citizenship and Service Award. The award is presented to the individual or whose leadership and service have left an enduring mark on Wayne County. The award was created to recognize efforts made by individuals and organizations in the community that are committed to helping others and creating efforts that bring us closer as a community and as a nation. This is a tribute to individuals or groups who make a difference in their communities or places of work by using their time, talents and compassion to positively impact the lives of others. Recipients of the award help foster a culture of citizenship and service that acts as a catalyst for others to become involved in civic and social activities. The award is designed to recognize outstanding volunteer service and civic participation over a twelve
month period.
As Executive Director of Communities In Schools of Wayne County. Selena lives out the mission of Communities in School to work to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. By bringing caring adults into the schools to address children’s unmet needs, CIS provides the link between educators and the community. Learn How CIS is making a difference: Watch the 5 minute video.
“Every child deserves a champion: an adult who will never give up on them, and insists they become the best they can possibly be.”– Rita Pierson
About Communities in Schools:
CIS is the nation’s largest dropout prevention organization. Our mission is to surround students with a community of support,empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life. By bringing caring adults into the schools to address children’s unmet needs, CIS provides the link between educators and the community. The result: teachers are free to teach, and students – many in jeopardy of dropping out – have the opportunity to focus on learning.
For over 30 years, Communities In Schools has worked to ensure that every child needs and deserves these “Five Basics”:
- A one-on-one relationship with a caring adult
- A safe place to learn and grow
- A healthy start and a healthy future
- A marketable skill to use upon graduation
- A chance to give back to peers and community