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• For Immediate Release:  99.4% of Local CIS Students Promoted

• Get the Facts:  CIS of Wayne Quick Facts

Sunrise Kiwanis recently donated $500 to CIS of Wayne. Pictured are Sunrise Kiwanis President Dean Williams presenting a check to Executive Director Selena Bennett, Board Chair Bill Keel, and Board Member Mike Haney.

THANK YOU GIFT:  Donate $10 or more to CIS of Wayne County and receive a  pack of KidKard greeting cards designed by Wayne County students.  Click on the Donate tab to make your secure donation using either debit or credit cards.  You’ll receive your thank you gift in the mail!

THE CHOICE BUS MAKES A STOP IN GOLDSBORO

Chris Capel, from CISNC, speaks to Success Coach Celia James while visiting with students at Grantham School on February 26, 2014. Mr. Capel spoke to students in grades 5-8 about making good choices.

Communities in Schools of Wayne County hosted “The Choice Bus” at Goldsboro High School on Friday, November 8, 2013. The Choice Bus takes students through a 25-minutes interactive presentation designed to show the relevancy of education to career choices and life-time earning potential.  A full-scale replica of a prison cell furnished with actual prison fixtures is revealed during the presentation.  Students were led in discussions about the importance of education, choosing friends wisely, avoiding gangs, being respectful to others, and having a career interest.  The Choice Bus visit was sponsored by State Farm Insurance, the Mattie C. Stewart Foundation, and Communities in Schools of North Carolina.

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

CIS works tirelessly to prevent an at-risk child from becoming another dropout statistic.  We bring community based resources into our schools to work with students and their families.  CIS works because we are founded on the concept that students can and will achieve.  Resources are coordinated to meet the academic and social needs of the students that we work with.  We coordinate the delivery of these resources at the school site through our Success Coaches.Wells Fargo recently donated $2,500 to Communities In Schools of Wayne County. Selena Bennett, Executive Director of CIS of Wayne is shown accepting a check from Allen Clayton of Wells Fargo. Others in the picture include Bill Keel (Board Chair), Rochelle Hobbs (Board Vice-President), and Beverly Wallace-Wiggins ( Board Treasurer).CIS of Wayne County Results for 2012-2013

• 100% of potential dropouts stayed in school.
• 100% of seniors graduated.
• 100% of CIS students met their suspension goals.
• 92% of CIS students met their behavior goals.
• 88% of CIS students were promoted.
• 80% of CIS students were promoted.
• CIS of Wayne Quick Facts