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SUCCESS STORIES Thanks to the generosity of donors, CIS has helped thousands of children excel in schools throughout the Charleston region. learn more ROUNDBALL CLASSIC The Roundball Classic is a nationally-recognized basketball tournament that benefits Communities In Schools of the Charleston Area, Inc. and the Rotary Club of North Charleston. learn more THE CHOCOLATE AFFAIR The Chocolate Affair is a gala function offering gourmet catering, chocolate desserts from Charleston's finest restaurants and speciality shops, and auction items. learn more CHARLESTON YACHT AFFAIR The Charleston Yacht Affair features exclusive yacht tours, delicious cuisine from Charleston’s top chefs, entertainment and more. learn more RESOURCES Achievement Gap Report (PDF)
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Student Support ProgramThe CIS Student Support Program is designed to address the risk and protective factors that influence a child’s decision to stay in school. Student Support Specialists are positioned in 15 schools throughout Charleston and Berkeley counties, working with school administrators, counselors, and teachers to identify and place children in support services. Those children identified to be at the highest risk for not completing high school are case-managed and offered a blanket of scientifically proven protective services to counter the risk factors they may face. Using evidence-based approaches, these specialists have the following main objectives:
Communities In Schools meets these objectives by providing the following services: 1. Tutoring The level of services provided children is characterized based on the needs they exhibit: Level 1 – Services and resources that are widely accessible to any student at the CIS site. They are short-term interventions with durations of a few hours or days and are provided or brokered on an as-needed or as-available basis. Students need not be enrolled in a specific CIS initiative to benefit from such resources and services, but must be a member of the school population at large. Some examples of Level 1 resources or services include providing clothing or school supplies, assemblies, events, career fairs, field trips, health screenings, service-learning and grief counseling. Level 2 – Unlike Level 1, where virtually any student at school may benefit, Level 2 resources and services are provided through well-defined CIS initiatives targeted for students and/or families with long-term needs. These initiatives typically include some type of enrollment or assignment procedures. They are sustained interventions with durations of several weeks, months or an entire school year. Level 2 services are usually designed to achieve one or more tracked outcomes such as improved academic performance, attendance or behavior. Examples of such interventions include tutoring, mentoring, CIS classes and after-school programs. Level 3- Level 3 students are those who are case-managed by CIS Student Support Specialists and receive more than one CIS service or resource weekly. These students have been identified as having risk factors that can lead to dropping out of school. Level 3 students who participate in CIS services at least 75% of the time are those who are tracked for progress in the areas of promotion, graduation, grades, school attendance and behavior, and teen pregnancy rates. CIS staff members also provide direct services including mentoring, pregnancy prevention services, life skills lessons, and case management, which provides assessment, goal setting, crisis intervention, information/ referral, home visits, and tracking of progress. These services are brought into the school, where they can have a daily and direct impact on the students.
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