Success Stories

GAME-CHANGING INVESTMENT HELPS STUDENTS BREAK DOWN BARRIERS TO EQUITABLE LEARNING $133.5M Donation from Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott Will Deepen School Impact Nationally (Renton, WA) Feb 3, 2022 – Communities In Schools […]

Esther Eligio is the Site Coordinator at Cascade View Elementary. The picture below shows her working with her girls group on an “All About Me” worksheet so that they could […]

At Cascade View Elementary, Esther led the students in her Social Emotional Learning Group in an emoji drawing activity. The group creates their own emojis to use daily to describe […]

Our focus for this school year is Recover, Reengage, and Reimagine. To reengage students we are supporting social-emotional learning for 85 elementary students across 7 schools. We focus on developing students’ ability to: express care, challenge […]

Two of our high school Student Success Liaisons, Ty Laury (Renton High School) and Lorenza Scott (Lindbergh High School), and have recently formed a student led empowerment group to engage […]

We are 16 weeks in of supporting students and families during the COVID pandemic! Emergency Fund requests have begun to slow down, but we will continue to provide support until […]

We are thrilled to share our first update on the immediate needs of our community that we’ve been able to address so far. With your support, we are coming together […]

A new student started at Thorndyke Elementary in December. Crying every day, he would refuse to go to class and was having trouble making friends. He was also not getting classwork done […]

Sebasitan Duckworth is the Site Coordinator at Thorndyke Elementary. She leads the Incredible Kids Social Emotional Learning group that tackles tough topics like bullying, anger management, and self-care. In addition, […]

Esther Eligio is our Site Coordinator at Cascade View Elementary in Tukwila. Here she shares a story about two of her Social Emotional Learning groups. Esther created two social-emotional learning […]