Thanks to the Student Success Facilitators and their students for getting super creative and making our volunteers feel seen and appreciated. The CIS Board of Directors, admittedly, had a tough time voting for just 3 boards. Congratulations to our winners: Harper, Aspen Community School (header image), Badi, Milagro Middle School (above), and Merry, Gonzales Community…

We just had our first alumni group of the year at Remix Coffee in Santa Fe. In attendance were 10 former CIS students, one current students, and special guest Lucia Duncan from Future Focused Education! There were games, discussions about internship opportunities, and everyone learned about the business and music-making side of Remix. We spent…

Fall Harvest Festival at Salazar Elementary School A day filled with fun, food and festivities! Salazar Elementary School celebrated its beautiful school garden with an annual Fall Harvest Festival celebration last Friday! 800 pounds of fresh produce were donated to families and community partners. 🪴🌽🥬🌱🎉🍁🍂 Thank you for sharing, Alma! CIS Self-Care Council Event: Paint…

CIS National Leadership Town Hall 2024 took place in Dallas, Texas from Wednesday, September 18 – Friday, September 20. This year’s theme, Strengthening our Presence to Fuel Student Success, provided four of our CIS of New Mexico leaders an opportunity to connect, learn from their colleagues, and listen to keynote speakers who motivated and inspired…

SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO–Committed to bolstering youth mental health and wellness and shrinking New Mexico’s devastating suicide rates, local non-profit Communities In Schools of New Mexico (CISNM) is providing free school and community suicide prevention trainings across rural New Mexico.Suicide remains a persistent public health crisis in New Mexico. According to the Centers for Disease…

Please join us in congratulating Flor Lujan, our Student Success Facilitator at Cesar Chavez Community School! It is with great joy and honor that we share with you the incredible news that Flor has been selected as CIS National’s All-In For Students Site Coordinator Award Winner! “The Communities In Schools All-In for Students Award honors…

We cannot be more thrilled to begin another Amazing CISNM School Year! After a thoughtful summer of reflection and planning for the year ahead, we are excited to bring the meaningful work of CISNM forward into another year with a focus of deepening and widening our work. Deepening our practice to be the best it…

Opal Lee, the Grandmother of Juneteenth, said “I don’t want people to think that celebrating freedom via Juneteenth is just about a Black holiday or just a Texas holiday. It’s about knowing that we all have a stake in making this the best country in the world.” This is what Communities In Schools of New…

By Harper Whaley, Communities In Schools Site Coordinator I have had the privilege of working as the Communities in Schools Site Coordinator at Aspen over the last year. When I was asked to share some words for our 8th graders, I had to think for a minute about what I wanted to say. First, it…

Bunny Terry talks to 3 members of the Communities In Schools team about all of the amazing work they are doing in Santa Fe and expanding into greater New Mexico.