Services

CIS of Durham encourages the use of research-based programs and collaborations to serve students and families. Students’ school failure is the result of multiple stressors, often from factors outside the of school.

Our Programs include:

Weekend Backpack Program

A shocking number of kids in our schools depend on special programs to get enough to eat. The Weekend Backpack program gives 150 kids at Eastway Elementary and Burton Geo-World Magnet Schools who receive free or reduced lunch a backpack full of nutritious and non-perishable food each weekend. The program aims to eliminate the risk of hunger by bridging the gap between Friday’s lunch and Monday’s breakfast at school. This program is partnered with the Food Bank of Central and Eastern NC and Bayer CropScience.

Mentoring

Mentoring is one of the most effective drug abuse and violence prevention programs available. CIS is linking twenty students at Eastway Elementary with mentors in order to increase their exposure to positive role models.

Literacy Tutoring

Staff from Motricity are tutoring twenty students at Club Boulevard Humanities Magnet School in reading. Many of these students are marginally on grade level in reading and need extra support to stay on grade level.

Community Leaders Speaker Program

CIS is bringing community and business leaders into Hillside and Southern High Schools, two of North Carolina’s lowest performing high schools. Students learn about career options and what it takes to be successful, while Durham’s leaders get first hand experience with the strengths and needs of the students and the schools.

School Supply Drive

Each August, CIS of Durham launches a school supply drive to help students from low-income families come prepared to school.

Ementoring

Staff from the John R. McAdams Company are mentoring twenty students via email and discussion boards at Lowes Grove Middle School. This innovative program allows busy professionals to get involved with helping guide students through the critical middle school years.

Performance Learning Center

In August 2007 in partnership with Durham Public Schools, CIS of Durham will open a nontraditional high school at Northgate Mall for 100 students who have failed one to two years of high school courses or who have dropped out and want to drop back in. The program includes an online curriculum, small group projects, mentoring, internships, and life skill development.

Incredible Years Parenting Program

Parents are one of the most powerful factors in a child’s school success. The Incredible Years Program is a research based program that helps strengthen families and parent support of their children.