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Communities In Schools of Chicago Publications
Communities In Schools of Chicago publishes a quarterly newsletter and an annual report that include highlights about our school and service provider partners, Board of Directors and donors. Below are links to our recent publications.

Download the Communities In Schools of Chicago quarterly newsletter in PDF:
Connections Fall 2011 Newsletter
(4.30 MB)
Connections Summer 2011 Newsletter (4.95 MB)
Connections Spring 2011 Newsletter (5.65 MB)
Connections Fall 2010 Newsletter (4.69 MB)

Download the Communities In Schools of Chicago annual report in PDF:
2011 Annual Report (6.8 MB)
2010 Annual Report (7.3 MB)
2009 Annual Report (1 MB)
2008 Annual Report (1.20 MB)
2007 Annual Report (639 KB)

Download the Communities In Schools of Chicago special report in PDF:
Violence Prevention Report (<1 MB)

Communities In Schools of Chicago in the Media
Communities In Schools of Chicago has been featured in local and national news, magazines and television. Below you will find links to each of these sources.

May 13, 2011
Communities In Schools of Chicago honors our school and community partners at our annual recognition breakfast.

April 6, 2011
Executive Director Jane Mentzinger, writing about violence prevention, is featured as a guest columnist at Catalyst Chicago.

February 7, 2011
A letter to the editor, by Jennifer Navarro, CISC's mental health and violence prevention partnership specialist, is featured in the Chicago Tribune.

January 13, 2011
Executive Director Jane Mentzinger is interviewed by Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management about the long-standing partnership between CISC and Kellogg.

November 19, 2010
Chicago Now and the District 299 blog featured Imagination Theater's receipt of CISC's Al Ward Spirit of Giving Award.

June 1, 2010
The Chicago Sun-Times editorialized about the importance of arts education and highlighted CISC.

May 3, 2010
Executive Director Jane Mentzinger is featured in Crain's Chicago Business Info Junkie column.

April 15, 2010
CISC responds to the Phoebe Prince tragedy with a letter-to-the-editor in the Chicago Tribune.

The Chicago Tribune highlights CISC in an article about nutrition education.

October 15, 2009
New York Times features a letter to the editor from CISC.

October 11, 2009
CISC reacts to school violence in a letter to the editor, Chicago Sun-Times.

September 14, 2009
CISC authors the Op-Ed in Crain's Chicago Business.

August 2009
Executive Director Jane Mentzinger is interviewed by local tv host, Bill Campbell, on Chicagoing.

June 2009
National Dropout Prevention Center/Network newsletter, Program Profile - page 4

April 8, 2009
Chicago Tribune, Letter to the Editor

April 6, 2009
Chicago Sun-Times, A Lesson In Consequences

December 27, 2008
Chicago Tribune, Vision Clinic a Blessing for Students


October 27, 2008
Chicago Tribune, Entrepreuners and Business

October 19, 2008
Chicago Tribune, Grants and Giving

August 17, 2008
Chicago Sun-Times, Letter to the Editor

May 28, 2008
WTTW's Chicago Tonight program

May/June 2008
Catalyst Chicago, Q&A with Bill Milliken, founder of CIS National

May 5, 2008
Crain's Chicago Business, Letter to the Editor

October 8, 2007
People Magazine

September 27, 2007
Chicago Tribune, Grants and Giving

September 8, 2007
Chicago Tribune, Letter to the Editor

October 26, 2006
Chicago Tribune, Foundation treats pupils to gift of sight



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