2013 Annual Report - Communities In Schools of Chicago

For some, time to celebrate.
For us, time to re-dedicate.
Communities In Schools of Chicago 2013 Annual Report
Communities In Schools of Chicago
surrounds students with a community
of support, empowering them to stay in
school and achieve in life.
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Dear Friend,
Do you remember celebrating your 25th
birthday? (If you are not yet 25 years old,
you may keep that information to yourself.)
To a person, celebrating one’s first quartercentury is terrific: If your life has been well
lived, then at that age you are a clever mix
of youthful energy and independence, with a
splash of practical experience and a pinch of
wisdom. You are no longer a kid, but you’re
far from middle-aged. Twenty-five is a time
to celebrate.
The same can be said for Communities
In Schools of Chicago (CISC). This school
year, we celebrate 25 years of supporting
Chicago public school students and serving
Chicago public schools. At this “age,” CISC
has been around the block a few times. We
have been places. We know things. We are
seasoned enough to be wise about the ways
of meeting students’ needs, and youthful
enough to remain wide-eyed to innovations
on how to do it better. Our past experiences
inform our future goals, and like most
25-year-olds, we believe that we can change
the world – or at least change the outlook
on the world for the tens of thousands
of students reached through our work
each year.
During the 2012-2013 school year, we
connected more services to more students
than ever before (see page 16.) We
expanded NAVIGATE, our one-of-a-kind
training program for community partners.
We began a ground-breaking, gold-standard
research project with Northwestern
University, facilitated more than 3,300
students in receiving much-needed
prescription eyeglasses, expanded a sexeducation curriculum for hearing-impaired
children and conducted an evaluation of
effective violence prevention education
programs. Moreover, we provided reliable,
unwavering support to our 175 school
partners, even as 21 of them faced closure
as part of the city’s largest restructuring of
its public schools. It was quite a year.
Now, for our 25th anniversary, it is time for
CISC to rededicate ourselves to our mission:
To surround students with a community of
support, empowering them to stay in school
and achieve in life. To do whatever it takes
to keep students on track for graduation.
To change the picture of how a successful
school looks to include caring adults,
community educators and volunteers who
support teachers and principals.
As a CISC supporter, we hope that you join
us in rededicating resources to our cause. To
inspire you to jump in and support CISC (and
to have a bit of fun for our 25th anniversary),
we have developed “25 Ways,” a list of ways
to lend a hand to CISC. (See page 23.)
The past 25 years have been great for CISC.
With your support, this school year – our
silver year – will be just as meaningful.
Jane Mentzinger
Executive Director
Kevin Evanich
Board Chair
Of Counsel, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
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D’ANDRE D.
GAGE PARK HIGH SCHOOL
“I’m thankful for the support of Mr. Castro and a program like
CISC, where kids can feel free to express themselves in many
ways and learn how to behave different than before.”
D’Andre D., Sophomore, Gage Park High School
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He’s wearing a white T-shirt, marked with a small imprint of his school’s logo.
A black sweater is draped over his shoulders and tied under his neck. At age 15,
his face is not only clean-shaven – it is pristeen, not yet marked late puberty’s
pimples. With a voice that occasionally squeaks, he looks quite the college prep,
except for the small patch of decidedly red hair along his hairline and the armful
of colorful rubber bracelets fighting for space on his wrist.
He is D’Andre, a sophomore at Gage Park High School, and he is not DTM (doing
too much, as he and his peers say). According to Eddie Castro, the Communities
In Schools of Chicago school-based student supports manager who mentors him
at school, D’Andre is doing just the right amount of everything to be successful
in school. He carries a 3.0 grade-point average, plays on the school’s football
team, has aspirations of becoming a doctor or an underwriter, and has his eyes
on southern colleges with great football teams.
That wasn’t the case a year earlier, when D’Andre was a first-year high-schooler
struggling with the heavier work load and new social pressures.
“Algebra was kind of new to me,” he says. “Way different from eighth-grade
math, when we did multiplication and division. Algebra was, like, paths, showing
your work, square roots…I got overwhelmed.”
He also struggled in World History, where he found the discussions among
students fast-paced and choppy. “We’d get off topic real quick. We’d be talking
about something serious, then start talking about something else, and some
classmates would come in late, and some just didn’t care, and it would get
loud and I would just get lost,” he says in a legato fashion. Then, there was the
classmate who kept pushing his buttons by “talking out of turn and trying to
take me to the point where I would want to hit her,” he says. “But I don’t want to
hit people, especially girls.”
D’Andre’s ninth grade was marked with Cs and Ds – but he knew he was capable
of better. Maybe he needed extra help from a teacher or tutor. Maybe he needed
more – the kind of more offered by Mr. Castro, the CISC student supports
manager who is based at Gage Park High School.
One day D’Andre noticed the candy bowl on Mr. Castro’s desk and decided to
stop in his office. For candy. But Mr. Castro was the wiser one, and D’Andre
began receiving the kind of extra support that met his needs. Today, D’Andre
says that Mr. Castro helps him by advising him in bad situations and good
situations: “Things like who should I trust…should I fight this person or not fight
this person.” About that button-pusher, “Mr. Castro tells me, ‘Just do your work
and ignore her.’”
D’Andre follows that advice, and adds that “Counselors like Mr. Castro can help
you work through a lot of things and you can talk about things that you don’t
expect to talk about with anybody. They can help you do better…they want
you to seek higher things that you never sought before. They help you set high
standards for your grades and your life and stuff like that.”
CISC’s New,
Intensive APPROACH
of Supporting
Students
For every 10 students who
begin ninth grade at a
Chicago public high school,
four to five will not graduate
with their peers. They will
drop out – in other words,
leave school because of
poor choices, classroom
boredom, family trauma
or other ordeals. Two
years ago, Communities In
Schools of Chicago began to
deepen its work to employ
a more intensive approach
of supporting students and
schools where the dropout
risk is high. This intensive,
school-based approach was
in place at three schools
during the 2012-2013 school
year: Gage Park, Chicago
Talent Development Charter
and John Hope high schools.
With staff embedded in each
school, CISC is able to pay
close attention to earlywarning indicators of dropout, provide case-managed
services to the students who
need help most, and connect
myriad programs and
essential support services
to the broader student
body. For the 2013-2014
school year, CISC’s intensive
approach of support is being
employed in five schools.
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MELODY
At Melody Elementary School, it is no accident that the partnership with Communities In
Schools of Chicago is used to bring harmony to the student body. Situated in a section of the
West Garfield Park community wracked by poverty, joblessness and crime, Melody faces a
steady drumbeat of great need among its students. As a “Welcoming School” for the 2013-2014
school year, Melody added 340 new students, more than doubling its enrollment to 617 children.
Without a beat, Melody’s leaders said “more students, more education,” and stayed on course
to help all of its students become well-equipped to make smart decisions, maintain good health
and explore the wide variety of possibilities that a global city like Chicago offers.
Genevieve Melody Elementary School has a great track record for serving its students. When
the school joined the CISC network in Fall 2012 (as part of a cohort of 21 new partner schools),
a sizable number of its students then were on the verge of being excluded from school for not
having updated physicals and immunization records. Working with CISC, the school’s counselor
arranged four visits from Loyola University Medical Center’s Pediatric Mobile Care Unit, a
miniature “hospital on wheels.” The unit provided critical healthcare services to almost 15
percent of the school’s students, ensuring their continued attendance and no disruption
to learning.
To help eighth-grade students learn skills in cooperation, logic and reasoning, a customized
scavenger hunt was developed by one of CISC’s newest enrichment partners, the Waxwing
Puzzle Company. As part of eighth-grade graduation activities, Waxwing also engaged the
students in a unique exploration of downtown Chicago that required them to apply advanced
problem-solving skills, knowledge of geography and teamwork.
To broaden students’ horizons, CISC helped the school forge partnerships with several other
organizations, among them:
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an outing to Emerald City Theatre for 35 second-grade students to see a production of the
Caldecott Honor book “Knuffle Bunny”;
n the participation of pre-k and kindergarten teachers in StoryBus’ in-depth curriculum
development and literacy program; and,
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exploration of African-American oral histories through The History Makers.
“CISC has been remarkable in finding great programs that not only benefit the students but our
community as well,” said Tiffany Tillman, Melody’s principal and an active member of the CISC
site team for the 2012-2013 school year.
“When I need extra resources to support our academics, CISC finds us something in a timely
fashion – and it’s always something that excites the students!” she says. “We clearly understand
that we cannot do it all on our own. The resources provided by CISC have been easily attainable
through our partnership – they don’t hold back, and we’re a school that’s willing to try it all
and do what it takes to address what our students need.” Ms. Tillman’s current goals include
working with CISC to connect more programs to pre-kindergarteners, and to help the school
engage parents in its social-emotional programs for children.
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ELEMENTARY
“When you see an organization like CISC that truly meets you
half way, you have no choice but to give your all…after all, the
end results truly have benefited the children of Melody.”
Tiffany Tillman, Principal at Melody Elementary School
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AUDITORIUM
“To go from reaching 500 children with our program to
reaching 1,500 was phenomenal. I don’t make any bones
about it: We were successful and have continued to be
successful because of CISC.”
Christina Bourné, Director of Creative Engagement, Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University
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THEATRE
OF ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY
A couple of years ago, Christina Bourné was practically a one-woman
show at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University. That would have
been a fine thing if she were an actor; but she is not. Indeed, Christina
runs educational programs for the Auditorium Theatre, which include
school-based residencies, one-day school workshops, live performances
and a summer camp. Having a teeny team – then, just she and a
part-time student intern – could have jeopardized Christina’s goals of
reaching scores of public school students. In reality, however, Christina’s
team included Communities In Schools of Chicago, which has counted
the Theatre as one of its community partners since 2009.
“We really utilized our partnership with CISC during the 2012-2013
school year, almost as our primary way of reaching Chicago public
schools,” Christina says. “In the past, we’d spend a good two months
doing multiple mailings, making tons of calls, sending out fax after fax,
and the result would be about a dozen schools interested in
our program.
“Last year, with CISC’s involvement, we enrolled 40 schools in our
programs, and had a waiting list of 25 schools. Rather than spinning our
wheels, we took advantage of the structure CISC has in place and the
results were that our impact grew astronomically.”
In a single year, the Auditorium Theatre was able to nearly triple
(to 1,500) the number of Chicago public school students involved in its
“Too Hot to Handel” program, which unites theater, writing, dance
and music (of composer George Frideric Handel) to engage students in
discussions about diversity, tolerance and the philosophy of Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr.
For the 2013-2014 school year, “Too Hot to Handel” will be comprised
of five-day and one-day residencies at several schools. There also will
be a series of master classes for high-school students from four schools
who will work with musicians and conductors on honing music skills
and preparing for careers in music, in conjunction with Roosevelt
University’s School of Performing Arts.
Communities In
Schools of Chicago is a
proud affiliate of the
Communities In Schools
national network.
Communities In Schools addresses
America’s chronic dropout problem
by surrounding students with a
community of support, empowering
them to stay in school and achieve
in life.
Working in 2,400 schools and
community-based sites in the most
challenged communities, in 27
states and the District of Columbia,
Communities In Schools serves 1.25
million students and their families
every year. Communities In Schools
is the largest and most effective
dropout prevention organization,
and the only one proven to both
decrease dropout rates and
increase graduation rates. An
economic modeling study revealed
that for every dollar invested in
Communities In Schools, $11.60 is
returned to society.
For more information, visit
www.communitiesinschools.org.
Christina believes that the partnership with CISC is uniquely suited to
her organization. “Roosevelt University was built on principles of social
justice and that’s what CISC does,” she says. “CISC is making sure there
is equity and access for every child across the city of Chicago to the arts,
health care, educational programs and more.
“CISC’s work affords me the opportunity to open the doors of Roosevelt
University as a cultural hub in the city, and to be a part of something as
socially conscious as our school is.”
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2013-2014 School Partners
Communities In Schools of Chicago
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SCHOOL PARTNERS
COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CHICAGO NETWORK
Jane Addams Elementary
Countee Cullen Elementary School
Ariel Community Academy
Charles R. Darwin Elementary School
Philip D. Armour Elementary School
Oscar DePriest Elementary School
Crispus Attucks Academy
Everett McKinley Dirksen Elementary School
Chicago International
Arthur Dixon Elementary School
Charter School Basil Campus
Dodge Renaissance Academy
Beasley Academic Magnet Center
John B. Drake Elementary
Beethoven Elementary
W.E.B. DuBois Elementary School
Hiram H. Belding Elementary School
Richard Edwards School
Carrie Jacobs Bond Elementary
Michael Faraday Elementary School
Daniel Boone Elementary School
Eugene Field Elementary School
Myra Bradwell School of Excellence
Frederick Funston Elementary School
Joseph Brennemann School
Gage Park High School
Norman Bridge Elementary School
Stephen F. Gale Community Academy
Bronzeville Scholastic Institute
Galileo Scholastic Academy
William H. Brown Math and Science
Magnet School
Marcus Moziah Garvey Elementary
Charles S. Brownell Elementary School
Milton Brunson Math and Science
Specialty School
Burnham/Anthony Mathematics
& Science Academy
J.W. Von Goethe Elementary School
Alexander Graham Elementary
Robert L. Grimes Elementary School
Frank W. Gunsaulus Scholastic Academy
Jonathan Burr Elementary School
John C. Haines Elementary School
Daniel R. Cameron Elementary School
Nathan Hale School
Arthur E. Canty Elementary School
Alex Haley Academy
Rachel Carson Elementary
John H. Hamline Elementary School
George Washington Carver Elementary
John Hancock High School
Catalyst Schools - Howland Charter
Harold Washington Elementary School
Willa Cather Elementary School
Helga A. Haugan Magnet School
Eliza Chappell Elementary
Stephen K. Hayt Elementary School
Salmon P. Chase Elementary School
Phoebe Apperson Hearst Elementary
Cesar E. Chavez Multicultural Academic Center
Helen M. Hefferan Elementary School
Walter S. Christopher School
Charles R. Henderson Elementary School
Chicago International Charter School –
Washington Park
Patrick Henry Elementary School
Claremont Math and Science Academy
Charles N. Holden Elementary School
Michele Clark Academic Preparatory
High School
Henry Clay Elementary School
Grover Cleveland Elementary School
Johnnie Colemon Academy
Columbia Explorers Academy
Peter Cooper Dual Language Academy
Daniel J. Corkery Elementary
Mary E. Courtenay Language Arts Center
Crown Community Academy
Chicago Talent Development Charter
High School
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George Washington Elementary
William A. Hinton Elementary School
Hope College Preparatory High School
Charles Evans Hughes Elementary School
Friedrich Jahn Elementary
Edward Jenner Academy of the Arts
Scott Joplin Elementary School
Jordan Community School
Joseph Jungman School
Joshua D. Kershaw Elementary School
John H. Kinzie Elementary School
Rudyard Kipling Elementary School
Anna R. Langford Community Academy
2013-2014
OF SCHOOL PARTNERS FOR THE CURRENT SCHOOL YEAR
LEARN Charter School Butler Campus
Southside Occupational High School
LEARN Charter Excel Campus
John Spry Community School
Richard Henry Lee Elementary School
Charles P. Steinmetz Academic Centre
Legacy Charter School
Adlai E. Stevenson Elementary School
Arthur A. Libby Elementary School
Stone Scholastic Academy
Little Village Academy
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Alain Locke Charter Academy
George B. Swift Specialty School
Rudy Lozano Leadership Academy
William Howard Taft High School
John L. Marsh Elementary School
Douglas Taylor Elementary School
Thurgood Marshall Middle School
Telpochcalli Community Fine Arts School
Benjamin E. Mays Academy
Emmett Louis Till Math & Science Academy
Ronald E. McNair Academic Center
George W. Tilton Elementary School
Genevieve Melody Elementary
Enrico Tonti Elementary
Ellen Mitchell Elementary School
Turner-Drew Language Academy
John B. Murphy Elementary School
Uplift Community School
William K. New Sullivan Elementary School
Jacqueline Vaughn Occupational High School
Nicholson Technology Academy
Carl Von Linne Elementary School
William P. Nixon Elementary School
John A. Walsh Elementary School
Alfred Nobel Elementary School
James Ward Elementary School
North Lawndale College Prep. Charter
High School
Washington Irving Elementary School
James Otis Elementary School
Oliver S. Westcott Elementary School
Luke O’Toole Elementary School
John Palmer Elementary School
Ferdinand Peck Elementary School
Perspectives Charter – Rodney D. Joslin Campus
Perspectives/IIT Math and Science Academy
Daniel Webster Elementary
John Whistler Elementary School
Edward H. White Career Academy
John Greenleef Whittier Elementary School
Young Women’s Leadership Charter School
Mary Gage Peterson Elementary School
Pilsen Community Academy
* New School Partners for the 2012-2013 school year.
John Pirie Fine Arts & Academic Center
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chools where CISC is implementing its school-based integrated student services model for
the 2012-2013 school year.
William H. Prescott Elementary School
Charles A. Prosser Career Academy
Pulaski International School of Chicago
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ffiliate School Partners, which have access to service referrals and basic coordination
support, and are connected with high-capacity community partners whose programs address
a set of core student needs.
Philip Randolph Magnet School
Ravenswood Elementary School
William Claude Reavis Elementary
Rowe Elementary School
Martha Ruggles Elementary School
William H. Ryder Elementary School
Albert R. Sabin Magnet School
Sidney Sawyer School
Mark Sheridan Math and Science Academy
Sherman School of Excellence
Jesse Sherwood Elementary School
John D. Shoop Math-Science Technical Academy
Mark T. Skinner School
South Loop Elementary School
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COMMUNITY PARTNERS
THE FOLLOWING PARTNERS WERE CONNECTED TO SCHOOLS THROUGH
ACADEMIC ENRICHMENT
College Preparatory Programs
Literacy Programs
Math and Science Programs
Social Science Programs
Tutoring Programs
Amnesty International
Black Star Project
Bookworm Angels
Bronzeville Children’s Museum
BUILD, Inc.
Center for Companies That Care
Chicago Architecture Foundation
Chicago Botanic Garden
Chicago Cares
Chicago Children’s Museum
Chicago Literacy Alliance
Chicago Public Libraries
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
College Awareness and Preparation*
Cook County Farm Bureau
DuSable Museum of African American History
Gaia Movement Chicago
Garfield Park Conservatory
The HistoryMakers
Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education
Center
Kellogg School of Management
McCormick Foundation Civics Program
North Park Nature Center
Open Books
Ronald McDonald School Show
Shedd Aquarium
SitStayRead
StoryBus
Truck Farm Chicago
University of Illinois Extension
Voices of A People’s History
Writers’ Theatre
ARTS ENRICHMENT
Dance Education Programs
Dance Performance
Literary Arts Education Programs
Music Education Programs
Music Performance
Theatre Education Programs
Theatre Performance
Visual Arts Education Programs
Visual Arts Field Trips
Adventure Stage Chicago
Art Encounter
Art Institute of Chicago
Arts-for-All*
Auditorium Theatre
Barrel of Monkeys
Blue Man Group*
Chatham 14 Theater*
1412
Chicago Chamber Musicians
Chicago Children’s Choir
Chicago Children’s Theatre
Chicago Composers Orchestra
Chicago DanzTheatre Ensemble*
Chicago Humanities Festival
Chicago Jazz Philharmonic*
Chicago Shakespeare Theater
Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra*
Cinema/Chicago – Chicago International Film
Festival
Deena Uzzell
Design Dance*
Discover Music: Discover Life, Inc.
Emerald City Theatre
Facets Multimedia
Fifth House Ensemble*
International Music Foundation
Jan Parker
Joffrey Ballet
Lookingglass Theatre Company
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Marwen
Michael Rohd
Mostly Music Chicago
Museum of Contemporary Art
National Museum of Mexican Art
Natya Dance Theatre
Noble Horse Theatre
Old Town School of Folk Music
Open Books
PianoForte Foundation
Rock for Kids
The Salvation Army
Smart Museum of Art
Spudnik Press
CIVIC AWARENESS
Civic Engagement Programs
Emergency Preparedness Education
English as a Second Language Programs
Faculty Professional Development
Financial Education
GED Programs
Immigration Education
Internet Safety Education
Legal Assistance and Education
Parenting Skills Programs
Safety Education
Technology Training and Education
American Red Cross of Greater Chicago
The Belt Railway Company of Chicago
CARE
Chicago Fire Department
Cook County Sheriff Youth Services
Department
Credit Abuse Resistance Education
Economic Awareness Council
Erie Neighborhood House
First Defense Legal Aid
Hire Learning Career Development Academy
Illinois Attorney General
Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence
Junior Achievement
Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Mikva Challenge
Operation HOPE, Inc.
SitStayRead
Tuesday’s Child
HEALTH EDUCATION
Alcohol and Substance Abuse
Prevention Education
Asthma Education
Sexual Health Education
General Health Education
Hygiene Education
Nutrition and Wellness Programs
Oral Health Education
Puberty Education
Sports and Physical Activity Programs
Access Community Health Network
Active Transportation Alliance
America SCORES Chicago
American Cancer Society*
American Liver Foundation - Illinois Chapter
American Red Cross of Greater Chicago
ASAP
Asian Human Services
Bronzeville Children’s Museum
Care2Prevent at the University of Chicago
CDPH – Women and Children’s Health
Programs
Center on Halsted
Chicago Cares
Chicago Child Care Society
Chicago Lakeshore Hospital
Chicago Partnership for Health Promotion
Chicago Safe Routes Ambassadors
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
Chicago Sky
Chicago Women’s Health Center
Chill
Common Threads
CommunityHealth
Delta Dental of Illinois
Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Chicago
Erasing the Distance
Erie Family Health Center
The Experimental Station
For Youth Inquiry (FYI)
Fresh Moves
Gilda’s Club
Gilead Foundation
Girls In The Game
Girls on the Run
Green City Market
HIP Corps - University of Chicago
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COMMUNITIES IN SCHOOLS OF CHICAGO DURING THE 2012-2013 SCHOOL YEAR
Illinois Subsequent Pregnancy Project
Johns Hopkins University
Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Mindful Practices, LLC
Northwestern University Settlement House
Peer Health Exchange
Project VIDA
Purple Asparagus
Respiratory Health Association of Metro
Chicago
Robert Crown Center at Chicago Homan
Square
Ronald McDonald School Show
Sports Legacy Institute
UIC College of Dentistry
University of Illinois Extension
West Suburban Hospital Community Occupational Health
Illinois Eye Institute
LensCrafters
Loyola Univ. Med. Ctr-Pediatric Mobile Health
Unit
Mobile C.A.R.E. Foundation
National Kidney Foundation of Illinois, Inc.
OneSight Luxottica Group Foundation
Plano Vision Development Center
Preferred Dentistry Associates, P.C.
Princeton Vision Clinic
Professional Eye Center – Hyde Park
Professional Eye Center – Oak Park
Spex
St. Bernard Hospital
Vision Service Plan
Visionworks
Washington Park Children’s Free Health Clinic
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
Bullying Prevention Education
Conflict Resolution Education
Crime and Violence Prevention Education
Dating Violence Prevention Education
Diversity and Tolerance Education
Domestic Violence
Gang Awareness and Prevention Education
Sexual Violence Prevention Education
Anger Management Programs
Grief and Loss Counseling
Group and Individual Counseling
Life Skills Programs
Mental Health Awareness Programs
Self-esteem Programs
Support Groups
Alyson Nash*
Bobby E. Wright Comprehensive
Behavioral Health Center
Chicago Lakeshore Hospital
Chicago Partnership for Health Promotion
Gilda’s Club
Habilitative Systems
Horizon Hospice & Palliative Care
Illinois African American Coalition for
Prevention
Korean American Community Services
Meryl Greer Domina, Ph.D., LCSW
The New Center
Rainbow House
Riveredge Hospital
The Schools Group
Studio For Change
PHYSICAL HEALTH SERVICES
Asthma Screening and Care
Eye Exams and Glasses
Health Screenings
Immunizations
Oral Health Services
Physical Examinations
Advocate Hope Children’s Hospital*
Buena Vista Optical
CDPH – Tropical Optical/Ageless Eyecare*
CDPH – Women and Children’s Health
Programs
Eye Care Associates, LTD
About Face Theatre
Anti-Cruelty Society
Anti-Defamation League
Between Friends
Boom Troupe, Inc.
BUILD, Inc.
Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation*
Cook County Sheriff Youth Services
Department
Hazelden Foundation
Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence
Imagination Theater
Neopolitan Lighthouse
Piel Morena Contemporary Dance
Prevention Force Family Center
Rape Victim Advocates
Response
Ronald McDonald School Show
Safe Humane Chicago
Schwab Rehabilitation Hospital
St. Leonard’s House
YWCA Metropolitan Chicago
100 Black Men of Chicago, Inc.
9/11 Patriot Flag/Keystone Foundation
About Face Theatre
Alternatives, Inc.
Anti-Cruelty Society
Between Friends
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan
Chicago
Black Star Project
Bobby E. Wright Comprehensive Behavioral
Health Center
BUILD, Inc.
Community Counseling Centers of Chicago
(C4)
Camp Butterfly
Catholic Charities
Center for Companies That Care
Chicago Adventure Therapy
Chicago Commons
Chicago Fire Department
Chicago Sky
Chicago White Sox*
Chicago Women’s Health Center
Cook County Sheriff Youth Services
Department
DuSable Museum of African American History
Future Founders Foundation
HEART
HEART Women and Girls
Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence
Illinois Judges Association
Illinois Safe Schools Alliance
Illinois Subsequent Pregnancy Project
Imagination Theater
Just the Beginning Foundation
Laura Doherty
Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
Magnetar
Mikva Challenge
Morgan Stanley
National Runaway Switchboard
Prevention Force Family Center
Prevention Partnership
Sherard Sharpe
Southeast Alcohol and Drug Abuse Center
(SEDAC)
Super 7
US Army Corps of Engineers
Waxwing Puzzle Company
Yes, You Can!
YOUTH LEADERSHIP EDUCATION
* Denotes new community partner for 2012- 2013
VIOLENCE PREVENTION EDUCATION
Career Awareness Education
Case Management
Leadership Training
Mentoring Programs
Motivational Speakers
Recreational Programs
Service Learning and Volunteerism
Student Entreprenuerial Programs
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By the Numbers, By the Years
72,747
Total Students Served
Number of Services
Connected to Students
Number of
School Partners
Number of
Community Partners
More than 735,000
1,510
More than 14,800
175
In the 2012-2013 School Year…
Since our founding 25 years ago…
230
172
660
Silver-Lined School Partners
These four School Partners from the 2012-2013
school year have the longest-running relationship
with CISC since our inception:
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rederick Funston Elementary School
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ichard Henry Lee Elementary School
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idney Sawyer School
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harles P. Steinmetz Academic Centre
Silver-Lined Community Partners
These five Community Partners from the
2012-2013 school year have the longest-running
relationship with CISC since our inception:
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etween Friends
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UILD
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ig Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago
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ook County Sheriff Youth Services Department
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ellogg Graduate School of Management at
Northwestern University
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2012-2013 Year Highlights
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n
n
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75 School Partners
• Includes 21 new School Partners!
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72 Community Partners
• Includes 35 new Community Partners!
T
otal students served by each
CISC Priority
• Academic Enrichment – 15,581
• Arts Enrichment – 35,812
• Civic Awareness and Education – 16,637
• Health Education – 27,096
• Mental Health Programs – 198
• Physical Health Services – 5,167
• Violence Prevention Education – 43,017
• Youth Leadership Education – 16,993
Financial Summary
Revenue and expenses for the years ended June 30, 2012 and 2013
RevenueFY12FY13
Individuals $
Foundations Corporations
Project Grants - Federal
Interest and Miscellaneous
336,772 $
555,895 339,650 —
2,032 321,123
669,923
395,301
299,997
770
Total Receipts
$ 1,234,349 $ 1,687,114
Temporarily Restricted Funding*
22,684 473,069
Total Revenue
$ 1,257,033 $ 2,160,183
Expenses
Program
$ 1,358,383 $ 1,442,872
Management and General
107,171 107,275
Fundraising
136,325 166,162
Total Expenses
$ 1,601,879 $ 1,716,309
Cash and Investments Reconciliation
Total Receipts**
$ 1,381,669 $ 1,731,410
Adjustments for Property and Equipment
(81,718)
—
Total Disbursements*** (1,570,306) (1,687,410)
Increase (decrease) in Cash
($ 270,355)
$
44,000
End of Year Cash and Investments
$
551,143 $ 595,143
* Represents future payments for accrued, multi-year gifts.
** Includes gifts released from restricted funding, or payments for previously accrued gifts.
*** Total expenses adjusted for accrued and credited disbursements.
Complete financial statements with the auditor’s report for fiscal year ended June 30, 2013 are available. The above information is not presented in accordance with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
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$150K+
Communities In Schools National
Leaders in Learning
$50K-$149K
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Anonymous
Capital One
Crown Family Philanthropies
Gilead Foundation
McCormick Foundation
Michael Reese Health Trust
Polk Bros. Foundation
$20K-$49K
Adams Street Partners, LLC
Baxter International, Inc.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
Craig and Elliana Bondy
Brinson Foundation
Ellen Carnahan and Bill Daniels
CME Group Foundation
The DeVry Foundation
Kevin and Joan Evanich
Lloyd A. Fry Foundation
Kemper Educational and Charitable Fund
William G. McGowan Charitable Fund
I.A. O’Shaughnessy Foundation
PepsiCo Chicago
Mr. and Mrs. Walter D. Scott
Matthew Steinmetz
Topfer Family Foundation
Doug and Pam Walter
VNA Foundation
$10K-$19K
Vinay and Lynn Couto
Rick and Pam Gunst
Kirkland and Ellis Foundation
The Northern Trust Charitable Trust
Peoples Energy
Gregory and Carmelina Stoklosa
Joan W. Ward
W.P. & H.B. White Foundation
$5K-$9,999K
Anonymous
Altria Employee Community Fund
CME Group Community Foundation
Elder Family Foundation
Barbara Ford
Danny and Jennifer O’Shaughnessy
Lanny and Terry Passaro
Dr. Scholl Foundation
Speh Family Foundation
Ava D. Youngblood
$2,500K-$4,999K
Suzanne and Michael Burns
Jodi and Ruben Caro
Brad and Robin Cashaw
Eric Chern
Steve and Alison Dry
DeVry Inc. Political Action Committee
Golder Family Foundation
Matthew Gibson
Edgar D. Jannotta, Jr. and Erika C. Pearsall
Janet Krueger
William McIntosh
Harold M. and Adeline S. Morrison Family
Foundation
University of Chicago Medical Center
Jeanne Affelder and Jeff Weissglass
Andy Block
Alan A. Brown
Stacey Cantor
Kenneth and Susan Clingen
Lynn Cutler
Matthew S. Darnall
Marie Devlin
James Doyle
Bob and Rose Fealy
Lawrence Fey
Margaret Gibson
RichardGodfrey
Stuart and Andy Grass
Marlene L. Guthrie
Dorothy and Jack Jiganti
Blum-Kovler Foundation
Lois Gunst Knapp
Richard and Maryjane Mentzinger
Roger Nelson
Sanford E. Perl
Ian Radomski
Stephen L. Ritchie
Scott Stewart
Cyrus B. Sweet, III
William R. Welke
Robert Westropp
Karen Zelden
Patrons, $500-$999
Jon Ballis
Brian Black
Philip D. Block, III
Burt and Kandee Bondy
Christopher Butler
Anna Carnahan
Brad and Katie Cohen
Bill and Kim Colwyn
Dan and Nicole Drexler
Sidney Epstein and Sondra Berman
Epstein
Diana S. Ferguson
David Figlio
Patricia and Gary Garrett
Rick and Dawn Gray
Kurt Kohlmeyer
David Koo
Craig Lacy
Rocco and Roxanne Martino
Jane Mentzinger
Gregg and Jodi Newmark
Jim and Sharon O’Sullivan
Preservation Housing Management
Ellen Rudnick and Paul Earl
Tony and Bonnie Sherwood
Scott C. Smith
Scott Stephens
Carl D. Stern and Holly Hayes
Alex Vetter
Peter Wentz
Friends, $150-$499
Douglas Ackerman
Cameron Avery and Lynn Donaldson
Barbara K. Baran
David Bardach
Robert F. Barnett
Judy Chernick
Crossroads Trading Co.
Robert Crowe
Michele M. Danza
Nancy Dobrozdravic and Mary Madison
Michael and Kathy Elliot
Mark A. Fennell
Gap Foundation
James C. Franczek, Jr.
Raymond E. George
Christopher Greeno
Daniel and Denise Hamburger
Mike and Robin Horina
JP Morgan Chase
HerbertJordan
Andrew and Suzie Kassof
Glen and Christine Kelly
James Landenberger
Stu and Pam Lieberman
Lynn and Eva Maddox
Gerald and Liora Mizel
Troy and Kerri Noard
John R. O’Neil
Debra R. Parker
Sharon Thomas Parrott
Elizabeth Price
Anna Rappaport
Thomas E. Rickelman
Alton Shader
Rita Spitz and David Blears
Scott Stephens
Shundrawn A. Thomas
Bonita C. Turner
Patrick and Andrea Unzicker
Michael H. Weed
DONOR LIST
Sponsors, $1,000-$2,499
Special Acknowledgement
for Acts of Kindness
Timothy A. Bassett, Talmer Bank and Trust
Peter Day and Greg Gardella
Stuart Friedman
Chicago White Sox
Lakeshore Learning Materials
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Suzanne M. Burns
Consultant
Spencer Stuart
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Alice J. Campbell
Senior Director
Global Community Relations
Baxter International Inc.
CHAIR
Kevin R. Evanich
Of Counsel
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
VICE CHAIR
Ellen Carnahan
Principal
Machrie Enterprises LLC
SECRETARY
Ava D. Youngblood
Chief Executive Officer
Youngblood Executive Search, Inc.
Youngblood Executive Services, LLC
TREASURER
Craig A. Bondy
Managing Director
GTCR
Jodi J. Caro
Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary
Integrys Energy Group, Inc.
Brad Cashaw
Senior Vice President
Snacks Supply Chain
Kellogg Company
Vinay Couto
Senior Vice President
Booz & Company
David N. Figlio, Ph.D.
Director and Faculty Fellow, Institute for
Policy Research
Orrington Lunt Professor of Education
and Social Policy
Northwestern University
Barbara M. Ford
Principal
Griffin Strategic Advisors
Stuart E. Grass
Partner
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Richard M. Gunst
Daniel I. O’Shaughnessy
Vice President, Private Client Services
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Matthew E. Steinmetz
Corporate Partner
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
Scott F. Stephens
Vice President, CFO and Treasurer
A. M. Castle & Co.
Gregory A. Stoklosa
Managing Director
Avondale Strategic Partners, LLC
Douglas H. Walter
Law Offices of Douglas H. Walter
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Case Hoogendoorn
Partner
Hoogendoorn & Talbot
Andrew Block
Rev. William (Bud) Ipema
Director
Timothy Institute
Dennis H. Chookaszian
Retired
CNA Insurance Companies
Lisa Cunningham
Real Estate Banking Market Manager
JPMorgan Chase
Lynn G. Cutler
Senior Policy Advisor
Holland & Knight
Matthew S. Darnall
Managing Director, Investment Banking
Division
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Edgar D. Jannotta, Jr.
Senior Advisor
GTCR
Elizabeth Louis
Jeff and Elizabeth Louis Foundation
John V.N. McClure
Retired
The Northern Trust Corporation
Clare Muñana
President and Chief Executive Officer
Ancora Associates, Inc.
Merri Dee
President/CEO
MD Communications
James J. O’Connor, Jr.
Managing Director
MVC Capital
James M. Denny
President
Two Rivers, L.L.C.
Diana Mendley Rauner, Ph.D.
President
Ounce of Prevention Fund
Shawn M. Donnelley
President
Strategic Giving LLC
Lanny Passaro
The Learning Journal International
Wade Fetzer, III
Advisory Director
Goldman, Sachs Group LP
Rita A. Fry
President and CEO
RAF Consulting, Inc.
Raymond E. George, Jr.
Retired
The Northern Trust Corporation
John Greening
Associate Professor, IMC
Medill School of Journalism
Northwestern University
BOARD OF ADVISORS
Liane Adduci
Partner
AD Public Relations
Sheli Z. Rosenberg
Former President, Chief Executive Officer
and Vice Chairwoman
Equity Group Investments, L.L.C.
Walter D. Scott
Retired
Professor Clinical, Management & Strategy
Kellogg School of Management
Northwestern University
Joan W. Ward
Seth J. Weinberger
Senior Counsel
Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw
William Hobert
Partner
W.H. Trading
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Executive Director
Jane Mentzinger
Program
CISC STAFF
Schools & Community Partnership Teams
Bartholomew St. John, Director
Emily Jones, Senior School Partnership Specialist
Annie Rezac, Senior Community Partnership Specialist
Brittney Autry, School Partnership Specialist
Mary Blandford, School Partnership Specialist
Adrian Garcia, School Partnership Specialist
Jacqueline Guerrero, School Partnership Specialist
Kateri Nelis, Health Promotion Partnership Specialist
Katrina Pavlik, Vision Project and Partner Training Manager
Melissa Richardson, Mental Health Support Specialist
Karen Roddie, Violence Prevention and Mental Health
Partnership Specialist
Jason Triche, School Partnership Specialist
Kemi Akinbusuyi, Intern, Mental Health Support
Diana Castillo, Intern, School Partnerships
School-Based Team
Celia Lozano, Director of Strategy and Planning
Paul Fagen, Field Supervisor
Edward Castro, Students Supports Manager, Gage Park High
School – Diplomas Now Project
Carmen Holley, Student Supports Manager, John Hope College
Preparatory High School – Diplomas Now Project
Jessica Juarez, Students Supports Manager, Rachel Carson
Elementary School
Stephanie Mistretta, Students Supports Manager, Oliver S.
Westcott Elementary School
Simone Woods, Students Supports Manager, Chicago Talent
Development High School – Diplomas Now Project
Development and Communications
Lori Smedley, Director
Nora Garcia, Development Manager
Kimberley Rudd, Communications Manager
Human Resources and Administration
Gail Augle, Manager
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25 WAYS
TO JUMP IN AND SUPPORT CISC DURING OUR 25th ANNIVERSARY
1. Donate $25, $250, $2,500, $25,000… Donate an
amount in honor of our milestone year.
2. Take us into your child’s school. Our blog offers
plenty of free resources helpful to any school that
nurtures community partnerships.
3. Tell our stories. The next time you’re talking
education, talk CISC. Tell a story from this annual
report to spread the word of our good work.
4. Invite us to speak at your events. We’re
knowledgeable about schools, partnerships and
programming, and we love to share.
5. “Like” our Facebook™ page.
6. Nominate a student from a CISC school for our
first-ever Student Hero Awards; details will be on
our website in 2014.
7. Subscribe to Connections, the CISC Newsletter.
Call us to be added to the mailing list, or sign up
for the electronic edition on our website home
page.
8. Tell us about a great community-based
organization. We are always looking for groups
willing to work with us to address student gaps.
9. Bookmark the CISC webpage among your
favorites. That way, it will be easy for you to read
our news, blog and more. If your school is a CISC
partner, add a link from the CISC web page to
your school’s website.
10. Lend your professional expertise to our mission.
If you provide a service that could be useful to a
school, let’s brainstorm about your volunteerism!
11. Watch videos about our work. Links are at
www.cischicago.org.
12. Donate in-kind materials – from blocks of game
tickets to boxes of supplies – to CISC for our
school partners.
13. Tell your alderman and other civic leaders about
CISC. We are busy in 63 of the city’s 77 official
neighborhoods!
14. Visit our blog, which offers
insights on, and for, community
organizations working in
schools.
15. Come along with us to visit a
school, and see what an asset
community partnerships can be
for school leaders and students.
16. Include CISC in your planned giving.
17. Connect to Executive Director Jane Mentzinger on
Linked In.®
18. Visit changethepicture.org to learn about the
work Communities In Schools accomplishes
nationally.
19. Crowdthank! Read our list of community partners
and donors; if you should see these individuals
and groups in person or on social media, thank
them for supporting CISC.
20. School Partners: Create a chant using “CISC” and
videotape your staff or students saying it! Then,
share it on our YouTube page.
21. Mention CISC to business or civic leaders who
are seeking amazing opportunities to serve as a
board director.
22. Help us to know you better. If your organization
or school hosts an event, we’d love to come and
learn more about the work that you’re doing!
23. Sponsor a field-trip bus! Some of our schools
want to participate in field-trip opportunities, but
don’t have enough money in their budgets to pay
for transportation.
24. Refer great talent our way. Maintaining an
awesome pipeline of staff to serve students is
a priority, and so we appreciate professional
referrals.
25. Take pictures of yourself with “Champ,” our
mascot, while you are working, traveling or
having fun! Post the photos to our Facebook page.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Art Direction and Design
Simple Studio
Photography
Adrian Garcia
815 West Van Buren
Suite 300
Chicago, IL 60607
312.829.2475
www.cischicago.org
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