John Dickinson High School October 2012

Delaware

Connecting community resources with schools to help young people successfully learn, stay in school, and prepare for life.
We believe that every child needs and deserves the Five Basics: 1. A one-on-one relationship with a caring adult 2. A safe place to learn and grow 3. A healthy start and healthy future 4. A marketable skill to use upon graduation 5. A chance to give back to peers and their community. CIS school-based programs are designed to provide students with at least one of these REAL basics.

Communities in Schools of Wilmingtons Newest Site Director, Ronnell Page proudly hangs the Communities in Schools banner in his classroom at John Dickinson High School.

Gift Bag Anyone ?

Extra Items were sorted and given out during Open House.

Communities in Schools Delaware and ING Direct started the year off by providing gift bags filled with supplies to all of John Dickinson, Stanton, and A.I. Middle School staff.

John Dickinson High School October 2012

Delaware

Connecting community resources with schools to help young people successfully learn, stay in school, and prepare for life.
We believe that every child needs and deserves the Five Basics: 1. A one-on-one relationship with a caring adult 2. A safe place to learn and grow 3. A healthy start and healthy future 4. A marketable skill to use upon graduation 5. A chance to give back to peers and their community. CIS school-based programs are designed to provide students with at least one of these REAL basics.

On Wednesday September 12th John Dickinson High School had their first open house of the year. Communities in Schools was privileged to have a display table in the main lobby. Seven students stayed after school and helped set up the CIS display and classroom. The students also walked around distributing CIS ink pens and lanyards to visitors.

Student-leader DJ Holcomb holds down the fort at the open house.

We are thankful for our student volunteers.

John Dickinson High School October 2012

Delaware

Community Service is a huge part of what we do. We believe that hard work builds character

Connecting community resources with schools to help young people successfully learn, stay in school, and prepare for life.
We believe that every child needs and deserves the Five Basics: 1. A one-on-one relationship with a caring adult 2. A safe place to learn and grow 3. A healthy start and healthy future 4. A marketable skill to use upon graduation 5. A chance to give back to peers and their community. CIS school-based programs are designed to provide students with at least one of these REAL basics.

Our students can earn an elective high school credit by accruing 100 hours of community service. Decorating class rooms, cleaning out weight/locker rooms and passing out welcome packages during sporting events are ways students accrue hours. Our students We are volunteer in the community as well as in the school. Fraim Boys and Girls Club and Christiana Mall are a couple of the locations that we have volunteered so far. CIS volunteers had the opportunity to coordinate our first CIS sponsored Football-Team Dinner. Fifty boxes of Dominos Pizza and 144 bottles of water fed 90 football players, 20 cheerleaders and 15 coaches. scheduled to serve at The Emmanuel Dinning Hall, University of Delaware and Marshalls/Kir kwood in October.

Thank You Ms. Ford for helping us serve.

John Dickinson High School October 2012

Delaware

C.I.SD/John Dickinsons Clothing Closet.

We would like to thank everyone who has contributed to our site. We have collected over $2,200 worth of clothing, shoes, belts, deodorant, food and stationary items. We encourage peer interaction among our students. Both small and large group activities are an essential part of the classroom management philosophy. A safe school environment begins with a safe We have started a clothing closet that is available classroom. to
the entire student body. Students that misinterpret the dress code policy, forget their gym attire or those who simply need an item or two are able to utilize our closet.

Connecting community resources with schools to help young people successfully learn, stay in school, and prepare for life.
We believe that every child needs and deserves the Five Basics: 1. A one-on-one relationship with a caring adult 2. A safe place to learn and grow 3. A healthy start and healthy future 4. A marketable skill to use upon graduation 5. A chance to give back to peers and their community. CIS school-based programs are designed to provide students with at least one of these REAL basics.

T E A M W O R K

John Dickinson High School October 2012

Delaware

Connecting community resources with schools to help young people successfully learn, stay in school, and prepare for life.
We believe that every child needs and deserves the Five Basics: 1. A one-on-one relationship with a caring adult 2. A safe place to learn and grow 3. A healthy start and healthy future 4. A marketable skill to use upon graduation 5. A chance to give back to peers and their community. CIS school-based programs are designed to provide students with at least one of these REAL basics.

Student Spotlight

Name: Rayvon Lamb Age: 15 Grade: 10th Activities: Perfect attendance, great interaction in the class-room and completed 15 hours of community service. Rayvon enjoys staying after school to complete community service hours. Mr. Page I have fun here and I get credit for helping people out Rayvons goals are to complete high school, go to community college and get a good job so he can help his family. We were saddened when we learned that Rayvon was leaving us; however we are certain he will be successful with our CIS team at William Penn.

John Dickinson High School October 2012

Delaware

Connecting community resources with schools to help young people successfully learn, stay in school, and prepare for life.
We believe that every child needs and deserves the Five Basics: 1. A one-on-one relationship with a caring adult 2. A safe place to learn and grow 3. A healthy start and healthy future 4. A marketable skill to use upon graduation 5. A chance to give back to peers and their community. CIS school-based programs are designed to provide students with at least one of these REAL basics.

A m y C a n t y m a g l

Julia Ray

I would like to thank Mrs. Ray and Mrs. Cantymagli for their contributions to Communities In Schools Wilmington. They have donated over $350.00 in clothing and shoes to our Dickinson Site.

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John Dickinson High School October 2012

Delaware

Connecting community resources with schools to help young people successfully learn, stay in school, and prepare for life.
We believe that every child needs and deserves the Five Basics: 1. A one-on-one relationship with a caring adult 2. A safe place to learn and grow 3. A healthy start and healthy future 4. A marketable skill to use upon graduation 5. A chance to give back to peers and their community. CIS school-based programs are designed to provide students with at least one of these REAL basics.

CIS is looking for Volunteers: YOU can make a difference!!

Yes, you have something valuable to contribute to a CIS student at John Dickinson High School! Paying it forward only takes a little bit of your time, but yields longlasting and positive results. Our current needs include opportunities such as: Lunch Mentors- Eating lunch once a week with a student and sharing positive thoughts and ideas can make a huge difference. Lunches are in 30 minute segments. We have three lunch times available at Dickinson. First- 10:45-11:15; Freshman Lunch- 11:30-12:00; Third- 12:20-12:50. Homework Helper- Many students just need a little one-on-one attention to get them to the next level. Students will benefit from your help by students either completing homework and/or class assignments. You can work with students one-on-one or in small groups. Homework helpers are primarily needed on B-Days after school from 2:30 to 4:15pm. Please contact me for info regarding our A, B scheduling. Career Speakers- Please come and share your professional and personal story of becoming a successful business owner, computer specialist or scientist. Many times success may seem like a distant dream instead of an attainable reality. Sharing your journey helps put things into perspective for our students. Please contact me to schedule a time to speak to our class.

To learn more about CIS please contact:

Ronnell Page at 302-992-5500 x 139 or Rpage@cisdelaware.org Communities In Schools of Delaware www.CISDelaware.org Become our friend on Facebook