Communities In Schools of Ottawa

On May 28th, Communities In Schools of Ottawa sponsored a 4-H Day Camp for the Reach for the Stars After School Program 4-H students. The kids enjoyed a day of swimming, crafts, boating, nature walks, and 4-H activities.  We would like to thank JoEllen Aronld in the Franklin County Extension Office for helping to make [...]

Ransom Memorial Hospital, Ottawa University, and Wal-Mart teamed up this year to provide shoes to area children. Thanks to the support of our generous partners, we were able to give away over 350 pairs of shoes and socks.

On May 12th Clifford the Big Red Dog visited Lincoln Elementary to talk to the 1st grade students about how to “BE BIG” in the community. He shared ideas on how to be respectful, be kind, and think of others.
This presentation was sponsored by American Family Insurance on behalf of the Steve W. Norris agency.

Our 3rd grade students are given a tour of the Ottawa Library and are introduced to the various resources available to them there.
Each child also recieves a library card.

Communities In Schools of Ottawa has partnered with Future Visions to provide tutoring sessions for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students. The program is called Ace Reader Pro. This program has won numerous industry awards and honors.  It improves students’ reading speed, fluency, and comprehension by engaging students and their gaming skills. They have so [...]

Lincoln Living Leadership is a group of 11 students, one from each 3rd-5th grade class that were selected by their peers. This group meets twice a month and are encouraged to become servant leaders in their classrooms and community by participating in service projects.
In the first of these pictures, students were making and delivering May baskets for [...]

In April, Communities In Schools of Ottawa hosted a financial literacy program for sophmores. The sophmores were given a lifestyle survey to fill out based on how they saw their lives at age 26. We then took this survey, and based on their current GPA, provided them with their “life” for this event which included [...]

In April, Communities In Schools of Ottawa sponsored the 2nd grade Bike Safety Program. We are so grateful to our community partners for making this event possible. Our 2nd graders were taught the rules of the road by Det Rick Geist and CSO Larabe Alexander. Nick Robbins and Cindy Casey from EMS taught the kids the [...]

 In Febuary Communities In Schools of Ottawa hosted a FOCIS event to inform the community of the many programs we sponsor and to attract “Friends of Communities In Schools”

This year the 4th graders in the Reach for the Stars Architecture Unit have been busy learning about and creating minature homes.
The children use math and science skills to create this hands on project.
The children are informed about architecture and told how to use graphing paper and create blueprints.  They then use their own math [...]