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To surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.
In 2014 we became an affiliate of the national Communities In Schools program, and since have added on-site services through model school programming at Chatham Middle School Virginia Cross Elementary, Siler City Elementary and provide General Youth Services programming at , Pittsboro Elementary , Horton Middle School , and Jordan Matthews High School . Our affiliate is a part of a state wide and national Communities In Schools program.
The reason we are all here is because of our commitment to serving kids – while our children often have barriers in and out of school, they are strong, resilient, creative and amazing! They are smart, and despite the challenges they encounter – they inspire us every day – they are our future and deserve the opportunities that many in our community enjoy.

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📣 We’re excited to launch our We Are Present End-of-Year Campaign! 🙌We need your help! At Communities In Schools Chatham County, we know that remarkable transformation happens through relationships. When a student has a caring adult who consistently shows up, listens, encourages, and believes in them, lives begin to change. This campaign is about more than being present. It's about investing in the relationships that help students succeed, strengthening opportunities for young people across our community, and creating a brighter future for Chatham County. Every connection matters. Every relationship makes a difference. Every investment helps ensure students have the support they need to thrive. 💙 Join us in being present for students, for families, and for the future of Chatham County. cischatham.org/donate #WeArePresent

💚 Building Strong Minds, Bright Futures! Our next Community Impact Series focuses on Mental Health & Emotional Resilience! Join us as we help middle and high school students develop tools to navigate challenges, manage emotions, and build confidence for the future. 📅 Tuesday, November 10 ⏰ 3:30–5:30 PM 📍 Wren Memorial Library Because being present means investing in the whole student—inside and outside the classroom! 💚 #wearepresent --- 💚 ¡Mentes fuertes, futuros brillantes! ¡Nuestra próxima sesión de la Serie de Impacto Comunitario estará dedicada a la Salud Mental y la Resiliencia Emocional! Acompáñanos mientras ayudamos a estudiantes de secundaria y preparatoria a desarrollar herramientas para enfrentar desafíos, manejar sus emociones y fortalecer su confianza para el futuro. 📅 Martes 10 de noviembre ⏰ 3:30–5:30 p.m. 📍 Biblioteca Wren Memorial ¡Porque estar presentes significa apoyar el desarrollo integral de nuestros estudiantes, dentro y fuera del salón de clases! 💚 #EstamosPresentes

🌺Celebración Anual del Día de los Muertos de CISCC ESTE SÁBADO, 24 de Octubre🌺 ¡Únase a nosotros mientras nos unimos para honrar las almas de nuestros seres queridos en esta hermosa celebración de la vida! 💀❤️ 📸 Traiga una foto y su comida favorita para colocar en el altar. 🎨 Disfrute de actividades artísticas, materiales educativos, y refrigerios. Siéntete libre de traer un alimento para compartir y únete a nosotros para celebrar y recordar. #estamospresentes #estarpresenteimporta

🌺 CISCC Annual Dia de los Muertos Celebration SATURDAY Oct 24th!🌺 Join us as we come together to honor the souls of our loved ones in this beautiful celebration of life in partnership with @ncartsincubator ! 💀❤️ 📸 Bring a photo and their favorite food item to place on the altar. 🎨 Enjoy art activities, educational materials, light snacks, and refreshments. Feel free to bring a shareable food item and join us in celebrating and remembering. #DiaDeLosMuertos #wearepresent #beingpresentmatters

🚗🔧 **Our Community Impact Series keeps rolling on!** Yesterday, middle and high school students rolled up their sleeves and learned valuable, hands-on car maintenance skills—from changing a tire and changing oil to replacing windshield wipers! More than just car maintenance, this experience reflects two of our **Five Basics**: providing young people with **marketable skills to use upon graduation** and **a safe place to learn and grow.** At CISCC, we believe learning and growth happen both inside and outside the classroom. And every new skill builds confidence, independence, and opportunity! ❤️ **Thank you for investing in our young people—and in the future of Chatham County!** #wearepresent #beingpresentmatters --- 🚗🔧 **¡Nuestra Serie de Impacto Comunitario sigue sobre ruedas!** Ayer, estudiantes de secundaria y preparatoria pusieron manos a la obra y aprendieron habilidades prácticas para el mantenimiento básico de un automóvil: ¡desde cambiar una llanta y el aceite hasta reemplazar los limpiaparabrisas! Más allá del mantenimiento de autos, esta experiencia refleja dos de nuestros **Cinco Principios Básicos**: brindarles a los jóvenes **habilidades útiles para su futuro después de graduarse** y **un lugar seguro donde puedan aprender y crecer.** En CISCC, creemos que el aprendizaje y el crecimiento ocurren tanto dentro como fuera del salón de clases. ¡Y cada nueva habilidad fortalece su confianza, independencia y oportunidades para el futuro! ❤️ **¡Gracias por invertir en nuestros jóvenes y en el futuro del condado de Chatham!** #estamospresentes #estarpresenteimporta

Every day, children walk into school carrying challenges no child should face alone—food insecurity, housing instability, academic struggles, or simply needing someone who believes in them. **At CISCC, partnering with Chatham County Schools, we show up. We listen. We encourage. We connect. And we believe relationships change lives.** ❤️ Today, we support approximately **1,800 students—one in five across Chatham County Public Schools.** And the results speak for themselves: 📚 **70%** improve academically 🏫 **80%** maintain or improve attendance ❤️ **92%** strengthen social-emotional skills 🎓 **98%** graduate from high school **When we are present, possibilities become realities. Let's keep showing up for Chatham County students—together!** #wearepresent #beingpresentmatters --- Cada día, muchos niños llegan a la escuela enfrentando desafíos que ningún niño debería enfrentar solo: falta de alimentos, inestabilidad en el hogar, dificultades académicas o simplemente la necesidad de tener a alguien que crea en ellos. **En CISCC, en colaboración con las Escuelas del Condado de Chatham, estamos presentes. Escuchamos. Animamos. Conectamos. Y creemos que las relaciones pueden transformar vidas.** ❤️ Hoy apoyamos a aproximadamente **1,800 estudiantes, uno de cada cinco en las Escuelas Públicas del Condado de Chatham.** ¡Y los resultados hablan por sí solos! 📚 **70%** mejoran su rendimiento académico 🏫 **80%** mantienen o mejoran su asistencia escolar ❤️ **92%** fortalecen sus habilidades socioemocionales 🎓 **98%** se gradúan de la preparatoria **Cuando estamos presentes, las posibilidades se convierten en realidades. ¡Sigamos apoyando a los estudiantes del Condado de Chatham, juntos!** #estamospresentes #estarpresenteimporta

**Throwback Thursday! ❤️** Since 1989, when we began as Chatham County Together!, we've been encouraging, supporting, and empowering Chatham County students to achieve great things—in school and beyond. And through it all, one foundational belief has guided our work: **Relationships change lives.** To every staff member, volunteer, donor, and community partner who has walked alongside our students over the years—**THANK YOU!** Because you've been present, lives have been changed, opportunities have opened, and brighter futures are being built. **Together, we're making a difference. Since 1989.** ❤️ #ThrowbackThursday #wearepresent #beingpresentmatters --- **¡Jueves de recuerdos! ❤️** Desde 1989, cuando comenzamos como Chatham County Together!, hemos estado animando, apoyando y ayudando a los estudiantes del condado de Chatham a alcanzar grandes metas, tanto en la escuela como en la vida. Y durante todos estos años, una misma convicción ha guiado nuestro trabajo: **Las relaciones transforman vidas.** A cada miembro de nuestro equipo, voluntario, donante y aliado comunitario que ha acompañado a nuestros estudiantes a lo largo de los años: **¡MUCHÍSIMAS GRACIAS!** Gracias a ustedes, hemos podido estar presentes, transformar vidas, abrir nuevas oportunidades y construir futuros llenos de esperanza. **¡Juntos seguimos marcando la diferencia desde 1989!** ❤️ #estamospresentes #estarpresenteimporta

🚗 **Community Impact Series: Basic Car Maintenance** Knowing a little about your car can go a long way! Join us for our next **Community Impact Series** as we learn the basics of car maintenance—from understanding what’s under the hood to simple things you can do to keep your car running safely. 📅 **Tuesday, October 13** ⏰ **3:30–5:30 PM** 📍 **CISCC | 108 Village Lake Road, Siler City** This hands-on session is open to **middle and high school students** and is a great opportunity to learn practical skills that can build confidence and independence. Come learn, ask questions, and get your hands a little dirty! 🔧🚘 **Being present means helping students build skills for life.** #BeingPresentMatters #WeArePresent#beingpresentmatters --- 🚗 **Serie de Impacto Comunitario: Mantenimiento básico de autos** ¡Saber un poco sobre tu carro puede ayudarte mucho! Acompáñanos en nuestra próxima **Serie de Impacto Comunitario** para aprender lo básico sobre el mantenimiento de un carro—desde conocer lo que hay debajo del capó hasta cosas sencillas que puedes hacer para mantenerlo funcionando de manera segura. 📅 **Martes 13 de octubre** ⏰ **3:30–5:30 PM** 📍 **CISCC | 108 Village Lake Road, Siler City** Esta sesión práctica está abierta a **estudiantes de secundaria y preparatoria** y es una excelente oportunidad para aprender habilidades útiles que pueden ayudar a desarrollar confianza e independencia. ¡Ven a aprender, hacer preguntas y ensuciarte un poquito las manos! 🔧🚘 **Estar presentes también significa ayudar a nuestros estudiantes a desarrollar habilidades para la vida.** #estamospresentes #estarpresenteimporta

**It takes a whole community!❤️** When students are surrounded by a community of tailored support, remarkable things happen. Thank you to our corporate and organizational partners, sponsors, volunteers, and every donor who makes our work possible. **When we invest in relationships, we invest in students. And when we invest in students, we invest in the future of Chatham County.** Thank you for **being present** for these remarkable students! 💙 #WeArePresent #BeingPresentMatters --- ¡Se necesita toda una comunidad!❤️ Cuando los estudiantes cuentan con una comunidad que los apoya de manera personalizada, ¡suceden cosas extraordinarias! Gracias a nuestros socios corporativos y comunitarios, patrocinadores, voluntarios y a cada donante que hace posible nuestro trabajo. Cuando invertimos en relaciones, invertimos en nuestros estudiantes. Y cuando invertimos en nuestros estudiantes, invertimos en el futuro del condado de Chatham. ¡Gracias por estar presentes para estos estudiantes extraordinarios! 💙 #EstamosPresentes #EstarPresentesImporta

Since our founding as Chatham County Together! in 1989, we’ve worked with purpose and a profound conviction: relationships change lives. And week after week, we see it. When a caring, trusted adult is present: 📚 70% of students improve academically 📅 80% maintain or improve attendance 💙 92% strengthen social-emotional skills 🎓 98% graduate from high school As we begin another school week, we’re looking forward to being present—for the students who need encouragement, the families who need support, and the relationships that make a lasting difference. We’ll keep showing up. Because being present matters. ❤️ #beingpresentmatters #WeArePresent --- Desde que comenzamos como Chatham County Together! en 1989, hemos trabajado con propósito y con una profunda convicción: las relaciones cambian vidas. Y semana tras semana, lo vemos. Cuando un adulto de confianza está presente: 📚 70% de los estudiantes mejoran académicamente 📅 80% mantienen o mejoran su asistencia 💙 92% fortalecen sus habilidades socioemocionales 🎓 98% se gradúan de la preparatoria Al comenzar otra semana escolar, esperamos estar presentes para nuestros estudiantes que necesitan ánimo, para las familias que necesitan apoyo y para construir relaciones que dejan una huella para toda la vida. Seguiremos estando presentes. Porque estar presentes importa. ❤️ #estamospresentes #estarpresenteimporta

🥳 Shop Harris Teeter and support CISCC! One week left! From now until September 29, say "yes" at checkout and round your purchase up to the nearest dollar. Your spare change helps Communities In Schools connect students with caring adults, critical resources, and opportunities that change lives. ✨Donations will support Communities In Schools of Chatham County after school programs and wellness initiatives while providing classroom supplies and educational resources. One checkout. One "yes." One more student supported. 🛒 Round up. Shop Harris Teeter. Support students. #BeingPresentMatters #HarrisTeeter #WeArePresent

Since 1989, when we began as Chatham County Together!, we’ve been showing up for Chatham County students—through tutoring and mentoring, food and basic needs, and connections to community resources that help address the challenges standing in their way. But at the heart of it all is something simple: relationships. 🙌💙 A caring adult who shows up. Who listens. Who notices. Who believes in a student and walks alongside them. Those relationships can be transformative—leading to stronger academic performance, better attendance, greater social-emotional well-being, and new, brighter pathways for the future. Because when we invest in relationships, we invest in students. And when we invest in students, we invest in the future of Chatham County. #wearepresent #beingpresentmatters

**Building stronger readers starts with being present. ❤️** Our Reading Buddies show up every week—with patience, encouragement, and care—to help students build confidence and strengthen their reading skills. But the most powerful part may not be the reading. **It’s the relationship.** One student put it perfectly when asked who his Reading Buddy was: **“She’s my friend…because she cares about me.”** That’s the power of being present. When a caring adult consistently shows up, **trust grows. Confidence grows. Skills grow.** Want to make a difference in a student’s life? **Join us as a Reading Buddy volunteer and join us in being present.** cischatham.org/general-youth-services/ 👉 Help us build relationships that change lives. #wearepresent #beingpresentmatters --- **Ayudar a los estudiantes a ser mejores lectores comienza con estar presentes. ❤️** Nuestros voluntarios de Reading Buddies están presentes cada semana, con paciencia, ánimo y cariño, ayudando a los estudiantes a ganar confianza y fortalecer sus habilidades de lectura. Pero quizás lo más importante no sea solo la lectura. **Es la relación.** Un estudiante lo dijo perfectamente cuando le preguntaron quién era su Reading Buddy: **“Ella es mi amiga… porque le importo.”** Eso es el poder de estar presentes. Cuando un adulto que se preocupa por ellos aparece constantemente, **crece la confianza. Crece la seguridad. Crecen las habilidades.** ¿Quieres marcar una diferencia en la vida de un estudiante? **Únete a nosotros como voluntario de Reading Buddies y acompáñanos a estar presentes.** cischatham.org/general-youth-services/ 👉 Ayúdanos a construir relaciones que cambian vidas. #estamospresentes #estarpresenteimporta

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