Category: Stories

Please “Give Local” April 20-21
More Than $20,000 in Matching Funds from Major Donors, Board and Staff Members For the last two years we have used the Give Local campaign to help support our middle school expansion and we will

Director Notes: Learning Character
CCS does many things well, and finding the “sweet spot” of academic and character-based learning is just one of our strengths.

Director Notes: Dreaming
Despite the obvious challenges presented by the Covid-19 pandemic, the past few months have been some of my most professionally enjoyable. I was charged to lead my colleagues in dreaming about the future of CCS.

Year End Giving
What does Miguel see outside his window? The Covid-19 pandemic has caused problems for Miguel and all of the students at CCS like him. Research has shown that students from poor urban areas will suffer

A Success from Pre-K
“This is the reason we do what we do,” agreed two pre-K staff members just this week. They were referring to Arjan, a student who started pre-K last year in September and cried throughout the