CIS joins Alief ISD on door-to-door mission to support students
Alief ISD Parent Liaison Johana Santacruz (left) and CIS of Houston Student Support Specialist Ana Troya (right)—both from Bush Elementary—were among those reaching out to students at their homes in west Houston
As in-person classes resume and the COVID-19 pandemic wears on, Alief Independent School District partnered with Communities In Schools of Houston to visit homes of families and offer support during these overwhelming, trying times.
“In neighborhoods and apartment complexes across Houston's westside, teams of masked Alief ISD educators and student support specialists from the nonprofit Communities In Schools of Houston (CIS) go door to door in search of the smiling faces that have been missing from classrooms since this school year began,” the Houston Patch reports.
From crisis intervention, trauma and mental health counseling to providing basic necessities and other resources, CIS student support specialists are doing whatever it takes to help caring educators surround students with a community of support and break down any barriers to students’ success.
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