Annual Champs Celebration
Champs is an annual celebration at which CIS honors a handful of community partners and individuals who share in the CIS vision--an engaged community where each child fulfills his or her promise--by actively putting forth time, energy, talent, and resources to drive this vision to reality. When it comes to helping our children succeed, Champs reminds us that everyone has a role to play in helping students achieve in school and in life.
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2011 Champs Recipients
2010 Champs Recipients
2009 Champs Recipients
2008 Champs Recipients
The Diether Haenicke Promise of Excellence Award
Named for Western Michigan University President Emeritus Diether Haenicke, this award is given each year by our Board of Directors to honor an individual or an organization that embodies the spirit Dr. Haenicke demonstrated in the years he served on the CIS Board. That spirit suggested that we always challenge ourselves to a higher standard as stewards of the community's resources and developers of the next generation. Diether served as a catalyst for challenging our assumptions and considering alternative points of view, always with the intent of improving the lives of young people and the quality of life of his adopted home of Kalamazoo. The individual or organization chosen to receive this award has demonstrated an exceptional commitment to excellence in any or all of the following areas:
Named for Western Michigan University President Emeritus Diether Haenicke, this award is given each year by our Board of Directors to honor an individual or an organization that embodies the spirit Dr. Haenicke demonstrated in the years he served on the CIS Board. That spirit suggested that we always challenge ourselves to a higher standard as stewards of the community's resources and developers of the next generation. Diether served as a catalyst for challenging our assumptions and considering alternative points of view, always with the intent of improving the lives of young people and the quality of life of his adopted home of Kalamazoo.
The individual or organization chosen to receive this award has demonstrated an exceptional commitment to excellence in any or all of the following areas:
service delivery to pre-K through 12th grade students to support their success in school and in life; stewardship of the community's charitable dollars; community engagement and alignment in support of student achievement; advocacy on behalf of an individual, a group, or policy; and program evaluation for the purpose of improving services or conditions for students
The individual or organization may have demonstrated their commitment to excellence in a very public and vocal manner or in a quiet, behind-the-scenes way. The commitment demonstrated may be part of a volunteer role or a professional one.
2011 Recipient: CAPS 2010 Recipient: Dr. Janice Brown, former KPS Superintendent and Executive Director of The Kalamazoo Promise®.
2011 Recipient: CAPS
2010 Recipient: Dr. Janice Brown, former KPS Superintendent and Executive Director of The Kalamazoo Promise®.