During the summer of 2019, Counseling in Schools (CIS) and high school students from the Heritage School in East Harlem began partnering with Dr. Danielle Laraque-Arena, Senior Scholar-in-Residence at The New York Academy of Medicine, to address the issue of gun...
On one day each autumn, thousands of students from New York City to Troy participate in the annual “A Day in the Life of the Hudson and Harbor” event. Students collect scientific information to create snapshots of the river at dozens of locations, then...
Through Counseling In Schools’ (CIS) partnership with the Children’s Health Fund (CHF) on the Healthy and Ready to Learn (HRL) Initiative, CIS has provided effective mental health support to P.S. 140X – The Eagle School since the 2014/2015 academic year. Suzanne...
CIS Intern Laura Lee wrote the following story about a 12-year-old student at Urban Assembly School who, through the help and support of individual and group counseling with CIS staff, soared from chronic absenteeism to near-perfect attendance over the course of just...
This past Sunday, the nine resolute members of CIS’ Competitive LEGO-Robotics Team, hailing from IS 223 in their home borough of Brooklyn, qualified for the next round of the First Lego League Competition under the category “Against All Odds.” After 5 months of...
