Exhibitor

Description

ABA Educational Art

ABA Educational Art specializes in picture art décor with academic subject for grades K-12, multicultural and inclusive - framed and unframed, signed by artist. Conference promotional savings of over 50% on site.

Active Parenting Publishers

Video-based education programs that cover topics including parenting, character education, and school success.

Afterschool Alliance

The Afterschool Alliance raises awareness of the importance of quality, affordable after school programs for all. We will display information about events and opportunities that serve this mission.

Apangea Learning

Smart Help is the first proven tutoring solution that combines the efficiency of online artificial intelligence with the effectiveness of LIVE, one-on-one tutoring.

Bank of America

Bank of America brings the power of our human and financial capital to transform communities into vibrant, desirable places for people to live, work and raise families. In that same spirit, Bank of America is proud to sponsor the 2007 Communities in Schools National Conference. Please visit the Bank of America exhibit booth to obtain more information about our products and services and involvement in the community.

Barnes & Noble

Barnes & Noble is a company driven by the principle that bookselling is important work. We believe a great bookstore is also a reflection of its community. We pioneered the concept of a retail store as a community center, and annually host more than 100,000 community events nationwide. Our events enrich the minds of readers of all ages, and raise funds for local schools and literary and cultural organizations. This exhibit will feature The Last Dropout by Bill Milliken and other titles of interest to educators and business and community leaders.

Castle Software, Inc. - Makers of School Island

School Island is an education tool used anywhere (home, school, community centers, churches, libraries) to improve academic achievement and help reduce the dropout rate.

Catapult Online

The leading provider of online tutoring, Catapult Online is a research-based program utilizing live, individualized instruction and mastery techniques targeting specific reading or math skills gaps.

Center for Disease Control Division of Adolescent & School Health

Center for Disease Control Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) seeks to prevent the most serious health risk behaviors among children, adolescents and young adults.

Channing Bete Company

Channing Bete Company is a nationally recognized publisher of educational materials and provider of research-based prevention programs to promote academic achievement, healthy families, and social and emotional learning.

CIS of Alaska - Imagination Library

Our program gives each child from the day he or she is born, each month until his or her 5th birthday, a carefully selected book in the mail.

Cityspan Technologies

Cityspan's web-based solutions help organizations manage grants, track clients and evaluate outcomes. Using our tools, service providers and funders work together to realize the potential of their program and maximize the impact of their investments.

Class.com

Class.com offers interactive, web-based courses for one-to-one instruction. The 56 media-rich courses were designed specifically for at risk high school students.

Communities In Schools Company Store

Celebrate 30 years of CIS by purchasing hats, tee shirts and magnets, and get information about CIS founder Bill Milliken’s new book, The Last Dropout.

Communities In Schools National Office

Learn more about CIS through a graphic full-color display and materials such as the Annual and Network reports.

Convio, Inc.

Convio is the leading provider of online eCRM for nonprofits. The company’s software and services help organizations use the internet for building strong constituent relationships to drive fundraising, marketing, advocacy, and other forms of mission-critical support.

Coping Power Program

An evidence-based prevention program for youth violence, substance abuse, and delinquency.

Corporation for National and Community Service

The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) is the federal agency tasked with furthering volunteering in the United States. CNCS research materials and information about our programs and partnership opportunities will be displayed.

Families And Schools Together

Families And Schools Together (FAST) builds social and family relationships, parent involvement, and protective factors addressing school failure, substance abuse, delinquency, and child abuse/neglect.

Family Nurturing Center

Family Nurturing Center (FNC) provides training and technical assistance for Nurturing Parenting Programs, Basic Home Visitation Skills, and other child and substance abuse prevention programs.

GENESIS School

GENESIS School serves youth needing academic and social development. GENESIS maximizes student success, provides licensed mental health, and tracks individual/group progress through self designed software.

Georgia PAT Network

Georgia Parents As Teachers Network (PAT) is the state voice for PAT programs across counties of Georgia.

Learning for Life

Learning for Life blends character development, career education, life skills, and academic learning into a comprehensive program that reinforces social skills, critical and creative thinking, and ethical decision making.

Mendez Foundation

The Mendez Foundation is an innovative leader in drug and violence prevention education, offering the SAMHSA Model Program “Too Good Programs.”

MENTOR/The National Mentoring Partnership

Since 1990, MENTOR has been leading the movement to connect America's young people with caring adult mentors and serves as the nation's premier advocate and resource for expansion of mentoring. MENTOR works with a network of Mentoring Partnerships to leverage resources and provide support to local mentoring organizations.

Motherland Adventures

Premier art exhibitor for the 30th Anniversary Gala. John Ubamadu, art collector, will feature and sell one of a kind art and other hand crafted items, and guests will have an opportunity to preview the exclusive silent auction art collection. A portion of all proceeds will benefit CIS.

National Clearinghouse on Families & Youth

The National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth (NCFY) is a free information service for communities, organizations, and individuals interested in developing effective strategies for supporting youth and their families.

National Runaway Switchboard

The National Runaway Switchboard (NRS) is a hotline for runaway and homeless youth. Through 1-800-RUNAWAY and www.1800RUNAWAY.org, NRS offers crisis intervention, information, referral and educational materials.

PCS Edventures

PCS Edventures offers a variety of project-based learning labs (K-12) embedded with dynamic hands-on curriculum utilizing Fischertechnik® and LEGO® Elements. Our programs teach students Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM); literacy; robotics; digital photography; and much more. We deliver an engaging school experience that aligns with national and state standards, and can dramatically increase math, science and technology test scores!

Pearson

Pearson Digital Learning provides standards-based curriculum solutions to help all pre-K-12th grade students reach their greatest potential: Waterford™, SuccessMaker®, KnowledgeBox®, and NovaNET®.

PLATO Learning

Educational software (technologies) solutions for students.

Solution Tree

Solution Tree is a leading provider of educational strategies and tools that improve staff and student performance. We will feature PASSport, the premier parent involvement training program.

Starbucks Coffee

Through the dedication of our passionate partners (employees), Starbucks Coffee Company has transformed the way people in 37 countries enjoy their coffee, one cup at a time. Starbucks is the premier purveyor of the finest coffee in the world, with more than 11,000 retail locations in North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific Rim. The Company is committed to offering its customers the highest quality coffee and human connection through the Starbucks Experience, while striving to improve the social, environmental and economic well being of its partners, coffee farmers, countries of coffee origin, and the communities which it serves.

The LEAGUE

The LEAGUE is a school and web-based system for service learning that builds character and empowers young people to "do good" in their community, the nation and the world.

TriNet

Our mission is to bring order, simplicity and ease-of-use to the complex HR functions in three distinct industries: technology, financial and professional services.

UMA Education Solutions

UMA is the sole distributor of instructional software from American Education and AutoSkill. The software provides state standard correlated assessment and intervention-based instruction for K – adult.

WEST LOVE Color and Culture

WEST LOVE Color and Culture is the premiere visual arts exhibitor of cultural and ethnic artwear and textiles for the purpose of enhancing cultural awareness, supporting cultural diversity, encouraging educational equity and promoting cultural competency.

Youth Service America

Youth Service America (YSA) is a resource center that partners with thousands of organizations committed to increasing the quality and quantity of volunteer opportunities for young people. YSA’s mission is to expand the impact of the youth service movement with school communities, corporations and governments.