Communities in Schools is a non-profit drop out prevention agency established in the Coastal Bend in 1986.
The mission of CIS is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life.
02/02/2026
We are privileged to work alonside some of the most amazing school counselors throughout the Coastal Bend. Thank you you for all you do every day to support our students, familie, and campuses. Your dedication does not go unnoticed.
02/02/2026
09/29/2025
05/16/2025
Every year the City of Corpus Christi partners with CIS in our Communities In Schools Recycling & Litter Education Project that we facilitate on each of our campuses.
This year at TMMS, we held a recycling contest with our middle school classes, 14 class and 3 individual projects participated in our Disney Recyclable Contest. Students worked hard in their classes to create a Disney character using recyclable materials. Each of the entries were creative , unique, & simply AMAZING!
A special thank you to our judges
Mr. Hernandez ( Assistant Superintendent for District Operations) , Mrs. Riggs (Executive Director of Human Resources), Mr. Benavides (Co-owner of High Tide Events LLC.), & Mrs. Penelope Guerra (Recycling Outreach Coordinator) for doing the hard part in choosing our winners.
Congratulations to all the teachers and their students 😊👏👏
05/01/2025
A little late... but still very excited for them both.
CONGRATULATIONS Mrs. Fernandez & Abigail Lopez🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 Denise Fernandez
04/30/2025
Even greater news!!!
Not only did we have 2 students be named as finalists (out of 36 in the coastal bend) from our TMMS for the DO THE WRITE THING CHALLENGE.....
Our very own ABIGAIL LOPEZ was named the Do the Write Thing National Ambassador for the COASTAL BEND.
Out of 18 middle schools that participated, 2000 written pieces submitted, Abigail was chosen out of the 36 finalists!!!!
We are super excited and proud of her!!!
She will be traveling to Washington D.C. for the National Conference this July with one of parents and her teacher Mrs. Denise Fernandez, who has been named the
DTWT Stop the Violence Essay Contest NATIONAL TEACHER!!
Congratulations Abigail and Mrs. Fernandez!!! Denise Fernandez
04/30/2025
Doing Awesome things at TMMS!
I would like to make a HUGE announcement! 🤗🤗
Mrs. Fernandez' classes have worked really hard these last couple of months on their entries on how Youth Violence has impacted their lives one way or another.
Participants had to answer 3 very important questions on Youth Violence to be considered.
1). What are the causes of Youth Violence?
2). How has violence affected your life?
3). What can you do to reduce youth violence?
Over 2,000 entries were submitted and 36 were selected as finalists!
We are proud to announce that 2 were selected from our campus.
We are excited to announce our 8th graders
Alejandro Pozo Abreu & Abigail Lopez
on this great accomplishment!!!
We are very proud of you!
Also Congratulations to Mrs.Denise Fernandez for her dedication and willingness to help her students succeed in achieving this award.