WHAT'S CIS?

 

CIS stands for Character In Service. While education about character is very important, we believe true character must be practiced—or put in service. Therefore, we focus on both education and action!

Through the CIS program, students will have the unique opportunity to see how significant their character is. Students will not only see the local impact their character has on people in their home, school and community, but they will also see the global impact their character has on children in a third-world country!

The CIS program builds a partnership among local students, local community leaders and the children in the MWP School in Darfur, Sudan. The CIS curriculum* teaches local school children about a “Lost Boy” of Sudan named Victor Deng. Victor will teach the students about life in Sudan and will introduce them to some of his friends: the Sudanese children in the MWP School.

Then students will have the exciting opportunity to actually meet Victor! Victor will share with the students in the classrooms about the importance of choosing good character and how their character will impact the lives of the children in Sudan through the CIS program.

But we don't leave it to mere talk, we teach action! Students are encouraged to put their Character In Service (CIS) in their home, school, and local community; in return, they receive Character Merits. These Character Merits represent the global impact that the students' local action has on the children in Darfur, Sudan.

This global impact is made possible through the school's sponsor. A leader of strong character in our community will choose to encourage local students by donating to the children in Sudan in honor of the local students' hard work to earn Character Merits . Therefore, our students see how their local action has a global impact.

 

 

Please feel free to read a segment from one of our CIS Lessons: Click Here!