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Reading Isn’t Just Fundamental; It’s Grounds For A Solid Education (A Note From Our CEO)

Tena LatonaApril 17, 2023In the Media, Mission & Outcomes, Programs

CEO Tena Latona discusses the state of reading in schools.

The lead picture on the front page of this Sunday’s New York Times is a group of kindergartners sitting on the floor of their classroom holding up tiny dry-erase boards … Read More

Building Community In the City and The Office

Patrick HattonFebruary 6, 2023Mission & Outcomes, Partnerships

Patrick Hatton with student in WITS Mid-Day Mentoring Program

Building Community Working in the Schools (WITS) is the largest volunteer corps providing yearlong mentorship to Chicago Public School elementary students. The cornerstone of WITS student mentorship programs is their … Read More

“WITS builds foundational literacy skills” – WITS CEO Tena Latona

Tena LatonaDecember 1, 2022Mission & Outcomes

For the last three and a half years I have been the CEO of WITS and I have been proud to support the WITS staff in creating opportunities for every … Read More

Back in the Classroom: How to Honor Student Experience

Shawn BushNovember 14, 2022Mission & Outcomes, Programs

It’s that time of year again; the smell of fresh marble composition notebooks, unaware of their temporary pristine condition. Fingers delicately configuring locker combinations and brains taking on the daunting … Read More

All About the Lending Library

Daphne RobinsonNovember 11, 2022Inside WITS, Mission & Outcomes, Programs, Teachers

The Tale of Despereaux, Matilda, Eleanor & Park, The Jumbies, Golden Boy, and Change. What do these titles have in common? These popular books are all titles in the Boundless … Read More

SEL Focused Teacher Professional Development

Erin ToaleOctober 25, 2022Mission & Outcomes, Programs, Teachers

SEL focused teacher professional development

Teacher Professional Development Program at Working in the Schools meets teachers’ and schools’ need for SEL focused teacher professional development following years of unfinished learning. WITS Summer Institute provides teacher … Read More

Increasing Teachers’ Access to Books

Elizabeth KristoffAugust 9, 2022Books, Mission & Outcomes, Teachers

The Gift of Reading Fostering a love of reading is at the heart of what WITS does. At the end of each school year, WITSummer Books sends WITS students home … Read More

Back to the Office and Back to the Classroom: How WITS Creates Community across Chicago’s Neighborhoods 

Tena LatonaMay 24, 2022Inside WITS, Mission & Outcomes

For 791 days (give or take what you will) we have been working in some form of professional athleisure; repurposing surfaces in our home normally reserved for eating or sleeping … Read More

WITS Beginnings: A Story from Founding Volunteer Ginny Carlson

WITSFebruary 14, 2022Inside WITS, Mission & Outcomes, Support

Editor’s note: Ginny and Roger Carlson are long-time WITS supporters and volunteers. As WITS CEO Tena Latona espoused in 2020, “As the CEO of an organization you hope for Board … Read More

A Letter from WITS CEO, Tena Latona

Tena LatonaJanuary 20, 2022Mission & Outcomes

Community and Consistency, Now More than Ever Hello WITS Community, As you may know, students have been experiencing a lot of change since winter break. The surge in COVID-19 cases … Read More

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