CRIS Radio Search SEARCH AUDIO LIBRARY CRISKIDS™ CRISACCESS™ CRIS EN ESPAÑOL Tag Archives: wfsb BRIGHT SPOT: NON-PROFIT IS HELPING KIDS IMPROVE THEIR LITERACY FROM HOME (WFSB) Click photo above to watch the video. (WFSB) – A local non-profit is helping kids improve their literacy from home. For 8 years now CRIS Radio (Connecticut Radio Information System) began to expand their services to students around the state. “Teachers came to us and said ‘Hey we have special needs kids that are not able to access classroom material. Can you do custom recordings?' So, we started doing that,” explains Diane Weaver Dunne, Executive Director of CRIS Radio. CONTINUE READING 2021CRISKIDSWFSB BRIGHT SPOT: NON-PROFIT IS HELPING KIDS IMPROVE THEIR LITERACY FROM HOME (WFSB) Click photo above to watch the video. (WFSB) – A local non-profit is helping kids improve their literacy from home. For 8 years now CRIS Radio (Connecticut Radio Information System) began to expand their services to students around the state. “Teachers came to us and said ‘Hey we have special needs kids that are not able to access classroom material. Can you do custom recordings?' So, we started doing that,” explains Diane Weaver Dunne, Executive Director of CRIS Radio. Fast forward to today, not only are there over 1,300 recordings available in their ‘CRISKids Audio Library’ for all grades, but now they are offering something new for students from Hartford to Enfield. “During this pandemic, we realized teachers were really overwhelmed, kids were sick of being in front of the computer screens so we said let's do a book bag, a CRIS Kids book bag.” Weaver Dunne tells Channel 3 that CRIS Radio partnered with the Hartford Public Library and the Educational Resources for Children, or ERFC in Enfield for this unique offering. Colleen Semanie, Literacy Coordinator for ERFC explains how it works. “The kids can take home 5 books and we preload all those books onto an MP3 player and send it home with stickers and a rainbow chart so they can track how many books they’re reading.” And they are already seeing positive results from the book club. An independent study based off of standardized test scores of ERFC kids in a 14-month period found that 75% of the lowest-level readers improved significantly more compared with 10% of the kids who did not use it. The CRIS Kids book bag is incorporated into the ERFC summer camp as well. 2021CRISKIDSWFSB 2018 DD: ONE FOR THE AGES Dancing Through the Decades Most years the champions are simply crowned, and when necessary, share the award; then there's 2015. What will The Clash of 2018 bring? CRIS Radio will celebrate 40 years of broadcasting news and entertainment for people who … Continue Reading ›› 201840TH ANNIVERSARYARTHUR MURRAYBILLY JOHNSTONEDIANE DUHAIMEDINING AND DANCING IN THE DARKFLOYD GREENFOX61FRANDE RENDEFUNDRAISERHANNA MORDOHHARTFORD COURANTJOE FUREYMARILYN ALVERIOMARY ELLEN FILLONBCCONNECTICUTNICOLE NALEPASCOT HANEYSTEVE FAMILGLIETTIWFSB SURPRISE SQUAD SHOCKS CRIS CHARLIE WYNNJASON ELLSWORTHLIBERTY BANKSURPRISE SQUADWFSB Serving all of Connecticut from six studios around the state. CRIS HOME NEWS IN EDUCATION VOICES OF WOMAN SUFFRAGE VOICES OF WWI LISTEN NOW LISTEN ON DEMAND NEWS IN 20 WHAT WE DO APPLY FOR SERVICE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM SCHEDULE DONATE ABOUT CRIS MAGAZINES CRIS Radio NEW AT CRIS CRIS’ 24th GOLF CLASSIC: Wrap up October 7, 2021 The 24th CRIS Golf Classic was a huge success, raising money by gathering old friends and … Jonathan’s Dream Park Enhances Accessibility w/CRIS App June 18, 2021 Press Release Jonathan’s Dream Park, an accessible and inclusive playground designed for all ages and … Bright Spot: Non-profit is helping kids improve their literacy from home (WFSB) May 19, 2021 Click photo above to watch the video. (WFSB) – A local non-profit is helping kids … CRIS Goes Platinum with Guidestar October 14, 2020 CRIS Radio has received the coveted Guidestar Platinum Seal of Transparency, adding to your confidence … CRIS Radio makes its programs available to individuals who are unable to read printed materials due to blindness or other disabilities, including visual, learning, physical, emotional or intellectual disabilities. Connecticut Radio Information System, Inc. 315 Windsor Avenue, Windsor, CT 06095 Office:(860) 527-8000 Proudly powered by WordPress