Announcing Leadership Changes
March 2, 2023 Dear Chess in the Schools Community, After nearly seven years, our President and Chief Executive Officer, Debbie Eastburn will be retiring from her role this summer. We are grateful for Debbie’s years…
CIS Welcomes New College Bound Team
As we kick-off the 2017-2018 Program Year, we are happy to introduce you to our new College Bound team, who are sure to take the program in a new and exciting direction. We are pleased to welcome Chano LaBoy as Director of College Bound. Chano has a decade of experience as an educator and college advisor. Joining Chano is former CIS Chess Instructor, Will Staso, who has already jumped into the role of CB Coordinator with great enthusiasm.
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How’d you start playing chess? What do you like about it? Dana: I started in the second grade, through my friends, but then I got more into it through my elementary school chess team. And…