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Welcome
Paul
Cuffee School is a maritime charter school for Providence public
schoolchildren currently serving students from kindergarten through
8th grade. We provide rigorous academics, individualized teaching
and hands-on learning within a school culture of mutual respect and
personal responsibility. At Paul Cuffee School (PCS), our teachers
differentiate instruction so that our students work to their fullest
potential every day.
We welcome you to learn about our dynamic school, its unique program
and our ambitious goals for PCS students.
Cuffee
Highlights
Change a Students’ Life with a Donation to the Library!
Your one-time contribution or monthly gift of $25 or more to the
Paul Cuffee Library, or to one of the named collections, can make an
enormous difference in the education of just one child, or to 546
Providence students in grades K-9!
Click here to learn about our named collections.
You Can Make a Difference at PCS!
There are many ways you can get
involved with the School this year.
Click here to learn
more.
Our High School was featured in The Providence Journal
Information about our High School
was featured in the Sunday Edition of The Providence Journal (July
18). Click on the following link to read the full story:
New Paul Cuffee School High School gets first principal
Free Book
Summer Reading Give-Away!
On Thursday June
10th Paul Cuffee Lower School hosted a free book give-away and
summer assignment distribution event in the cafeteria. It was a busy
night! 167 Lower School students and their families came to choose
their one new book from five tables piled high with wonderful
titles, and also to select 5 gently used books to add to their home
libraries. Every new book was book plated with the name of its proud
young owner. Read more
 Mr.
Chen and Five of His Students Receive Special Awards
The RI Holocaust Resource Center held a contest based on the theme
"The Courage to Resist."
Five of Mr. Chen's 8th graders won first
place in their respective categories! Tosin Balogun and Bianca Paz won "Best Website", Sabina
Zunjic won "Best Short Story", and Julia Cooper and John Taveras won
for "Poetry and Art".
Mr. Chen also received special recognition. He
won this year's "Joyce & Bob Starr Teacher" award, a fund that
awards one teacher a year that "creates an atmosphere where students
successfully demonstrate their understanding of the Holocaust and
how the events of the Holocaust impact a society." Congratulations
Mr. Chen and students!
See more
pictures
 Paul
Cuffee's Environmental Team Helps the Community
On May 14, 2010 our 5th grade environmental team went to the Steel
Yard in Providence, RI to help them with their tree planting event.
View pictures
 Meet our New Head of School,
Michael Obel-Omia
If
you see this smiling man in our hallways in the coming weeks,
please introduce yourself to our Head of School, Michael Obel-Omia!
The Paul Cuffee School Board unanimously approved Michael’s
appointment at its spring meeting. He will assume his duties at Paul Cuffee in July, following the retirement of Founding Head of
School David Bourns.
We are grateful for the inspirational and
sustaining leadership David has provided to Paul Cuffee School
for the past 10 years, and look forward to our students’
continued success under Michael’s direction. We are confident of
his embrace of, and support for, Paul Cuffee’s community,
mission and culture.
We look forward to introducing you to Michael after he has a chance
to settle in. In the meantime, please join us in giving a warm
welcome and sending best wishes to Michael and his family!
Read more about
Michael Obel-Omia
 Welcome our New High School Principal,
Becky Coustan
Becky Coustan, former RIDE District Visit Fellow and an
award-winning high school educator, has been hired to lead Paul
Cuffee School’s new high school program.
The secondary division of the school’s K-12 charter is scheduled to
open in the fall with 60 ninth grade Providence students, most of
whom will be continuing from Cuffee’s K-8 program.
Welcome Becky to the Paul Cuffee team!
Learn more about
Becky Coustan
 8th Graders Meet Civil
Rights
leader John Lewis
8th grade
Humanities is learning about the Civil Rights Movement. They are
learning about important figures, including John Lewis, leader of
the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the last
surviving speaker at the March on Washington in 1963. Mr. Lewis
spoke at Brown University on Monday, May 10th and Mr. Chen and a few
of his students were able to meet him!
You
Can Now Make Secure Donations Online!
Support our School by making a donation online - it's a fast and
secure way to make a difference, right now.
*Please
note that you will be redirected to a secure Authorize.net payment
form.
Our Wish Lists
Our Cuffee Wish Lists have been updated. Click below
to see how you can make a difference right here, right now!
Click here for our classroom
wish list
Click here
for our Wiggins Collection wish list
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