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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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