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PCS Community
Students and
Families
Administration, Faculty and Staff
Board of Directors
Students and Families
Paul Cuffee
students come from a variety of backgrounds and live in the many
different neighborhoods throughout Providence. At PCS, they are
empowered to become confident, life-long learners through hands-on learning opportunities, individualized instruction and small
classes.
Paul Cuffee
families choose our school for a variety of reasons. Most often,
they say they want to belong to a responsive school community where
their children’s particular strengths and learning needs are
addressed and developed to their fullest potential. A 2004 survey of
Paul Cuffee families revealed a 98% satisfaction rate with the
school.
Paul Cuffee families are not only invited, but expected to
become equal partners
in their children’s education.
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Administration, Faculty
and Staff
Our recruitment goals include hiring highly qualified
professionals who reflect our diverse student population and who
share our commitment to creating an innovative, inclusive model
for urban public education.
This hardworking, talented team of professionals, who share
a commitment to providing the best possible educational experience
for Paul Cuffee students, focus on the individual learning needs of
each child as means to positively influence his/her academic
performance and to help each one contribute to our inclusive,
respectful school culture.
Executive Staff
Lower School
Middle School
Executive Staff
David
Bourns Head of
School
Dr.
Matthew Bowen
Psychologist
Andrea Carrera
Bilingual Receptionist / School Secretary
Dinka
Carreras Middle School Administrative Assistant /
Assistant to Academic Head MS
Jonathan Conklin Business Manager
Don DeCosta
Special Education Consultant
Sara Donaldson Science Curriculum Consultant
Nina
Giannotti Assistant to Head of School
Paul Graseck High School Planning Consultant
Julia
Karahalis Institutional Advancement Director
Alicia Luzón Parent
Engagement Coordinator / Bookkeeper
Candy Matos Bilingual Receptionist / School
Secretary
Olinda Matos
Admissions Coordinator
Nell Sears
Middle School Academic Head
Suzanne Mills-Shaw Lower School Academic Head
Christina Smith
Assistant to
Academic Head
Megan Southard School Librarian
Ana
Torres
Middle
School Receptionist
Dulibel Ureña Institutional Advancement Associate
Chanelle White Human Resources / Administrative Coordinator
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Lower School Faculty and Staff
Kindergarten
Jennifer Reis
Amy Hill
Susan
Prouty
1st Grade
Ruth Doran
Hildreth Penman
Lauren Galoski
2nd Grade
Sarah
Chace
Robert Pike
Donna Raymond
3rd Grade
Jennifer Bifulco
Sandy Leclerc
Nicola Philp
4th Grade
Kelly Barr
Rebecca Bueno
Geanise Love
5th Grade
Darline Berrios
Jenny Guzmán-Polanco
Kathryn L. Wilhelm
Lower School Special
Subject Teachers
Michelle Carden Art Specialist
Frances Cruz-Candelario
Integrated Arts Instructor
Ben Harris Educational Technology Coordinator (Lower School and Middle School)
Kelly Polak Technology Instructor
Marlon Mussington Physical Education Teacher
Lower School Health Care Services
Kathy Tudino, RN School Nurse
Lower School Special Education Team
Lauren Fournier
Title I Reading Instructor (K-2)
Lindsey Correia
Speech/Language Pathologist
Ann Hampson Title I Reading Instructor
Becky Hayden Math Specialist
Robin Y. Miles Special Education Resource Teacher
Kristen Montag
Speech/Language Pathologist
Leanne Nyahkoon Occupational Therapist
Sarah
Reis ELL Instructor
Lower School Guidance / Behavior
Amy Borak School Counselor
Lower School Substitute Teacher
Emily Caldarelli
Lower School
Teaching Partners
Nancy Funes 1st Grade
Lavone Cevallos Kindergarten
Danielle Leclerc 1st Grade
Eugenia Giron 2nd Grade
Patricia Kunhardt Kindergarten
Lina Lopes Kindergarten
Ivette Maldonado Clerical Aide for Grades 3,4,5
Timothy Nadeau 4th Grade
Elizabeth Trimbach
4th Grade / Senior TP
After School Club Staff
Meghan
Recupero
After School Club Advisor
Tina McDonough After
School Club Director
Catherine Edwards
21st Century Site Coordinator
Jovanna Cepeda
Danielle Leclerc
Lina Lopes
Tim Nadeau
Leanne Robinson
Castanza Rocco
Ana Torres
Elizabeth Trimbach
Lower School Maintenance
Staff
Henry
Leite Maintenance/Custodial Staff
Jose Soares Maintenance/Custodial
Staff
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Middle School Faculty and Staff
6th Grade Staff
Edna Attias Classroom Instructor
Eric Charlesworth Classroom Instructor
Emily Hoyler
Literacy Instructor
7th Grade Staff
Lynn Prentiss
Mathematics Instructor
Ariana Wohl
Literacy Instructor
Lance Comeau
ISE Instructor
8th Grade Staff
B. Allyn Copp
Mathematics Instructor
Tom Chen
Humanities Instructor
Kathleen Alvarez
Science Instructor
Middle School Teaching Partner
Josie Batista
Lacey Drucker
Kedrin Frias
Moneca Kennedy
Alana Markowitz
Middle School Special Subject Teachers
Ben Harris Educational Technology Coordinator (Lower School and Middle
School)
Brent
Fusaro Physical Education Instructor
Frank Piccirillo
Art Instructor
Victoria Talbert
Spanish
Instructor
Middle School Special Education Team
Jon Bennett
Special Education Teacher / Dean of Student Affairs
Michelle Bush
Special Education Teacher
Rebecca Chwalk
Title I Instructor
Kedrin Frias
Special Education Assistant
Benjamin Hall Title I Math Instructor
Leslie McCrea
Title I Instructor
Rebecca Chwalk
Title I Instructor
Middle
School Guidance / Behavior
Leslie Brackett
Director of Middle School Wellness Program
Middle School Health Care
Services
Dawn Britto, RN School Nurse
After School Club Staff
Brent
Fusaro
21st Century Site Coordinator
Eddie
Macierowski
Education Coordinator
Lacey Drucker
Middle School
Maintenance Staff
Joao Fidalgo Maintenance / Custodial
Staff
Antonio Soares Maintenance / Custodial Staff
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Board
of Directors
The Paul Cuffee
School Board meets every other month to review subcommittee
progress and approve any major financial or policy decisions. In
addition to bimonthly meetings, the school's annual meeting is held
in June. The present Board includes the following individuals,
several of whom are founders of the school:
Executive Committee
Joop Nagtegaal -
President
Keith Mathews - Vice
President
Babak Taleghani -
Treasurer
Russell Carey (PCS
Parent) - Secretary
Members at Large
Su Almeida
(Descendant
of Paul Cuffee)
Kathleen Alvarez (8th Grade Science Instructor)
Luz Avila (PCS
Parent)
Jon Bennett (Special Education Instructor/Dean of Student Affairs)
David Burnham (Board President Emeritus)
Hon. William C.
Clifton, Sr.
Elizabeth Colon
(PCS
Parent)
Joan Cannady
Countryman
Stefano Crema
(PCS Parent)
Philip Gould
Mary Sylvia Harrison
Barrett Hazeltine
Kay J. Lisle
Robin Y. Miles (Special
Education Resource Teacher)
Maria Monteiro
Martha Newcomb, Esq.
Carolyn Pemberton
Fraser Preston
Sarah Reis (ELL
Instructor)
Ana-Cecilia Rosado
Betsy Pollack Shimberg
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