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PCS Community
Students and
Families
Administration, Faculty and Staff
Board of Trustees
The Paul Cuffee Employee
Handbook
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
Michael
Obel-Omia
Head of
School
Michelle Bush
Acting Head of the Middle School
Andrea Carrera
High School Administrative Assistant
Dinka
Carreras
Middle School Administrative Assistant
Jonathan Conklin
Business Manager
Becky Coustan
High School Principal
Don DeCosta
Special Education Director
Nina
Giannotti
Executive Assistant to the Head of School
Ben Harris
Technology Admnistrator
Julia
Karahalis
Institutional Advancement Director
Alicia Luzón
Human Resources / Accounting
Coordinator
Sindy De León
Lower School Receptionist / Secretary
Candy Matos
Lower School Administrative Assistant
Olinda Matos
Admissions Coordinator
Naomi Morey
Library Assistant
Nell Sears
Middle School Principal
Suzanne Mills-Shaw
Lower School Principal
Christina Smith
Administrative
Assistant to
Lower School Principal
Megan Southard Madden
School Librarian
Dulibel Ureña
Institutional Advancement Associate
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Lower School Faculty and Staff
Kindergarten
Amy Hill
Susan
Prouty
Jennifer Reis
1st Grade
Brooke Beach
Ruth Doran
Karen Wargo
2nd Grade
Robert Pike
Donna Raymond
Sarah Rich
3rd Grade
Jennifer Bifulco
Sandy Leclerc
Lauren Galoski
4th Grade
Kelly Barr
Rebecca Bueno
Emily Caldarelli
5th Grade
Darline Berrios
Kathryn Conley
Jenny Guzmán-Polanco
Lower School Special
Subject Teachers
Michelle Carden
Art Teacher
Frances Cruz-Candelario
Integrated Arts Instructor
Kelly Polak
Technology Coordinator
Marlon Mussington
Physical Education Teacher
Lower School Health Care Services
Kathy Tudino, RN
Health Educator
Lower School Special Education Team
Lauren Fournier
Title 1 Reading Teacher
Ann Hampson
Title 1 Reading Coordinator
Becky Melrose
Title 1 Math Teacher
Robin Yabroudy
Special Education Teacher
Nikki Philp
Title 1 Reading Teacher
Sarah
Reis
ELL Instructor
Lower School Guidance / Behavior
Amy Borak
School Counselor
Lower School
Teaching Partners
Lavone Cevallos
Rose Clapprood
Eugenia Giron
Danielle Leclerc
Lina Lopes
Ivette Maldonado
Elizabeth Trimbach
After School Club Staff
Tina McDonough
Enrichment Director
Catherine Edwards
After School Coordinator & Family Engagement
Luz Avila
Rose Clapprood
Danielle Leclerc
Lina Lopes
Joel DeJesus Polanco
Lower School Maintenance
Staff
Henry
Leite
Head of Maintenance
Jose Soares
Maintenance
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Middle School Faculty and Staff
6th Grade Staff
Kelly Thoma
ISE Instructor
Eric Charlesworth
Math Instructor
Josie Batista
Humanities Instructor
7th Grade Staff
Lynn Prentiss
Mathematics Instructor
Ariana Wohl
Humanities Instructor
Lance Comeau
Science Instructor
8th Grade Staff
Benjamin Hall
Mathematics Instructor
Tom Chen
Humanities Instructor
Kathleen Alvarez
Science Instructor
Middle School Teaching Partner
Michelle Colburn
Massiel Liao
Christopher Love
Libertad Vargas
Middle School Special Subject Teachers
Frank Piccirillo
Art Instructor
Victoria Tolbert Bravo
Spanish
Instructor
Middle School Special Education Team
Victoria
Tolbert-Bravo
Dean of Student Affairs
Michelle Bush
Special Education Teacher
Matt Black
Special Education Teacher
Geanise Love
Special Education Teacher
Beth Morris
Special Education Teacher
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
Ana Torres
After School Club Coordinator
Middle School
Maintenance Staff
Joao Fidalgo
Maintenance / Custodial
Staff
Antonio Soares
Maintenance / Custodial Staff
High
School Faculty and Staff
Tom Beall
Mathematics Teacher, Advisor
Dawn Britto, RN
School Nurse
Nora Cullen
Science Teacher, Advisor
Tom Epstein
Special Education, Performing Arts, Advisor
Pamela Rutecki
Spanish
Kelly Stoos
Visual Arts
Aaron Weiser-Woodward
Humanities Teacher,
Advisor
Giselle Polanco
Social Worker
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Board
of Trustees
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 - Secretary
Members at Large
Su Almeida
(Descendant
of Paul Cuffee)
Kathleen Alvarez (8th Grade Science Instructor)
David Burnham (Board President Emeritus)
John Cariati
Hon. William C.
Clifton, Sr.
Allyn Copp
Michelle Cortes-Harkins
Joan Cannady
Countryman
Stefano Crema
Dorothy Fields (Grandparent)
Philip Gould
Maria Monteiro
(PCS Parent)
Martha Newcomb, Esq.
Leanne Nyahkoon (PCS Faculty)
Dorothy Patrick
Carolyn Pemberton
Sarah Reis (ELL
Instructor)
Ana-Cecilia Rosado
Earl Smith III
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