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PCS Community


Students and Families

Administration, Faculty and Staff

The PCS Board of Trustees

 

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

Jonathan Conklin
Business Manager


Dulibel Cruz
Development Associate

Don DeCosta
Special Education Consultant

Sara Donaldson
Science Curriculum Consultant

Nina Giannotti
Executive Assistant to Head of School

Paul Graseck
High School Planning Consultant

Francis Gutierrez
Bilingual School Secretary/Office Assistant

Julia Karahalis
Development Director

Leslie Kennedy
Director of Middle School Wellness Program

Alicia Luzon
Parent Engagement Coordinator / Bookkeeper

Olinda Matos
Admissions Coordinator

Nell Sears
Middle School Coordinator


Suzanne Mills-Shaw

Academic Head


Christina Smith
Assistant to Academic Head

Megan Southard
School Librarian


Ana Torres
Middle School Receptionist

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 Thurber



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 Guzman

Kathryn L. Wilhelm





Lower School Special Subject Teachers

Michelle Carden
Art Specialist

Frances Cruz-Candelario

Integrated Arts Instructor

Ben Harris
Technology Coordinator (Lower School and Middle School)

Becky Hayden
Math Specialist

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 Gonzalez
Speech/Language Pathologist

Ann Hampson
Title I Reading Instructor

Robin Y. Miles
Special Education Resource Teacher

Leanne Nyahkoon

Occupational Therapist

Sarah Reis

ELL Instructor



Lower School Guidance / Behavior

Amy Borak
School Counselor



Lower School Substitute Teacher

Sandy Richardson



Lower School Teaching Partners

Emily Caldardelli
1st Grade

Lavone Cevallos
Kindergarten

Nathan Fletcher
1st Grade

Gabriel Forti
5th Grade

Eugenia Giron
2nd Grade

Patricia Kunhardt
Kindergarten

Lina Lopes
Kindergarten

Ivette Maldonado
3rd Grade

Timothy Nadeau
4th Grade

Elizabeth Trimbach
Senior Teaching Partner




After School Staff

Meghan Recupero
After School Director

Catherine Edwards

21st Century Site Coordinator


Jovanna Cepeda


Nathan Fletcher

Moneca Kennedy

Patricia Kunhardt

Lina Lopes

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 Shepard
Literacy Instructor



7th Grade Staff

Lynn Prentiss
Mathematics Instructor

Shivohn Garcia
Literacy Instructor

Ariana Wohl
ISE Instructor
 

8th Grade Staff

B. Allyn Copp
Mathematics Instructor

Sara Primo
Humanities Instructor

Kathleen Wall
Science Instructor



Middle School Teaching Partner

Moneca Kennedy

Nora Cullen




Middle School Substitute Teacher

Michael King



Middle School Special Subject Teachers

Ben Harris
Technology Coordinator (Lower School and Middle School)

Brent Fusaro
Physical Education Instructor / After School Site Coordinator

Frank Piccirillo
Art Instructor

Victoria Talbert
Spanish Instructor




Middle School Special Education Team

Jon Bennett
Special Education / Dean of Student Affairs

Mathew Black
Special Education Assistant

Michelle Bush
Special Education Resource Teacher

Leslie McCrea
Title I Instructor

Rebecca Chwalk

Title I Instructor

Leonardo Rios

Student Affairs Assistant



Middle
School Guidance / Behavior

Stephanie Vece Davies
Middle School Counselor




Middle School Health Care Services

Dawn Britto, RN
School Nurse

 

Middle School Maintenance Staff

Joao Fidalgo
Maintenance / Custodial Staff

Antonio Soares
Maintenance / Custodial Staff


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The Paul Cuffee School Board

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)

Luz Avila (PCS Parent)

Hon. William C. Clifton, Sr.

Elizabeth Colon (PCS Parent)

Joan Cannady Countryman

Shivohn Garcia (7th Grade Literacy Instructor)

Philip Gould

Mary Sylvia Harrison

Barrett Hazeltine

Gilda Hernandez

Sandy Leclerc (3rd Grade Teacher)

Geanise M. Love (4th Grade Teacher)

Robin Y. Miles (Special Education Resource Teacher)

Maria Monteiro

Martha Newcomb, Esq.

John V. Patrick

Fraser Preston

Ana-Cecilia Rosado

Betsy Pollack Shimberg

Cade Tompkins (PCS Parent)



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