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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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