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Admissions Procedures for the 2012-13 School Year
Requirements / Eligibility
Students Who are
Admitted
Waiting List Applicants
Important Dates
2012-2013 Application
Frequently Asked Questions (PDF) ENGLISH
Preguntas Frequentes (PDF)
ESPANOL
Like all
charter schools in Rhode Island, Paul Cuffee School is a public school open
to students regardless of socio-economic status, academic ability, or
ethnicity. Students are admitted through an open, state-monitored lottery
every spring. Eligible students must reside in Providence.
Now in its tenth year, the Paul Cuffee School opened the Paul Cuffee High
School on September 1, 2010 with the addition of a 9th grade. A new grade
will be added each year until the 2013-2014 school year when the High School
is complete and the first seniors graduate.
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Requirements/Eligibility
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Student must be a
resident of Providence.
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Age requirements: Students must be
5 years old on or before September 1st to enter Kindergarten. Students must be 6
years old on or before September 1st to enter 1st Grade.
• Parents
must complete and submit an application form by the deadline.
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Students Who are
Admitted
• Acceptance letters and a list of required forms and documentation will be mailed to students selected immediately following the lottery. Families are required to turn in the completed forms and documentation within five days to confirm acceptance. If families do not provide completed forms and documentation within fifteen days, the student’s admission space may be given to the next eligible student on the waiting list.
• Students who are admitted will be required to attend a Welcome and Screening Day in May and a New Student Orientation in August.
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Waiting List Applicants
• Students who apply to the school but are not successful in gaining enrollment through the lottery will be placed on the waiting list in the order that they were drawn in the lottery.
• Parents of wait-listed students will be mailed a form to confirm whether or not they wish for their child to remain on the active waiting list for the upcoming school year. Parents will have approximately one month after the date on the notification letter to return the form to the Admissions Office. Students whose forms are not returned by the deadline will be removed from the waiting list.
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In accordance with the Rhode Island Department of Education enrollment guidelines for charter schools, waiting lists will not be carried over from year to year. Each year, a new lottery of all applicants – those on the previous waiting list as well as all new applicants – will be conducted. Applicants still on the waiting list (active waiting list) will be mailed a form to be eligible for the lottery the following year.
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Important Dates
Nov 9, 2011
Begin to accept applications (K – 11)
Nov 9, 2011
Open House (K-8) at the Elementary School
459 Promenade Street
Providence, RI 02908
Dec 13, 2011
High School Open House
544 Elmwood Avenue
Providence, RI 02907
Feb 15, 2012
Last day to accept applications
March 1, 2012*
Lottery for all grades
March 2, 2012*
Acceptance letters sent out, followed by waiting list letters
May 2012 (TBA)
Welcome & Screening for K-8 new students
May – Aug 2012
Families will be called from the active waiting list if spots become
available
Aug 2012 (TBA)
Required Summer session for all new 9th graders
Late Aug/Early Sept 2012 (TBA)
School begins
* dates may be subject to change
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Applications
Paul Cuffee School is now accepting applications for the 2012-2013 school year. To request a hard-copy of the application be sent to you, call 401-453-2626 or send an email to admissions@paulcuffee.org. To download the application, click here. If you download the application, please mail or bring to the school. Faxes will not be accepted.
The deadline to apply for September 2012 enrollment is February 15, 2012. All applications received after that date will be placed on the waiting list, after the lottery, in the order received.
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La Escuela Paul Cuffee está aceptando solicitudes para el año escolar 2012-2013. Para pedir que una copia en papel del formulario de solicitud les sea enviada, llame al 401-453-2626 o envíe un correo electrónico a admissions@paulcuffee.org. Para bajar una solicitud por el Internet, presione aquí. Si usted baja una solicitud por el Internet, por favor envíela por correo a la escuela o tráigala personalmente. No se aceptan faxes.
El 15 de febrero de 2012 es la fecha límite para someter su solicitud para el año escolar 2012-2013. Toda solicitud recibida después de esta fecha será asignada a la lista de espera, después de nuestra lotería, en el orden recibido.
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