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Paul Cuffee Upper School Expands Advanced Placement Course Selection

Not a word of English is spoken in Ms. Ng Duran’s Advanced Placement (AP) Spanish class. The students from grades 10, 11 and 12 busy themselves with the day’s learning...

You’ve Got Mail!

Every few weeks second graders’ eyes light up when letters arrive from their pen-pals at Laurelmead, a senior retirement community on Providence’s east side.

STEM in the Middle Opens the Eyes of Paul Cuffee Middle Schoolers to Opportunity

Thirty lucky middle school girls were selected to attend Tech Collective’s fifth annual STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) workshop and career expo which aims to increase...

Holiday Book Giveaway Brings Cheer to Young Readers

120 cups of hot chocolate served, 200 cookies enjoyed, and 75 students with a brand new books for the holidays! That’s how the Lower School Holiday Book Giveaway culminated on...

PCS Students Join the Ranks of 143 Million Junior Computer Scientists for an Hour of Code

In a world where our daily lives are simplified by apps, it’s easy to wonder about what will come next and who will be paving the way for design and...

PCS Upper School Celebrates Inaugural Paul Cuffee Week

What do we know of Paul Cuffee, the man, at Paul Cuffee School? A basic yet profound question that inspired a week’s worth of activities to learn about and celebrate...

Paul Cuffee Choruses Get In the Spirit of Holiday Cheer

The marble rotunda of the Rhode Island State House rang with the voices of 5th graders, who, under the direction of Mrs. Frances Candelario, brought holiday cheer to Paul Cuffee...

PCS 8th Graders Learn First Hand about the Impact of the Holocaust

As part of their unit on the Holocaust, 8th graders had the opportunity to hear from the son of an Auschwitz survivor. Len Newman visited Paul Cuffee Middle School to talk about his late father, David Newman, who survived the most notorious death

Paul Cuffee Middle and Upper School Artists Become “Gifts to the World”

Thirteen budding young artists, under the direction of art teachers Ms. Weigand (Middle School) and Ms. Stoos (Upper School), competed in the Providence Rotary’s annual Street Painting Festival at the Alex and Ani Skating Rink in Providence.

#300 Men Outstretch Their Hands in Welcome and Support

OK, so there weren’t exactly 300 of them, but 20 men who are members of the 300MENri community lined the walkway into Paul Cuffee Upper School on Monday morning to greet each and every student who arrived.
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Average Class Size: 20
Current Enrollment: 798
Students of Color: 97%
Female Students: 51%
Male Students: 49%
Free/Reduced Price Lunch Eligibility: 87%
Multi-Language Learners: 22%
Students Receiving Special Education Services: 12%
Total Employees: 168
BIPOC: 45%
Female Employees: 75%
Male Employees: 25%