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New Endowment Honoring David Burnham Will Provide Maritime Experiences for Paul Cuffee Students

Benefactors of Paul Cuffee School and friends of David Burnham gathered at the Providence Art Club recently at a reception to announce the launch of the David Burnham Maritime Fund....

Back to School Nights Offer Parents Strategies to Support Their Children’s Learning

September may mean back to school for kids, but at Paul Cuffee School, October is Back to School month for parents. Over the course of the month, Back to School...

Paul Cuffee Student Senators Get a Glimpse of the Real Thing at the RI State House

October proved to be a busy month for the Paul Cuffee Upper School Student Senate. The Senate is comprised of four senators elected by their peers in grades 9 through...

Paul Cuffee 8th Graders Seek Answers to an Essential Question by Studying The Holocaust

The students in Tom Chen’s 8th grade humanities class have been studying the Holocaust for the past six weeks and responding to the essential question “How do individuals and groups...

Paul Cuffee School Families Enjoy Spaghetti and Camaraderie

The 6th annual Family Spaghetti Dinner brought out 140 Cuffee family members for a spaghetti dinner, an annual fundraiser for the After School Enrichment programs benefiting grades K – 8....

Paul Cuffee School Students Clean up Close to Home for International Coastal Cleanup Day

Paul Cuffee School joined forces with the Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council and Save the Bay to celebrate International Coastal Cleanup Day, a day to pitch in to help our oceans...

PCS Upperclassmen Experience Diversity Week at URI

Twenty-five 11th and 12th graders spent the day at URI’s Kingston Campus to take part in Diversity Week, the university’s celebration of the rich backgrounds and cultures that the students,...

PCS 3rd Graders Embrace Environmental Stewardship of the Woonasquatucket River

Narragansett Bay Commission educator, Cynthia Morrissette, has begun the Woon Watershed Explorers (WWE) program with 3rd graders during their STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Math) classes. In the WWE program,...

PCS Middle Schoolers Learn to Sail at Herreshoff Seamanship Program

Five middle schoolers set sail in vintage Herreshoff 12 ½ foot sloops before the start of the new school year at the sailing school and marine museum in Bristol. For...

All Aboard!

Follow the adventures of our 12th graders on board the tall ship, Mystic, a three-masted schooner. Departing from Providence the morning of Monday, September 8th, the students used the skills...
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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%