Central Falls School District

Join us for a Rally for Equitable Funding for CF Schools - Wednesday 6.17, 2:30pm, RI State House

#DevicesGoToSchool A huge thank you to @RIDeptEd @InnovateRI and Microsoft Corp. for laptops to be used by @CFSchoolsRI students as part of our distance learning. #CFSDgoestheDistance @D_Fairchild @sdowneytoledo @AInfanteGreen

Monday, March 30, from 9-3pm, we will be delivering Chromebooks to 1st graders that do not yet have a device in their household and reattempt deliveries for students in older grades. Thank you for your patience as we shifted to delivery for the health and safety of everyone!

BROKEN CHROMEBOOKS: We have learned that some of the Chromebooks that were given to families this week were broken. On Saturday, March 28 at Veterans Elementary school from 10am to 1pm, you can bring a broken device and receive a different one. You must bring the broken device with you. To ensure everyone’s health, please only have one person from your family come. We will be following the guidance of social distancing and require everyone to be 6 feet apart and have only 10 people at the location at a time. We ask that if your last name begins with A-M please come between 10am and 11:30am and if your last name begins with N-Z please come between 11:30am and 1pm. Saturday we will also be attempting redeliveries for grades 2nd-8th. Please note there are no additional Chromebooks or hotspots available. If you need wifi, please call COX about their 2 FREE months at 888-234-3993. If you have support questions, including username and password, please email cf-technology@cfschools.net.

Friday, March 27, we will be delivering Chromebooks to students in 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade that do not yet have a device in their household. Deliveries will take place between the approximate hours of 9AM and 3PM. We will also reattempt deliveries for students in older grades.

Teachers are superheroes everyday and how they have shown us new ways to support students in this transition are just further examples of #CFEducatorExcellence and how #CFSDgoestheDISTANCE THANK YOU TO ALL OUR TEACHERS AND FAMILIES FOR COLLABORATING AND KEEPING THE LEARNING GOING!

For the health and safety of everyone, we are changing the Chromebook distribution to delivery. There will NOT be pick-up at Veterans Elementary School tomorrow. We will begin this with 5 busses tomorrow morning and distribute by grade level starting with 8th grade. The goal is still to have a device in every household by Friday afternoon. Thank you, Dr. Toledo

Mayor Diossa reached out about joining as many distance learning classes as he could to connect with students. Here is his message: #CFgoestheDISTANCE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lP7pJW2TrhE

Tuesday and Wednesday we will be distributing Chromebooks. Please visit our website for more details: https://www.cfschools.net/article/217412. Best, Dr. Toledo

CFSD Students, Families, Educators: We know you are just getting started but we'd love to see your DISTANCE LEARNING in action! Post a picture of you learning or teaching from home! #CFSDgoestheDISTANCE https://www.facebook.com/206247833606213/posts/534254270805566/?d=n

Families, we are working on a plan to provide to-go breakfast and lunch for all our students through a drive-thru or walk up station at Central Falls High School while school is closed. We expect to be up and running by Tuesday. More details to come! Familias, estamos trabajando en un plan para proporcionar desayuno y almuerzo para llevar a todos nuestros estudiantes a través de una estación de autoservicio o caminata en la Escuela Secundaria Central Falls mientras la escuela está cerrada. Esperamos estar en funcionamiento el martes. Más detalles por venir!

All CF schools will be closed March 16-20, 2020 following guidance from the Governor and RI Department of Health.

Families, to keep our whole community as healthy as possible, Parent Teacher Conferences this week are CANCELLED. All schools will have full day schedules Wednesday and Thursday. Familias, para mantener a toda nuestra comunidad lo más saludable posible, las conferencias de padres y maestros de esta semana se CANCELAN. Todas las escuelas tendrán horarios de día completo los miércoles y jueves.

RI Healthy Schools featured Veterans' PE teacher & students. Check out the great things happening! RIHSC presentó a nuestro maestro y estudiantes de Veteran. ¡Mira las grandes cosas que suceden! https://mailchi.mp/55e0aaf93ab7/march-2020-enews-2453369?e=7dfa7d8052

CFSD is working with leaders in CF and across RI to prevent and prepare for the Cornonavirus. Here is a kid friendly cartoon to discuss the virus and ways to stay healthy with your children/students. https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/02/28/809580453/just-for-kids-a-comic-exploring-the-new-coronavirus?utm_campaign=npr&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_term=nprnews&utm_medium=social

Our #ReadingWarriors program brings HS and elementary students together to support our young readers’ emerging literacy! Thanks to everyone involved, including the teachers who have trained our HSers and the HSers who are so generous with their time! #CFExcellence

“Our Warrior Fellows program has been a great asset to our district — supporting students directly, providing pipeline opportunities for educators wanting to join the district and certainly enabling more purposeful, informed instruction when teachers are out,” said Central Falls Superintendent Dr. Stephanie Downey Toledo. We are grateful for each of our former, current and future #WarriorFellows and are committed to expanding the program! https://www.wpri.com/target-12/ri-taxpayers-students-paying-the-price-for-substitute-teacher-shortage/

Familias, recuerden que la escuela comienza de nuevo mañana. ¡Vamos por el 100% de asistencia para todos los 3,000 estudiantes de CFSD! Families, remember school starts again tomorrow. Let’s go for 100% attendance for all 3,000 CFSD students!

Congratulations to CFHS Senior Leslie Henriquez on winning a college scholarship from NGPF! #CFExcellence https://www.ngpf.org/blog/personal-finance/ngpf-announces-national-winners-of-3rd-annual-payback-challenge-essay-contest/?utm_source=Next+Gen+Personal+Finance&utm_campaign=a7d0698a09-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_11_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3711609f5e-a7d0698a09-236859585

Congratulations to our CFHS students and their teacher Ms. Simas who were awarded the top prize at the statewide Civics Day for their project on equitable student funding.