ATTENTION CF PARENTS: This summer the Central Falls Schools community will directly DECIDE how to spend part of our COVID-19 Relief funds to start the 2021-22 school year strong. It's called VOCES CON PODER.
Come to an info session to learn more about how to get involved
Virtual - Friday, June 4, 10:30-11:30am, Zoom link provided after RSVP
*Interpreters provided
In-person - Tuesday, June 8, 5:30-6:30pm, Central Falls High School Cafeteria
*Refreshments, childcare and interpreters provided
PLEASE RSVP: tinyurl.com/VCPRSVP
Happy to report another day of ZERO positives with our in district asymptomatic testing. Thanks RIDE and RIDOH for the opportunity for student and staff testing. Here’s to staying positive and testing negative!
Families, Students, Team Members: We want your feedback on Distance Learning to help drive our planning for School Year 20-21. Thanks in advance for completing and sharing the surveys. Please note the group and language in the title to determine which is designed for YOU!
bit.ly/CFfamilyenglish
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bit.ly/CFstudentenglish
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Familias, estudiantes, miembros del equipo: queremos sus comentarios sobre el aprendizaje a distancia para ayudar a impulsar nuestra planificación para el año escolar 20-21. Gracias de antemano por completar y compartir las encuestas. ¡Tenga en cuenta el grupo y el idioma en el título para determinar cuál está diseñado para USTED!
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.
¿Sabía que su distrito escolar tiene una aplicación móvil? ¡Hay una aplicación para eso! ¡Puedes ver este video (https://bit.ly/2Qt1dAd) sobre cómo obtener 'TODO el Distrito Escolar Central Falls' en tu bolsillo! Mantente conectado con nosotros!
Did you know your school district has a mobile app? There is an app for that! You can watch this video (https://bit.ly/2Q6pFs6) on how to get 'EVERYTHING Central Falls School District' in your pocket! Stay connected with us!
We are so proud of how hard our student athletes work in class and on the court. Thanks, Coach Lafreniere, for the video! #WarriorPride
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYwVXQXdARc&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR1IJrjlfywE2wecINpW_7y5BHGOe-Z1SA4p3Tsoz-2P44tbw7edHoIHbg0
UPDATE: Snow day for Central Falls School District. The weather has shifted and we believe this is the best decision to keep all our students and team safe.
Día de nieve para CF. El clima ha cambiado y creemos que esta es la mejor decisión para nuestros estudiantes.
This month all our elementary schools have held family literacy nights! Thank you to all the families who participated. We love partnering together to support all our kids!
There will be no school today at Ella Risk Elementary, Calcutt Middle School, & Central Falls High School due to a power outage.
On October 15, 2019, the White House announced Central Falls High School's own David Upegui was selected to receive a Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.
Congratulations, Mr. Upegui!
Visit https://www.paemst.org/awardees_alt
What would you do with $10,000 to improve CFHS? Anyone is welcome to submit an idea, however only the students will have the power to vote in January on which projects will get funded. www.tinyurl.com/warriorsideas Your ideas matter!
A flu clinic will be held at Veterans Memorial on Wednesday, October 9th from 4pm to 6pm and is open to anyone 3 years of age or older. No pre-registration required. There is no out of pocket cost for ANYONE.
For more information, call health information line at 401-222-5960.
CFSD celebrates our diversity! #nationalhispanicheritagemonth
Our new superintendent, Mrs. Stephanie Downey Toledo, is already making strides in the news. To read the article, copy the following link into a browser https://bit.ly/3058OIE
CF student, Jayla D, had a personal best in the 400 meter at the USA Track & Field Junior Olympics! Her time of 1:04.8 sec. makes her the 35th fastest 12 year old in the country! #CFExcellence
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/pawtucket-times/20190731/281728386127843
Por favor, ayúdenos a pensar en un nombre para nuestra nueva escuela bilingue. Comenta con tus grandes ideas abajo. Gracias!
Please help us name our new bilingual school. Add your great ideas in the comments below. Thanks!
Congratulations to CF Calcutt student, Jayla DePina, who is headed to nationals! We're rooting for you!
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/woonsocket-call/20190717/281749860935442
New Dual Language School opening at Robertson Elementary in Central Falls. Check out the story on ABC6 News https://youtu.be/2zEL1fGb1kM
Central Falls School District will have a 2-Hour Delay on Thursday, February 28th. No AM Pre-K.
For the past few months our board meetings have been sprinkled with beautiful stories taking place throughout our district. Our agenda will always have room to present students with their HS diploma. Congratulations to our Warrior Pablo Morales. You kept going young man and now it’s done. 💪
Did you catch the parade? Not the New England Fellas, the CF Ellas! Check it out. https://youtu.be/sCpsJNl_jzA
"Lo que estamos haciendo aqui esta cambiando vidas." - Jorge Sosa, Robertson Elementary School. Vea el video aqui. https://youtu.be/J2emrNVSErA
If you know students that need extra support filling out their FAFSA, Solanchi Fernandez will be stopping in. Great opportunity for extra help. ** Si conoce estudiantes que necesitan apoyo adicional para completar su FAFSA, esto es una gran oportunidad con Solanchi Fernandez.
We launched the #AnchorstoSuccess program and our seniors were READY to host RIC. This partnership with RIC has established a solid path to higher education for our students across the district. Check out the clip and #share #share https://youtu.be/ZaAwfgkzFVY
"I want to be where the people are. I want to see, see them dancing." -Karaoke at VETS kicks-off a week of rallies in preparations for the upcoming ACCESS tests. Kudos to our awesome TA Vikki Soares for jumping in to help out with Ariel's famous tunes.
Esta semana comienzan los examenes A.C.C.E.S.S. Vea este mensaje sobre como ayudar a su estudiante. https://youtu.be/Ec8g57LadyA
Our CF Warriors descend on Roger Williams U to take their Seal of Biliteracy test. Watch the vid here https://youtu.be/r71gIAjutzw
And you thought lockers were just for storage? Restorative Specialist Javier Centeno uses them for visualization. We SEE YOU Javi! #cfsdredesign #cfschoolsri #nosuspension #shifttheculture
Check out our visit to Mr. Upegui's debates on Cell Organelle. The competition was fierce. Kudos Mr. U! https://youtu.be/zR1lBnimuRo
Your school district is retooling how we operate , how we perform and how we communicate with you. Stay with us every step of the way. Download our free App.
We will be discussing the RICAS scores and the actions needed to change our outcomes. Please join us. / Discutiremos las puntuaciones RICAS y las acciones necesarias para cambiar nuestros resultados. Invitación a todos.
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While on a tour of Calcutt Middle School, the Dean of Students from a neighboring district asked if our restorative coach's walkie was working.
Central Falls High School Students engaging with underwater exploration. To read the article, copy and paste the link into a browser ( https://goo.gl/hfXdoZ ).
@cfschools congratulates Denise Debarros for receiving the George Lima Award from the NAACP Providence Branch. Denise is a tireless worker for the children and families of Central Falls and she is also a advocate for the Cape Verdean families of Rhode Island.
@CFSchools has found great success in providing yoga as part of its PK & K Phys Ed class. Yoga promotes mindfulness other benefits such as relaxation, concentration, and physical balance and strengthens bones and muscles. Thanks @shriyogari for partnering with us. #KYoga
CFSD is pleased to welcome Ms. Tatiana Baena to serve as our new Director of Enrichment Opportunities. We are very excited to have a former Central Falls High School graduate and Central Falls resident to serve in an administrative position within the school district.
NOW HIRING: Our talent pipeline continues to strengthen. Apply now to be a part of the 18/19 Fellows cohort, a residency-like program in urban education and student-centered learning and teaching. https://www.schoolspring.com/job.cfm?jid=3014426
Homecoming Weekend!!! Come support our teams as we celebrate our student athletics at Max Reed Field in Pawtucket tomorrow. Adults pay $4 and students pay $2 at the gate.
Our football team competes against Tolman - 1:30pm
Our girls soccer team competes against Shea - 4pm
Our boys soccer team competes against NProv -7pm
Great opportunity to become part of the conversation today. We want to hear your voice on how to make Central Falls Schools more equitable, excellent, and empowering for all students. Come to Central Falls High School at 6:30pm tonight.
Team of educators, city leaders and partners meet at the #McKennaCenter in Central Falls to envision and plan schools of the future. #CFRedesign
@CFSchools and @CentralFallsPD conduct joint #SchoolSafetyAssessment with support from D. Esserman of Police Foundation. Focusing on preparedness and prevention. Thanks to Mayor @jamesdiossa for your leadership and support. @jaymidwood @annakids1st @vcapellan #CFRedesign
@cfschools student, Lorraine is featured in this @RIKidsCount video about #personalizedlearning. Featuring the work of @YoungVoicesRI. #CFRedesign focused on student-centered learning. @nelliemaeedfdn @vcapellan @jaymidwood @annakids1st @RIDeptEd https://youtu.be/6HQbnDYgx3c
Central Falls High School conditionally accepted students attend a Back to School special event at RI College with the support of the Hispanic Federation and the CREAR FUTUROS initiative. #CollegeBoundWarriors @CFSchools @RICNews @HispanicFed
CF Schools in the news. Check out the Back to School article in the Pawtucket Times. We are ready for a great new school year!
"Rhode Island has been recognized as leader in the country for its work on personalized learning, with districts and charter schools across the state – including Central Falls, North Smithfield, Providence and West Warwick..." Check out story on WPRI Channel 12.
Check out the new Central Falls School District logo with our redesign principles of EQUITY / EMPOWERMENT / EXCELLENCE!
Congratulations to all Central Falls students, families, teachers and staff on a successful opening day. We are off to a great start for the 2018-2019 school year. Go Warriors!!
Early Dismissal for all Central Falls Schools on August 30th due to excessive heat. Early Dismissal starts at 11:30am. Please stay safe!