Providence Teachers Union Community Outreach

10/24/2021

10/14/2021

Advanced Academics
Middle School Advanced Academic Program
Now accepting applications. Deadline: November 12, 2021*
Acceptance notification: January 31, 2022



The School Department will offer Advanced Academic classes at Nathan Bishop, Nathanael Greene, Roger Williams and West Broadway Middle Schools during the 2022-2023 school year.


Please identify your child’s current attendance status below to learn about these new procedures.



My child attends a Providence Public School.

The School Department will notify you by mail if your child pre-qualifies for the Advanced Academic Program, based upon his or her scores on previously administered tests (RICAS and STAR). With this notification, you will receive a program application and three required forms that are part of the application packet.
If you do not receive an application and would like to apply we encourage you to apply before the November 12th deadline.
Fill out the forms in the application packet and submit reports cards from the past three years. Mail to the Office of Advanced Academic Programs, 797 Westminster Street, Providence, RI 02903 or complete the documents and scan them to the following email [email protected] by November 12, 2021.


My child does not attend a Providence Public School.

Fill out the forms in the application packet and submit with test scores and grades for the past three years by the deadline of Novmber 12. Please scan and email forms to: [email protected].


* Applications submitted past the deadline will be considered on a rolling basis based on seat availability

06/05/2021

Providence Water Parks abrirá los días 5 y 6 de junio con temperaturas altas esperadas Los siguientes parques acuáticos Providence estarán abiertos el sábado 5 de junio y el domingo 6 de junio de 12:00pm a 5:00pm. Al Carrington Water Park – at Richardson Park, 64 Richardson Street, esquina de Richardson Street y Prairie Ave) Sackett Street Water Park, 110 Sackett Street, frente al Sackett Street Recreation Center George West Water Park, 1266 Chalkstone Avenue, Esquina de Chalkstone y Mount Pleasant Avenue Fargnoli Water

06/05/2021

Providence Water Parks to Open June 5 and 6 with High Temperatures Expected

The following Providence water parks will be open Saturday, June 5 and Sunday, June 6 from 12:00pm to 5:00pm.

Al Carrington Water Park – at Richardson Park, 64 Richardson Street, corner of Richardson Street & Prairie Ave)
Sackett Street Water Park, 110 Sackett Street, across from Sackett Street Recreation Center
George West Water Park, 1266 Chalkstone Avenue, corner of Chalkstone and Mount Pleasant Avenue
Fargnoli Water Park, 945 Smith Street, close to Academy Avenue
Joslin Recreation Center, 17 Hyatt Street
Wallace Street Park, 1 Wallace Street
Chad Brown Water Park, Chad Brown Street

I can’ t wait to add Bucklin Water Park on there, hopefully next year!

04/24/2021

Mañana sábado 24 de abril, las vacunas están disponibles sin necesidad de cita previa. ¡Centro de convenciones de Providence!

04/06/2021

Our kids are our future! Great to see Providence educators, parents, students and community members together today, calling for specific programs to bring real change and educational justice for Providence students.

03/15/2021

What we want, from our perspective!

03/15/2021

https://www.togetherforpvd.org/sites/default/files/ptu_diverseteacherworkforce.pdf

03/15/2021

When you have a neurotypical child, you feel reasonably assured that class participation and decent study habits will result in good grades. These kids have close friends. They get invited to participate in social things like dances and weekend gatherings. They make the teams, auditions, organizations and clubs.

But when you have a child with certain differences, this is often not the case. Learning may take longer, both academically and socially. Despite their tremendous efforts, results are often a fraction of their peers and social acceptance is fleeting, setting them up for painful comparisons and bitter frustration. Instead of a fun and fulfilling experience, school can become a breeding ground for depression and anxiety, and assignments a battle ground at home. It is exhausting for parent and child alike.

This is the week of SPED (Special Education), Autism, Dyslexia, and ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) awareness.

For all the children who struggle every day to succeed in a world that does not recognize their gifts and talents, and for those who are walking beside them, please let this be a gentle reminder to be kind and accepting of ALL people.

Recognize that the "playing field" is not always a level surface.

Children who learn differently are not weird. They are merely gifted in ways that our society does not value enough. Yet they want what everyone else wants: To be accepted!!

If you choose, please "copy and paste" (by touching and holding the text) onto your profile in honor of all children who are deemed "different".
Our world would be far less beautiful without them.
🧡💙💚💜💛🖤❤️
Thanks for sharing Emily Cindy Tetu Marchesseault