Friends, With tax season coming to a rapid close, you have just a few days to make your tax credit contribution to one of our schools. Your tax credit contribution is a way to direct your tax dollars to our school and then receive a dollar for dollar refund on that contribution. It does not… Read more »
In Arizona, a $200 or $400 tax credit contribution may be made to a school to support the school’s extra curricular activities. This contribution is entirely refundable when taxes are filed. Paulo Freire Freedom School is asking you, your family, your friends, and your neighbors to make their tax credit contribution to us. Tax credit… Read more »
* Saturday, Feb 16 from 4-7:30 p.m. at Las Milpitas –Somos Familia (sponsored by City High School, but open to anyone in the CCCL family) a community event that seeks to focus the energy of St. Valentine’s Day on the importance of family and community solidarity. This event highlights and embraces transgenerational community connections and family in all its forms. For tickets: cityccl.org/about/contact/event-activity-payments/… Read more »
Open enrollment for City High School ends on Feb. 1st. All students who will graduate eighth grade from PFFS this year, along with siblings of current City High students, have preferred enrollment. However, families must complete an online enrollment form before Feb. 1st in order to qualify for preferred enrollment. The City High School enrollment… Read more »
City High School and the Paulo Freire Freedom Schools announce upcoming dates for 2019-2020 enrollment tours. City High School (grades 9-12) and the Paulo Freire Freedom Schools (grades 6-8) are hosting tours for prospective students and their families. Tours include a presentation and Q & A session for participants to learn more about the academic program, opportunities, and staff at each site…. Read more »
This Thursday evening, Dec. 13th, we are opening our doors for the first in a series of Showcase nights to feature some of the impressive work our students have been up to this semester. You might remember in years past that the Pennington Street Showcase was one large event with a large number of sessions and exhibits…. Read more »
The Pennington Street Showcase Arts and Culture edition is happening on Thursday, Dec. 13th from 5-7 pm at 37 E. Pennington downtown. All families are invited to attend. The Pennington Street Showcase will feature a fashion runway show narrated in Spanish, a jazz club featuring musician stories from the segregated South in the 1940’s and 1950’s,… Read more »
On October 17th, CITY Center for Collaborative Learning is having their 3rd Annual Fall Film Screening and will be showing CODE: Debugging the Gender Gap. The film exposes and explores the lack of American female and minority software engineers. CODE highlights breakthrough efforts that are producing more diverse programmers and shows how this critical gap can be closed…. Read more »
It’s never too early to be thinking about school for next year. The open enrollment period for the 2019-2020 school year begins on Oct. 1st and closes on Feb. 1st. In order to assist families in making informed decisions about their student’s middle school choice, we have regularly scheduled school tours where we can highlight… Read more »
The best way for PFFS to recruit new students for next year is through your positive word of mouth. If you know of any families with fifth grade students, or any who are considering a move from their current middle school, please reach out to them and invite them to attend an enrollment tour at… Read more »