Category: Parent Voice
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Meet CSF Scholar Logan: Building Character and Community in the Bronx and the Berkshires
Recently, eleven-year-old Logan went camping for the first time with his classmates from The Learning Tree Cultural Preparatory School. For a boy from the Bronx, used to street lights and concrete sidewalks, sleeping in a tent and communing with nature in the Berkshires of Massachusetts was unfamiliar territory. As Logan noted in an interview in…
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Panelists discuss FSTC at CSF’s Go Teach Screening
Last Thursday evening, CSF hosted a screening of Go Teach, an independent short documentary that tells the story of Catholic education in America, followed by a panel discussion on the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit (FSTC). Guests were inspired to hear from panelists Danyela Souza Egorov, Manhattan Institute fellow and founder of Families for New York;…
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CSF Parents Travel to State Capitol for School Choice Week Celebration
This Tuesday, a group of CSF parents travelled from New York City to Albany to celebrate School Choice Week, joining forces with parents from across the state to share their stories with elected officials and raise awareness of the need for greater educational freedom for all New York children. The parents met with State Senators, Assembly Members,…
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CSF Celebrates School Choice Week with Parent Power Event
Last week, CSF celebrated National School Choice Week 2022 with a Parent Power webinar featuring an interview with parent advocate Virginia Walden Ford, conversations with CSF parents and principals from New York CIty and New Hampshire, video testimonials, and a raffle drawing. Virginia Walden Ford, or Miss Virginia as she is known to fans of the…
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Join CSF for a virtual School Choice Week 2022 celebration with NY and NH families!
To celebrate National School Choice Week (January 23-29, 2022) in a safe and socially-distanced way, Children’s Scholarship Fund is hosting a Parent Power Zoom webinar on Tuesday, January 25th! We are bringing together families from New York and New Hampshire to celebrate the fact that parents are the first educators of their children! Attendees will…
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CSF Scholars Abigail and Angelie Are Ready for the New School Year
When the Covid-19 pandemic struck, it brought new challenges for Kathia Urbina and her family. Both Kathia and her husband lost their jobs during the initial lockdown. Their older daughter Abigail, who has been a CSF Scholar at St. Athanasius School in the Bronx since Kindergarten, was forced to switch to remote learning. Kathia was…
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CSF Celebrates School Choice Week 2021 with Parent Power webinar
In years past, CSF has hosted very boisterous live events celebrating National School Choice Week. Like so many things, this year our celebration was virtual. But based on attendance and feedback, we had a very successful event featuring student testimonials, conversations with CSF parents and principals from participating schools, updates from CSF’s program team, and…
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CSF will celebrate School Choice Week with a Parent Power webinar
To celebrate National School Choice Week (January 24-30, 2021) in a safe and socially-distanced way, Children’s Scholarship Fund is hosting a Parent Power Zoom webinar on Thursday, January 28th! Attendees will hear from parents, school leaders, CSF Scholars, alumni, and CSF staff at this special event celebrating the fact that parents are the first educators…
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CSF Parent Survey: Families share their hopes and concerns
When CSF surveyed its NYC families from May to July this year, we found the vast majority of parents desperately want their children to return to their schools in a few weeks so they can learn in the nurturing environments that have become like second homes to them. CSF participating schools report they are eagerly…
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CSF Celebrates School Choice Week with Miss Virginia Screening
To celebrate National School Choice Week this year, CSF hosted more than 120 people – scholarship families, school leaders, supporters, and friends – for a movie screening of Miss Virginia. The feature film tells the story of Virginia Walden Ford’s tireless effort to lead a parent movement that convinced Congress and President George W. Bush…
