Category: Parent Voice
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CSF Families Support Education Tax Credit in Albany
This Tuesday, a group of CSF Scholars, parents, and alumni travelled to Albany with CSF President Darla Romfo to support the Education Scholarship Tax Credit, which would empower many more New York families with scholarships. The group, including CSF alum and College of Saint Rose sophomore Kimberly Walch, CSF parents Soula Adam and Sara Libeyeme, and Sara’s children, Farida…
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“I look at my life and I see that education is the key to everything.” – CSF Mom Sara
CSF Mom Sara is a single parent to her children, Farida and Fawzane. Farida is a CSF Scholar currently in the fourth grade at St. Charles Borromeo School in Harlem. CSF alum Fawzane graduated from St. Charles last year and is now a freshman at St. Raymond’s High School for Boys in the Bronx.…
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Parent Voice: Meet CSF Parent Lorna
Lorna is a parent of CSF Scholar Caliyah, who is in the eighth grade at Immaculate Conception School. Q&A with CSF Mom Lorna Why did you choose to send Caliyah to a private school? “I grew up in Grenada and attended a Catholic school. I craved the same education for my child. Good academics and…
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CSF Parent Esperanza: “Education is My Top Priority”
Esperanza is a parent of Oralie, a CSF Scholar in the eighth grade at Mt. Carmel-Holy Rosary School. My name is Esperanza Orozco. I immigrated from Mexico when I was 17 and I have been living in New York for 34 years. I reside in East Harlem. I am a mother of four children—two older boys and…
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Meet a CSF Family: Patricia and Krystal
Patricia Prado is a parent of Krystal, a CSF Scholar in the seventh grade at St. Leo’s School in Corona, Queens. Why did you decide to send Krystal to St. Leo’s School? Patricia: My older daughter didn’t attend a private school and I felt that there was a lack of discipline. We had some issues…
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CSF Parent Lisamarie: “I Want Them to Experience Things I Never Did”
Lisamarie’s two children Jezmeriah (third grade) and Julius (seventh grade) are CSF Scholars attending St. Elizabeth School. Q&A with CSF Parent Lisamarie Lisamarie’s decision to send her son Julius to St. Elizabeth School After sending her oldest child, Julius, to a public school for pre-school, Lisamarie realized that the overcrowded student population would hinder her child…
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CSF Parent Marie: Parents, Schools, and CSF are Partners in Students’ Education
Marie Bathelmy is a proud parent of CSF Scholar Gabriel Laratte, a kindergartner at St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Academy. On March 13th, 2015, Marie spoke at an Education Investment Tax Credit rally in Brooklyn. Read the full speech here. Q& A with CSF Mom Marie Bathelmy Why did you choose to send your child to…
