Category: Private and Parochial Education
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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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POLITICO New York Features CSF in Tax Credit Coverage
This Tuesday, POLITICO New York featured CSF in a piece by Keshia Clukey about the proposed education tax credit discussed at a joint budget hearing in Albany that day. CSF President Darla M. Romfo testified at the hearing with a group including CSF families and alumni, school administrators, and Derrell Bradford, Executive Director of the…
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Albany Times Union Publishes CSF President’s Letter Supporting Proposed Education Tax Credit
The Albany Times Union has published a letter to the editor from CSF President Darla M. Romfo supporting the proposed Education Tax Credit, which was recently passed by the New York Senate and included in Governor Cuomo’s budget. In her letter, written in response to an editorial in the paper, Ms. Romfo argued that the…
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Kate Baker Named to Head Children’s Scholarship Fund’s New Hampshire Office
Granite State businesses have an exciting role to play in improving educational opportunities for New Hampshire’s children in 2016. The Children’s Scholarship Fund (CSF) recently announced it has hired Kate Baker to head its New Hampshire operations, and Kathy Lauer Rago to serve as Program Manager, effective January 1st. Upon receiving all necessary state approvals,…
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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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Team CSF Races for Scholarships
On Sunday, November 1st, three Team CSF members – Kristin, Mackenzie, and Nicholas – ran the 2015 TCS New York City Marathon for Children’s Scholarship Fund. In addition to running 26.2 miles to fundraise for us, Kristin orchestrated several “Sweat for Scholars” events – a series of fitness workshops with 100% of the ticket sales and donations…
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CSF Scholars to Meet Pope Francis at East Harlem School Visit
One of the most highly-anticipated stops on Pope Francis’ U.S. tour this week is his planned visit to Our Lady Queen of Angels School (OLQA) in East Harlem on Friday. There, he will meet a group of students who attend OLQA and several other nearby Catholic schools. We are pleased to note that hundreds of…
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CSF Celebrates Success of New York Alumni with Supporters
On July 21st, Children’s Scholarship Fund New York (CSFNY) alumni, parents, and donors gathered to celebrate CSF alumni success at the Princeton Club. The night was a chance to hear about the experiences of our recent high school graduates who received CSF scholarships in elementary and middle school and applaud their achievements. Every single one…
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Disappointing day for equal educational opportunity in NY
By CSF President Darla Romfo For the last several months, the New York legislature has been debating a tax credit scholarship bill that would have increased charitable funding to help more children from low- and moderate-income New York families obtain a quality education in both public and non-public schools. Unfortunately, this week, we learned it…
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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…
