Category: Private and Parochial Education
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In Her Own Words: CSF Alumna Nicole Goes to the Oscars
By CSF Alumna Nicole Serrato I attended the 94th Oscars Award Ceremony at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood this past Sunday. As an aspiring actress, director and screenwriter, I was elated by the opportunity to be in the same room with my heroes. But how and why did I get to attend the Oscars? Amy…
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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 Alumna Lizbeth Rocha Blazes NASCAR Trails
When Lizbeth Rocha began first grade in 2007 as a CSF Scholar at a Staten Island Catholic school, it might have been hard to predict that fourteen years later she would be working as a mechanic for a top NASCAR racing team in North Carolina. Yet that’s exactly what happened. “I knew I wanted to…
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In His Own Words: CSF Alumnus Francis on Becoming a School Choice Advocate
By Francis J. Connolly Advocacy is something I’ve always been passionate about. As a product of choice in education and after learning that it helped me graduate elementary school and supported me through high school and college, I’ve became a staunch advocate for school choice. Like many of you reading this, I was a product…
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CSF Scholars Go Back to School!
This week marked the first day of school for thousands of CSF Scholars. Happy photos celebrating the event have been pouring into the office and we want to share them with you. Click the video above and be prepared to smile. At a time of much uncertainty, it is encouraging to see the pure joy and…
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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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Fox Business News’ David Asman interviews Darla Romfo about pandemic-inspired school choice momentum
“Education might be the one area where we have more freedom after this rather than less, because parents are tuned into what’s happening and a lot of parents are saying, ‘We need to have school choice. We need to have the option of sending our kids to private schools or homeschooling or doing whatever we…
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CSF President Darla Romfo discusses the need for school reopenings on Cavuto Live with David Asman and KDKA Radio
This past week, CSF President Darla Romfo had two opportunities to talk about school reopenings – over the weekend on Cavuto Live with David Asman and earlier in the week on Pittsburgh’s KDKA Radio Morning Show with Larry Richert and Kevin Battle. It’s been widely shown that remote learning has had negative impacts for many…
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Watch Fox Business News anchor David Asman interview CSF President Darla Romfo
Last night on Fox Business Tonight, CSF President Darla M. Romfo discussed the issue of school closures and how private schools are proving schools can reopen safely with David Asman. In making the point that children are suffering learning losses that will affect all of us for years to come, Darla said: “Right now, something…
