Category: The CSF Family
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In His Own Words: CSF Scholar Adrian
My name is Adrian and I am a sixth-grade student at Manhattan Christian Academy (MCA). I came to MCA two years ago. At my old school, people hated on each other, bullied, and fought. In third grade I got cursed at for no reason. All of this affected the way I acted outside school.…
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CSF Will Celebrate Turning 21 with Champions for Children Event
The Children’s Scholarship Fund’s (CSF) 2019 Champions for Children Awards celebration will be held on Wednesday, May 8th, from 6:30-9 PM at The Roosevelt Hotel (45 E. 45th Street near Madison Ave.) in New York City. This year, CSF turns 21, and we are commemorating this special milestone by celebrating three generations of Champions for…
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Giving the Gift of Opportunity to New York Children
By CSF President Darla M. Romfo Note: This blog post originally appeared on New York School Talk, an education blog by “parents, teachers, students and community members who are strong in our belief that all children, especially those historically underserved by the traditional system, have the right to attend excellent schools.” Sometimes, a little gift…
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CSF Celebrates Diversity of Educational Choices with 500 Students!
[embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkOE2Szk9is[/embedyt] Yesterday, in the midst of the wind and rain, more than 500 children tumbled out of buses and vans on upper Fifth Avenue, filling the auditorium of the New York Academy of Medicine with their enthusiastic cheers and goodwill. This diverse group of students, principals, teachers, and administrators from thirteen schools, parents,…
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How ‘Oprah’ Reruns Helped My Dad Find the Right School for Me
by CSF Alumna Nicole Serrato Note: This blog post originally appeared on Education Post, an education news site that seeks to elevate the voices of the people who matter most in the movement to improve schools: parents, kids, and teachers. I grew up in El Sereno, a low-income neighborhood near Los Angeles, and…
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PRESS RELEASE: Students to Perform Multicultural Dance, Music at School Choice Week Celebration
Diverse group of schools to gather to celebrate their common purpose NEW YORK CITY (Jan. 16, 2019) – Students from a variety of local private schools will perform a South African gumboot dance and showcase African drumming, gospel choir music, and Islamic poetry set to music at a School Choice Week celebration beginning at…
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I Have a Dream: A National School Choice Week Celebration
Children’s Scholarship Fund and National School Choice Week (NSCW), invite you to mark NSCW at the New York Academy of Medicine on Thursday, January 24th, 2019 from 10:30 am to 11:30 am. At the celebration, more than 400 students from a variety of private and parochial schools will gather to celebrate the diversity and high…
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Meet CSF Alumna Delia Cruz
Elementary School: Christ the King School, Bronx (Valedictorian) High School: Academy of Mount St. Ursula (Valedictorian) College: Stony Brook University ’20, psychology major Her CSF experience: I actually loved the public school I was at prior to Christ the King, but it only went up to the third grade. It was small but academically good.…
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Thoughts of the Season
Dear Friends, As fall slips into winter and 2018 soon becomes a part of history, I want to take a moment to thank all of you for making CSF’s 20th anniversary year an extra special year of celebration, thanksgiving, and inspiration.
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Meet the Tejada Family: A CSF Success Story
Luz and Francisco Tejada moved to New York City from the Dominican Republic in the late eighties so their family would have a shot at the American Dream. Three decades later, their hard work and sacrifices are paying off, with all three of their children going to college and moving forward in their careers.…
