Robert F. Kennedy Elementary School is a learning center that provides educational classes to more than 500 students in prekindergarten through sixth grade. It employs a staff of over 30 full-time, certified teachers and paraprofessionals that includes teaching assistants, reading coaches, math intervention specialists, classroom teachers and custodians. Robert F. Kennedy Elementary School conducts various after-school enrichment and math and literacy tutorial sessions. The school maintains a student council, safety patrol team, chorus and reading club. Located in Providence, R.I., Robert F. Kennedy Elementary School is a part of Providence Schools, which operates nearly 55 educational institutions with a total enrollment of approximately 25,000 students.
Central High School is located in Providence, R.I., and is a division of Providence Public School. Central High School is a coeducational school and enrolls more than 1,600 students in grades nine through 12. The school offers law, career and technical, and business courses. It also provides regular and special education, and English language learning programs. The school provides a wide variety of athletic activities, including football, soccer, basketball, volleyball, tennis, softball and baseball. It also has an online journal and offers various learning support programs, such as credit recovery, individual, substance abuse and group counseling, tutorial program, mentoring, mediation, internship, dual enrollment, literacy coaching and nursing service.
Founded in 1871, La Salle Academy is an independent, Catholic, coeducational college preparatory school that is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. The academy has several departments, such as business and computer applications, English, fine arts, mathematics, physical education and life skills, religious studies, science, social studies and world languages. La Salle Academy offers more than 30 different sports activities, such as cross country, football, soccer, tennis, volleyball, basketball, track and field, ice hockey, gymnastics, swimming, wrestling, softball and baseball. The academy organizes several extracurricular activities that support its academic offerings, including a performance poetry group, theater, concert choir and dance club. It is located in Providence, R.I.
