2021-2022 FIRST DAYS OF SCHOOL SCHEDULE Monday, August 30, 2021    First Day of School for Students  Elementary (1-5), Middle School (6-8) and High School Grade 9 Tuesday, August 31, 2021     Grades Pre-K – 12 Report to School  First Day for Students in Pre-K, K,...

Dear Students, Staff and Families,   I am sending this email in an effort to provide information regarding the opening of our schools.  Listed below are several bulleted items for your information. The first day of school for Grades 1-9 is on Monday, August 30, 2021....

Cumberland School Department 2602 Mendon Road Cumberland, RI 02864 Press Release July 2, 2021 The Cumberland School Committee is pleased to announce the arrival of Dr. Philip D. Thornton to the position of Superintendent of the Cumberland Public Schools.   Dr....

The Cumberland School Department is pleased to announce Cumberland’s District Teacher of the Year - Eric Georgio.  Congratulations to Eric on this outstanding achievement.  We are very proud of his commitment and dedication to his school, students, and their...

June 25, 2021 Dear Students, Staff and Families, I want to thank you all for your support and understanding during this unprecedented pandemic.  All of the school related routines that have been established for years and years were turned upside down.  We had to make...

June 18, 2021 Dear Students, Staff, and Families, I hope this email finds you well.  The weather is beautiful and it’s great to see everyone taking advantage of being outside with no masks.  It's been a long and challenging 15 months and it feels good to be getting...

June 11, 2021 Dear Students, Staff, and Families, It’s a beautiful day for the senior graduation this evening! There are numerous end of year events planned at all the schools in the next couple of weeks. We are very fortunate to now have the opportunity to have...

June 4, 2021 Dear Students, Staff, and Families, I hope this email finds you well and like me, you are feeling some relief that things are increasingly getting back to normal.  I have just a few things to share with you in this communication. As of Monday, June 7th,...

Dear Students, Staff, and Families,   The communication that was sent out yesterday related to out of state travel has created some confusion.  Quarantining would not be necessary if the state visited does not have a high community spread rate.  For example, several...

May 28, 2021 Dear Students, Staff, and Families, I hope this email finds you well as we head into the Memorial Day weekend.  Since we are starting to get back to normal and many of us will be traveling this long weekend, I thought it was important to share this...