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Medical Pathways high school students shown learning CPR as they practice on figures on the floor.
Eight students pose together in the lobby of a school dressed in vintage clothing for the 100th day of school.
Smiling teacher leaning over a desk with three students.
A group of students sitting at their desks, holding pencils, and leaning in over notebooks, observing a science experiment.
A young student stands holding a yellow pointer, pointing to words on a piece of chart paper. She is reading to two adults, one on either side of her, with a colorful banner of fish above them.
A teacher sits criss-cross applesauce on the rug with a young student playing with a piece of a wooden puzzle with a lion on it.
A teacher sits in a chair reading aloud from a picture book to a group of students sitting on the rug in front of her.
High school students standing in a room with elementary students holding pieces of yarn and working on an activity shown on a screen in the front of the room called Building a Network.
A young child with beads in her hair plays with a plastic pop-up toy with one hand and a rainbow fidget toy with the other.
Two students sitting on a rug decorated with colorful happy faces, reading together.
Two students sitting together on the floor against a bookcase reading together. One student is turning the page for the other.
A teacher reads with a small group of four students at a table. One student is speaking and another has their hand raised.
A young student laying on a blue mat and colorful beanbag on the floor, feet propped up on a bright green chair which is laying on its side, reading a picture book to themselves aloud.
A teacher sitting at a U-shaped table working with a group of seven young students. All are holding up two fingers.
Chef showing the contents of a silver cooking bowl to a group of students.
Two students sitting at a whiteboard desk writing multiplication problems on the desk with dry erase markers.
Four young students laying and sitting on the floor with a wooden puzzle of numbers 0-9 on it, looking at it together.
Chef standing pouring salt into a cooking bowl with a green Discovery Kitchen banner behind him.
A young child examines eight rainbow colored cups filled with crayons, each cup one primary color of the rainbow, as she chooses which crayon to use for her coloring sheet.
Five students gathered around a whiteboard desk, reading together.
The inside wall of a school filled with student-created flags from about a dozen different countries, surrounding student-created tiles on the wall.
A young student in a red sweatshirt and an adult in a backwards baseball cap look at a Birds of Prey book through a magnifying glass, together.
A teacher in a white sweater stands holding a government certificate of recognition with students and educators standing next to her and behind her for a posed photograph.
A group of four student chefs are standing in a commerical kitchen with colorful standup kichen mixers in green and purple, with silver mixing bowls in front of them, preparing to bake.
Staff and students shown together in a large group, wearing football jerseys and giving a "thumbs up" for spirit day before the Super Bowl.

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The Mission of the Cranston Public Schools is, through collaboration with the entire community, to deliver a high-quality, aligned and evidence-based instructional system that is accessible and responsive to diverse learners, which is supported by finances and facilities for the 21st Century and promotes student achievement and success through active learning and personalization.

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Superintendent's Message

September 2025 Superintendent’s Message to the Community
 
As we begin the 2025-2026 school year, I would like to extend a warm welcome to all of our students, families, and staff. The leadership team and I hope that everyone has had a wonderful summer and is ready to return to school. The first days of school are always filled with energy, excitement, and anticipation, and it is exciting to see our classrooms, hallways, and athletic fields coming alive again. Our students bring a vibrant energy to our community, and it is good to see them again.
 
 
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