On Monday, November 29th, Principal Ferland, Ms. Dwyer, Director of Teaching and Learning, Ms. Tsiane, Director of School Culture and Community, Ms. Jeter, Faculty and National Honor Society Moderator had the pleasure of celebrating 36 new inductees to the RINI National Honor Society. Admission to the National Honor Society is an amazing accomplishment and it is a recognition of the years of hard work and dedication of these students. 

RIDE Approves Expansion of  Rhode Island Nurses Institute Middle College

Expansion will allow charter school to build on its success preparing 

low-income students and students of color to pursue careers in nursing.

Providence, R.I. The Rhode Island Department of Education’s Council on Elementary and Secondary Education approved a proposal from Rhode Island Nurses Institute (RINI) Middle College Charter School to expand its enrollment by 228 seats. Demand for places in the school consistently outstrips supply, with close to 400 applicants competing for roughly 60 seats in each 9th grade class. 

“The council’s vote will allow us to expand our enrollment from 272 to 342 next fall and to serve a total of 500 high school students from across the state starting in 2024,” said Pamela L. McCue, PhD, RN, RINI’s chief executive officer. “We are so grateful to the council, the leadership of Rhode Island education commissioner Angélica Infante-Green and her hardworking staff, and to our many supporters. This expansion will increase our ability to transform Rhode Island’s nursing workforce and more young people’s lives.” 

RINIMC senior Jillian Corbin packs personal protective equipment in her family’s kitchen before heading to work as a certified nursing assistant providing home care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

When Jillian Corbin heard about the Rhode Island Nurses Institute Middle College Charter High School (RINIMC) at the beginning of her freshman year, she promptly filled out the paperwork and transferred. She never dreamed she’d be spending the final semester of her senior year of high school working on the frontlines of a pandemic as a certified nursing assistant (CNA), but that’s where she is today.

by ASHLEY CULLINANE, NBC 10 NEWSWednesday, April 15th 2020

PROVIDENCE, RI (WJAR) — As the country races to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, states are calling on retired healthcare workers and college students to join the frontlines.

In Rhode Island, some high school students are also experiencing life in the healthcare field during a pandemic. Dr. Pamela McCue is the CEO of the Rhode Island Nurses Institute Middle College Charter High School in Providence.