Archive for November, 2008
A busy Advisor at Jorge Alvarez
Graciphy Castro’s office is a busy place. As the College Crusade Advisor at Jorge Alvarez High School in Providence, Graciphy spends her time encouraging and counseling high school students who are making college decisions. Here she is working with Crusaders Roxanne Hines and Abigail Hiralien, demonstrating how to search for and compare colleges using www.CollegeBoard.com. [...]
Posted: November 24th, 2008 under Advisors, High school.
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High School Crusaders Join CAB
Our High School Crusade Advisory Board meets monthly to discuss important issues for Crusaders, to plan projects, and to have some fun together. Here are HS CAB board members for the 2008-2009 school year:
Hannah Alegbeleye, Woonsocket High School; Alma Alvarez, The MET School; Jonathan Aponte, Woonsocket High School; Memorie Burton, Textron Chamber of Commerce Academy; [...]
Posted: November 13th, 2008 under High school.
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The Science of Eating Right
Crusaders at Perry Middle School in Providence learned how to read food labels in their science workshop today. They talked about the food pyramid with URI instructors Kim Pond and Beth McArdle and then ran relay races to build nutritious meals. TV reporter Kelley McGee from Channel 10 visited their class and did a story about [...]
Posted: November 13th, 2008 under Advisors, Middle school.
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Introducing… Our Middle School CAB
Welcome to the members of our Middle School Crusade Advisory Board for 2008-2009! They represent the College Crusade in their schools and meet monthly to work together on fun and interesting projects. MS CAB members are:
Ayokunle Akinrimisi, Nathanael Greene Middle School; David Archila, Samuel W. Bridgham Middle School; Raven Cannon, Governor DelSesto Middle School; Sandra Campuzano, [...]
Posted: November 12th, 2008 under Middle school.
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Saturday Is for Readers
Did you know that over fifty 6th-grade Crusaders come to the College Crusade office every Saturday to read together? They are part of our Adventures in Literacy program, which is based on a curriculum called ReadAbout. They read about all sorts of interesting topics, write down their thoughts and comments, and then talk about their [...]
Posted: November 10th, 2008 under Middle school.
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After School Science
Middle school Crusaders are going to special science classes after school. They learn about recycling, animal life, nutrition, and many other topics, plus they do experiments and GPS mapping. Students from URI’s College of the Environment and Life Sciences are teaching the classes! Sixth-graders at Oliver Hazard Perry Middle School, Roger William Middle School, and [...]
Posted: November 6th, 2008 under Middle school.
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