Archive for February, 2009
What I Learned in the Real World
Last week, about 180 sixth-grade Crusaders spent part of their February school vacation launching businesses, delivering mail, writing speeding tickets, cashing checks, publishing a newspaper, and handling a million other details of the grown-up world. Somebody even got to be mayor. All of it happened around the busy Exchange City town square, located at Johnson [...]
Posted: February 25th, 2009 under Middle school.
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You, Incorporated
How can you make yourself the best you can be? Over 80 Crusaders who attended our High School Career Conference during February school vacation week got some real answers to that question. They participated in customized career workshops in Business; Health & Medicine; Education, Law & Human Services; and Science, Technology & Engineering. They also [...]
Posted: February 23rd, 2009 under High school.
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A Cool Career Day
A big crowd of 140 middle school Crusaders from Pawtucket, Central Falls, and Woonsocket came to New England Institute of Technology for Career Day on February 7. They learned about many interesting career fields, including fire safety engineering, brain research, nursing, software engineering, teaching, and law enforcement. They also heard an inspiring keynote presentation from [...]
Posted: February 13th, 2009 under Middle school.
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How to “Step Up” to High School
A big crowd of 132 eighth-grade Crusaders came to our high school Step Up Conference on January 31. They met at the Providence Academy of International Studies to attend workshops and learn all about what to expect next year when they enter high school.
The workshops and presenters were:
Bullying, Lt. John Reis (retired), Partnership to Address [...]
Posted: February 6th, 2009 under Advisors, High school, Middle school.
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