CruBlog

“Lead with your strengths. Be yourself. Don’t close any doors. Ask yourself, what am I really interested in finding out about this college? Ask the college, can you take me where I want to go?”
Dozens of high school Crusaders, and their families, got loads of great advice recently at the 2009 Regional College Fair, held [...]

Sharlene Burgos, Aljenis Candelier, and Jason Bourdier, eighth-grade Crusaders at Roger Williams Middle School, got celebrity treatment this month for earning distinction on their NECAP scores. On October 2, they were dropped off at their school in a limo, along with five other students who did well on the test this year! The school principal, [...]

Crusaders, if you haven’t met your College Crusade Advisor yet, now is the time! Their job is to get you motivated to do better in school, help you do the things you need to be ready for college, and be there as a friend when you need one. Your Advisor is there for you, so [...]

What do you get when you put a lot of kids and a lot of books together in one place? A lot of reading, of course!
On October 3 we kicked off our new Adventures in Literacy program for sixth-grade Crusaders, which is held here at the Crusade office on Saturdays through May 2010. We use [...]

Our Career Day on October 3 drew 122 middle school Crusaders to New England Institute of Technology. They learned all about what it’s like to work in medicine, engineering, landscape design, banking, toy design, and other interesting professions.
Many thanks to all our speakers, who volunteered their own time on a Saturday morning to come and [...]