Archive for July, 2010
Crusade Alum Helps Teach Media Literacy
This summer, a group of high school Crusaders are working together to analyze media imagery with the help of Victor Omoayo, a Crusade alum who is teaching in our Media Literacy program. Victor is a graduate of Mount Pleasant High School in Providence. He went on to earn a B.A. in Journalism from the University [...]
Posted: July 22nd, 2010 under Alumni news, High school.
Tags: Alumni news, writing
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Speeding Along the Ways to A’s
Ways to A’s has started! Our summer study-skills program for students who are joining The College Crusade this fall is packed with up-and-coming 6th graders from Providence, Pawtucket, Central Falls, and Woonsocket. Their coursework includes exercises in active listening, note taking, reading, and writing, memory improvement, test taking, learning styles, and time and classroom management. [...]
Posted: July 22nd, 2010 under Admissions, Middle school.
Tags: academics, advisors, CCRI, reading, ways to a's
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Presenting: Writers and Creators
High school Crusaders attending our summer course in Media Literacy are showing their creative sides lately. The two-week course, taught by PAIS English teacher Demian Yattaw, gets students involved in analyzing how messages are delivered to audiences via print, broadcast, and electronic media. As a capstone project, the students work together to generate ideas for [...]
Posted: July 16th, 2010 under High school.
Tags: writing
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Follow Us to the “Ways to A’s”
Hundreds of new sixth-grade Crusaders are learning how to take notes, study for tests, manage their homework time, and handle many other challenges of middle school that they will face in the fall. It’s all part of our annual Ways to A’s study-skills course, which got underway at the Community College of Rhode Island this [...]
Posted: July 13th, 2010 under Alumni news, Middle school.
Tags: academics, CCRI, reading, ways to a's, writing
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Crusaders Help Others and Have Fun
As school drew to a close and got busier than ever this spring, dozens of high school Crusaders dedicated their time and energy to creating successful community service projects. The Tomorrow Fund was one of the beneficiaries this year. Based at Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence, The Tomorrow Fund provides emotional and financial support to [...]
Posted: July 1st, 2010 under High school.
Tags: advisors, community service, providence, woonsocket
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