Our 2010 Crusade Adventure & Academic Program, which started in mid-July, is winding up this week! Over 100 middle school Crusaders participated in summer CAAP this year. Each group of students met at Roger Williams Middle School in Providence for 10 jam-packed days of team building, life skills, conflict resolution exercises, and leadership activities. They read and discussed the novel Monster by Walter Dean Myers, in a class lead by language arts teacher Matt Sciotti. They explored the Brown University campus in an all-day scavenger hunt. And they took field trips to Purgatory Chasm, the Newport Cliff Walk, and the ropes course at Harmony Hill in Chepachet.

As always, we salute our great CAAP staff for helping so many Crusaders have a tremendous learning experience this summer. Thanks to Rob Gonzalez, program facilitator; David Small, site manager; and College Crusade Advisors Ama Akoto, James Diossa, Harry Moore, Kristina Moyet, Rich Norris, and Jenniffer Rivera.

Above, a group of middle school Crusaders takes a quick break from CAAP for a photo on the front steps of Roger Williams Middle School.