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Archive for December, 2010

A Gift of Love and Creativity

It’s snowing holiday cards! Kristina DelSesto and Olivia Mansion from our Central Falls Community Advisory display beautiful cards and colorful snowflakes handmade by 6th and 7th graders at Calcutt Middle School for local people who are undergoing medical treatment during the holiday season. The cards were delivered to Women & Infants Breast Health Center and [...]

To Infinity… and Beyond!

Seventh-grade Crusaders at Roger Williams Middle School and Nathanael Greene Middle School got to see the universe up close in their afterschool science workshops this fall. They met weekly with instructors from the University of Rhode Island to discover the science of astronomy. They explored how telescopes work, learned how to download digital space photography, [...]

Mount Pleasant Crusaders Win Honors

Several Crusaders from Mount Pleasant High School were recognized recently for their academic achievement! From top: Natasha Vasquez celebrates her first-quarter honor roll award with her dad. Dontell Rodriguez makes first-quarter honor roll. Jahlill Prince makes first-quarter honor roll. Kenia Godinez, Ezequiel Dorvilus, and Amado Tate are recognized for perfect attendance. Alondra Berrios makes first-quarter honor roll and [...]

Let Me Tell You Why I Love My Career

What do a lawyer, a surgeon, a theatrical stage manager, and a dog trainer have in common? They all participated as speakers for our middle school Career Day last Saturday! A total of 133 middle school Crusaders traveled to Bryant University on December 12 to hear ten local professional people describe everything about what they [...]

Finding Your Passageway

Passageways is an afterschool program that teaches ninth-grade Crusaders a lot about how to survive and thrive in high school. In this photo, Ivaniel Cepeda and Nehemy Theodore respond to guest speaker Kalomo Vanterpool during a Passageways presentation this fall at Mount Pleasant High School. At Mount Pleasant, Advisor Dwayne Clement also challenged his students [...]

Newsflash: College Visits for 2011

High school Crusaders, take note of these brand new college visits confirmed for 2011 and sign up soon! January 25 at Newbury College January 26 at American International College February 8 at Becker College February 9 at Brandeis University March 3 at Connecticut College

R2D2 Meets the Crusade

The College Crusade has a high school robotics team this year! Crusaders Ayl Akinrimisi, Caroline Akiode, Oluwadamilola Animashaun, Alexis Cabrera, Miguel Casillas, Elijah Farias, Joely Garcia, Thony Greene, Shanty Pineda, and Michael Rodriquez have been meeting weekly since October to build a robot for the 2011 FIRST Tech Challenge, a robotics competition hosted by New [...]