CruBlog

Membership orientations for parents and families of new Crusaders have begun! Admissions Manager Laurel Shepard and our Family Liaison staff are holding orientations at our office during August. This is our opportunity to welcome families and explain how they can support their child as a Crusader throughout the school experience. Parents learn all about our [...]

Today starts the last week of Ways to A’s, our summer study-skills course for sixth graders who are joining The College Crusade this fall. This afternoon students were learning about note taking and playing memorization games. (Quick, what’s the size of Alaska in square miles?) They also read a chapter aloud together from Freak the [...]

It’s July, and our Ways to A’s summer study-skills program for sixth graders is in full swing! Nearly 300 students are signed up to sharpen their study skills and get ready for the challenge of middle school this fall.
As always, our Ways to A’s teaching team features all Crusade Alums! They are Casby Harrison, a [...]

A big congratulations and warm welcome to 209 new members of The College Crusade! They all completed our Ways to A’s course this summer, where they learned good study skills and made lots of new friends. Laurel Shepard, our Admissions manager, got to know our new Crusaders over the summer. “They are a great group,” [...]

A group of successful former Crusaders spent six weeks teaching study skills to 6th and 9th graders in our Ways to A’s program this summer! Pictured here with site coordinator Adam Tarczuk (back row, second from left), they are Marianella Solano, Kathy Toro, Tiffany Hooks, Gladys Vasquez, Diony Garcia, and Lisette Gomes (front row); Harry [...]