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College Crusade CEO Todd Flaherty shared his philosophy of leadership with Johnson & Wales University students in Professor Laurie Lapane’s Foundations of Leadership course last week. His talk was part of a presentation on community leaders that a group of students prepared for the class. Among the members of the student project team was Geraldine [...]

McCoy Stadium in Pawtucket was the place to be on Saturday, August 7. College Crusade families and staff gathered for a recognition ceremony to honor 24 graduating 8th graders who have the highest participation in our programs in their schools. CEO Todd Flaherty congratulated all the top 8th-grade Crusaders who were able to attend and [...]

A great article for parents written by College Crusade high school manager Maria Carvalho was recently published by the Center for Student Opportunity! The article, called “Be a Safety Net: How to Support Your Child During the College Application Process,” is currently featured on the CSO’s website in their “Ask the Experts” column. The article [...]

Are you the parent of a Crusader? Come to our 2010 family engagement workshops and get expert advice about how to support your school-aged child. Through a special grant project, we are partnering with child and family experts from the University of Rhode Island to offer you a great learning experience. Our instructor is Marilyn [...]

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 [...]

The parent engagement workshops we hosted for Crusade families last year were so successful we are offering them again! Through a special grant project, we partner closely with child and family experts from the University of Rhode Island to present these workshops as a benefit to parents and families of Crusaders. We are delighted to [...]

On June 27, Crusaders and their families celebrated the end of the school year at a RISD Museum Free-for-All Saturday. Their Crusade E-Mentors joined in the fun! They all enjoyed workshops, performances, and the famous museum “gallery quest,” which sends visitors dashing around in search of art objects marked on a map. Crusaders who located [...]

On April 28, our high school Crusade Advisory Board gathered to discuss a new college guidebook published by the Center for Student Opportunity, in Bethesda, Md. CSO staff member Joseph Tavares, project coordinator for the College Access & Opportunity Guide, was on hand to run the focus group and to record feedback from Crusaders. The [...]

Carolyn Beltran, Family Engagement coordinator for The College Crusade, reports that 112 families took advantage of our parent workshops this year. The workshops, which we provided in partnership with the University of Rhode Island, started last October and ran through this month. (See this post for more information about our parent workshops.)
Parents who completed the [...]

Parents and families of Crusaders have a lot to choose from in our Family Engagement program this year. In partnership with a grant project at the University of Rhode Island, we are offering a series of informative workshops on student transition to middle school and high school, educational terminology and policies, the importance of family [...]