Here’s a crew of budding scientists from Nathanael Greene and Roger Williams middle schools in Providence! They got involved in a Crusade program last fall called Pathways for Success in Science and Technology. The afterschool program, delivered in collaboration with the University of Rhode Island, is designed to help Crusaders see how science plays a [...]

Crusaders at Roger Williams Middle School have been thinking and writing about bullying recently. They watched a documentary film called Bullied, which chronicles one student’s ordeal at the hands of anti-gay bullies and offers an inspiring message of hope to those fighting harassment today. After the film, Crusade Advisor Kristina Moyet invited several Crusaders to [...]

Four 8th-grade Crusaders at Roger Williams Middle School in Providence assist College Crusade Advisor Kristina Moyet in many ways. Pictured here from left to right with Kristina at the center is the Roger Williams mentoring team: Kimberly Gomez, Jacqueline Escolastico, Elfreda Hoff, and Kirsi Madera. During afterschool Cru Club, they help organize activities and snacks [...]

Over 160 Crusaders gathered at Johnson & Wales Harborside Campus this weekend for the first Saturday Cru Club day of the year! We welcomed a packed classroom of new 6th grade Crusaders to our Ways to A’s study skills program. Other classrooms of middle school Crusaders got involved with language arts games, advisory activities, and [...]

Thirty-one middle school Crusaders had a memorable experience at Wheeler Summer Camp in July. They were enthusiastic participants in an exciting mix of academic and interactive challenges at Wheeler School in Providence and Wheeler Farm in Seekonk. A highlight of activities at the Farm is shelter building, where Crusaders work in teams to design and [...]

Summer is here, so that means our Ways to A’s program for 2011 is underway! Hundreds of sixth graders are preparing to become new Crusaders in the fall. Guided by our great staff of Ways to A’s instructors, these students are sharpening up their study skills so they’ll be ready to make the big leap [...]

Here are our reading lists for 7th and 8th grade Crusaders this summer. You may read any book you would like, as long as it is a chapter book, age appropriate, and one that you have not read before. Remember these books are only a suggestion. We look forward to reading your book reports! For [...]

Kings, queens, fairies, and sprites were everywhere this week at the third annual Shakespeare in the City. More than 200 students from 14 Providence schools took the stage at Lincoln School on Tuesday, May 24, to present scenes from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, one of Shakespeare’s best-loved comedies. Crusade Advisor Kristina Moyet from Roger Williams [...]

How can you tell the difference between a solution and a suspension? Why is resistance important in an electrical circuit? Dozens of Crusaders in grades 6 and 7 participated in an Honors Science & Engineering Camp last week during school vacation. They traveled to the East Bay Educational Collaborative, in Warren, for hands-on courses in [...]

Middle school Crusaders at our Central Falls CAAP site had a surprise visitor this past Saturday. Jon Baker, a reporter for the Pawtucket Times, came to meet them! He interviewed lots of Crusaders, and Times photographer Ernie Brown snapped about a million pictures. The story ran on the front page of the paper! You can [...]