http://www.collegecrusade.org/blog Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:04:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en What do Admissions officers look for in an application essay? What’s the best way to find a college that will fit your needs? How can you build a resume that will get you noticed? Eleventh-grade Crusaders will get answers to all these questions and more at our upcoming Getting to ... http://www.collegecrusade.org/blog/2010/03/08/getting-to-college-conference-april-23/ Attention high school Crusaders! Our schedule for college visits is heating up for April vacation this year. You can choose from among eight great campuses to visit, so watch your mail for the signup form. Check out the list below and make plans to get on board! (Above, Crusaders explore ... http://www.collegecrusade.org/blog/2010/03/08/step-on-board-our-spring-college-tour/ Last week, during February school vacation, over 160 ambitious sixth-grade Crusaders took the government and business world into their own hands. They became residents of Exchange City, an interactive civics environment created by Education in Action and hosted by Johnson & Wales University’s Harborside Campus. They appointed a mayor, developed ... http://www.collegecrusade.org/blog/2010/02/25/crusade-city/ A record-breaking crowd of nearly 300 eighth-grade Crusaders attended our annual Step Up Conference on January 23! They all met at Jorge Alvarez High School in Providence for a day of workshops – and learned how to get ready for the high school experience next year. Above, student educators from the ... http://www.collegecrusade.org/blog/2010/02/04/stepping-up-to-high-school/ On January 31, hundreds of high school and college students from all over Rhode Island got their FAFSA financial aid form filled out and submitted online as part of College Goal Sunday RI 2010. The Rhode Island Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators sponsored the event at six sites across ... http://www.collegecrusade.org/blog/2010/02/03/college-goal-sunday-scores-big/ It’s been a busy season of college visits for high school Crusaders this fall and winter. So far, more than 200 students have participated. We’ve been to Northeastern University, University of Rhode Island, Providence College, Roger Williams University, Pine Manor College, and Connecticut College, touring each campus and learning all ... http://www.collegecrusade.org/blog/2010/01/29/college-cruising/ Crusaders at Mount Pleasant High School have been building their skills in public speaking! On January 20, College Crusade Advisor Dwayne Clement held an afterschool workshop to give students practice in presenting ideas orally in an organized and interesting way. Joana Delva (at left) described her interest in photography and her ... http://www.collegecrusade.org/blog/2010/01/28/mount-pleasant-crusaders-present%e2%80%a6/ Congratulations to middle school Crusader Cristian Estrada, who was featured in the Providence Journal today in a story about promising young chess players! Cristian is in the eighth grade at Central Falls Middle School. To read the story, click here. http://www.collegecrusade.org/blog/2010/01/25/cristian-estrada-chess-champ/ 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 ... http://www.collegecrusade.org/blog/2010/01/15/parents-%e2%80%9cbe-a-safety-net%e2%80%9d/ So you want to be a DJ? Middle school Crusaders at Saturday Cru Club got a treat last weekend when professional DJ and award-winning science teacher Ulysses Gallman came to visit. He brought all his DJ gear – mixers, turntables, CD players, speakers, and microphones – and he even set up ... http://www.collegecrusade.org/blog/2010/01/13/ulysses-gallman-spins-at-cru-club/