After months of hard work on the design of Sticky the robot, our high school robotics team is ready to go to the mat at the statewide FIRST Tech Challenge on Saturday, February 5. Team Unspecified has done very well in scrimmages and is excited to take on the rest of the field. The big [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

There was learning going on in every direction at Saturday Cru Club this past weekend. As usual, Crusaders filled up five whole classrooms at Johnson & Wales University’s Harborside Campus. Sixth graders in our Math Matters class were working on understanding decimal places, guided by teacher Paula McKenna. Down the hall, another class of middle [...]

Dozens of middle school and high school Crusaders are investing their time and energy in Saturday morning academics this fall. Our Saturday Academy program, held at Bishop McVinney School in Providence, regularly welcomes over 80 high school students every weekend. Attendance by middle school students is even higher. What gets Crusaders out of bed and [...]

Ways to A’s has started! Our summer study-skills program for students who are joining The College Crusade this fall is packed with up-and-coming 6th graders from Providence, Pawtucket, Central Falls, and Woonsocket. Their coursework includes exercises in active listening, note taking, reading, and writing, memory improvement, test taking, learning styles, and time and classroom management. [...]

Hundreds of new sixth-grade Crusaders are learning how to take notes, study for tests, manage their homework time, and handle many other challenges of middle school that they will face in the fall. It’s all part of our annual Ways to A’s study-skills course, which got underway at the Community College of Rhode Island this [...]

We are thrilled to announce that Isamar Morales, a Crusader graduating from Hope High School this spring, received the prestigious Fibertech/Tech Collective Scholarship for 2010! Isamar was honored at the Tech Collective’s annual Tech Laureates Night, held at Rhodes on the Pawtuxet on June 3. Curtis Fox, regional sales manager for Fibertech Networks, congratulated Isamar [...]

Cruaders, it’s time to choose your books for summer reading and book reports! Here are some suggested books if you are entering 8th grade in the fall. Remember these are only a suggestion. You may read any book you would like as long as it is a chapter book, age appropriate, and one that you [...]