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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.
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As school drew to a close and got busier than ever this spring, dozens of high school Crusaders dedicated their time and energy to creating successful community service projects. The Tomorrow Fund was one of the beneficiaries this year. Based at Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence, The Tomorrow Fund provides emotional and financial support to [...]

The College Crusade was grateful to receive a generous grant this year from the TG Public Benefit Grant Program. On May 27, TG came all the way from Texas to visit us! Our staff, board, alumni, and students were delighted to welcome Kristin Boyer, who is director of public benefit grants for TG. During her [...]

Four Crusade Advisors will attend the Children, Youth and Families At Risk (CYFAR) 2010 Conference in San Francisco this spring! Jenniffer Rivera, Javier Cabrera, Kristina Moyet, and Mayamu Kamara have been hosting afterschool science workshops for Crusaders all year in four Providence middle schools in partnership with a CYFAR grant project at the University of [...]

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 the state. College Crusade staff [...]

Crusaders, if you haven’t met your College Crusade Advisor yet, now is the time! Their job is to get you motivated to do better in school, help you do the things you need to be ready for college, and be there as a friend when you need one. Your Advisor is there for you, so [...]

Five members of our program staff are attending the 2009 NCCEP/GEAR UP Conference in San Francisco, July 19-22. The theme for this year’s nationwide gathering is “GEAR UP at the Forefront: Leading the Way in College Access.” During the four-day event, our staff will participate in meetings and workshops and share best practices with other [...]

College Crusade Advisor Dwayne Clement celebrated recently with Crusader twins Richelene and Cindy Cesar, who are graduating from Mount Pleasant High School this spring. The Cesar twins entered Rhode Island College’s Pathways Through College program in January and have now earned 15 college credits toward their freshman year at RIC, where they will start classes [...]

Estefania Clavijo, a 7th-grade Crusader at Samuel Slater Junior High School in Pawtucket, was named Most Improved Student and was honored by the Pawtucket Red Sox this spring! On May 6, she participated in a recognition ceremony at McCoy Stadium along with dozens of other middle school and high school students from all over Rhode [...]

Providence middle school Advisors Mayamu Kamara and Kevin Montoya will attend the annual Children, Youth & Families at Risk Conference in Baltimore next week, July 19-21. Mayamu (Perry Middle School) and Kevin (Nathanael Greene Middle School) have been hosting afterschool science workshops for Crusaders this year in partnership with a CYFAR grant project at the [...]