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Welcome to CruBlog! Read on for exciting news about what our middle school and high school members have accomplished lately. You’ll also discover insightful comments from our Advisory staff and messages from successful College Crusade Alumni doing great things out in the world.

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Lisette Gomes Wins the Cole Scholarship

Congratulations to College Crusade alum Lisette Gomes, who recently received the Eddie M. Cole Scholarship for minority students at the University of Toledo College of Law. Lisette graduated from Central Falls High School in 2004 and then earned a B.A. in Psychology from Salve Regina University in 2008. She is in her second year of [...]

College Goal Sunday Scores Big

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 [...]

Cristian Estrada: Chess Champ

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.

2009 Senior Hannah Shaw

Graduating this year from: Central Falls High School. Plans to attend: University of Rhode Island. Wants to study: Marine biology. Favorite subjects: Oral communications and French 4. Is proud of: “How our senior class came together over the past year.” Favorite Crusade program: Bridge to Success at Roger Williams University. “We stayed on campus for [...]

2009 Senior Bryant Estrada

Graduating this year from: Central Falls High School. Plans to attend: Brown University. Wants to study: Psychology and pre-med. Favorite subjects: Calculus, psychology, and ceramics independent study. Latest accomplishments: Being chosen as class valedictorian. Getting into Brown. Favorite Crusade programs: Crusade Summer Experience at the University of Rhode Island, and the Getting to College Conference [...]

A Cool Career Day

A big crowd of 140 middle school Crusaders from Pawtucket, Central Falls, and Woonsocket came to New England Institute of Technology for Career Day on February 7. They learned about many interesting career fields, including fire safety engineering, brain research, nursing, software engineering, teaching, and law enforcement. They also heard an inspiring keynote presentation from [...]

College Goal Sunday Scores in Central Falls

Sixty-eight RI families gathered at Central Falls High School for College Goal Sunday, January 25, to get their college financial aid applications submitted! Many volunteers from The College Crusade, the RI Student Loan Authority, and the RI Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators were on hand to help parents and students fill out their FAFSAs. [...]

2008 Crusader Recognition Awards

Congratulations to the recipients of our 2008 Crusader Recognition Awards for excellence in academics, school attendance, and Crusade program participation during the 2007-2008 school year! Crusaders recognized for excellence in academics achieved a GPA of 85 or more for all four quarters last year. Other winners achieved perfect attendance in school or made the top [...]

High School Crusaders Join CAB

Our High School Crusade Advisory Board meets monthly to discuss important issues for Crusaders, to plan projects, and to have some fun together. Here are HS CAB board members for the 2008-2009 school year:
 
Hannah Alegbeleye, Woonsocket High School; Alma Alvarez, The MET School; Jonathan Aponte, Woonsocket High School; Memorie Burton, Textron Chamber of Commerce Academy; [...]

Introducing… Our Middle School CAB

Welcome to the members of our Middle School Crusade Advisory Board for 2008-2009! They represent the College Crusade in their schools and meet monthly to work together on fun and interesting projects. MS CAB members are:
Ayokunle Akinrimisi, Nathanael Greene Middle School; David Archila, Samuel W. Bridgham Middle School; Raven Cannon, Governor DelSesto Middle School; Sandra Campuzano, [...]