Ninth-grade Crusaders in our high school Passageways program spent the whole fall term learning how to survive and thrive in high school, and last night they celebrated with a skating party! Passageways is an afterschool workshop hosted by Crusade Advisors in a dozen different high schools. Participating students work together on a curriculum that includes [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

At Saturday Cru Club on May 1, a classroom of high school Crusaders welcomed Jeff Gardner, senior quality engineer for Amgen, as their guest career speaker. Jeff described how new drugs are developed for the pharmaceutical market and how his work as a statistician fits into the overall process at Amgen. He also shared the [...]

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 a light show in the [...]

A highlight of our Saturday Cru Club program is the ongoing financial literacy class we offer for high school Crusaders. Want to learn how to make, save, and manage money wisely? Sign up today! Here are some of our upcoming topics: Jan 9: Make money while you sleep – Savings and investment Jan 23: “You [...]

Crusaders, it’s a new year, and you have a lot to look forward to on Saturdays. Come to Johnson & Wales University Harborside Campus to see why! Our 2010 Saturday Cru Club program is packed with interesting skill-building activities in writing, time management, learning styles, studying and test taking, and active listening. Visiting career speakers [...]

This fall at Saturday Cru Club, high school and middle school Crusaders learned about lots of careers from local professionals who came by to talk about their work experiences and educational training. Many thanks to these visiting career speakers: Dana Carvalho & Frank Colon Jr. (law enforcement); Thomas Evans (business); Saikon Gbehan (law); Jose Gonzales [...]

On November 14, a hundred middle school and high school Crusaders at Saturday Cru Club welcomed a special visitor – Senator Jack Reed! Senator Reed visited classes in the morning and then joined us for a big celebration and awards ceremony. One of the speakers for the event was Chanravy Proeung, a Cru Club instructor [...]

College Crusade communications intern Liz Oberg, a senior at Providence College, organized our Crusade Alumni Career Panel, which took place on March 28 at Saturday Cru Club. Here is Liz’s report from the day: “On Saturday, March 28, The College Crusade held its first ever Crusade Alumni Career Panel. Middle school and high school Crusaders [...]