Four 8th-grade Crusaders at Roger Williams Middle School in Providence assist College Crusade Advisor Kristina Moyet in many ways. Pictured here from left to right with Kristina at the center is the Roger Williams mentoring team: Kimberly Gomez, Jacqueline Escolastico, Elfreda Hoff, and Kirsi Madera. During afterschool Cru Club, they help organize activities and snacks [...]

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 [...]

Passageways is an afterschool program that teaches ninth-grade Crusaders a lot about how to survive and thrive in high school. In this photo, Ivaniel Cepeda and Nehemy Theodore respond to guest speaker Kalomo Vanterpool during a Passageways presentation this fall at Mount Pleasant High School. At Mount Pleasant, Advisor Dwayne Clement also challenged his students [...]

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 [...]

For their service learning project this spring, Crusaders at Hope High School led a campaign to raise awareness about the dangers of drinking and driving. A team of 30 Crusaders and friends created a 16-foot banner to exhibit in the school cafeteria during prom season. Dozens of fellow students added tracings of their hands to [...]

The courts were hot last week at Providence Career & Tech Academy! On May 28, eight 3-on-3 basketball teams competed for prizes in Hoops for the Homeless, an event organized by Crusaders at Central High School to benefit Amos House. The tournament was part of an ongoing community service project that Crusaders are sponsoring at [...]

Crusaders from three Providence middle schools are reaching for the stars – literally! Since September, 50 seventh graders have been attending our afterschool science workshops in astronomy, held in partnership with URI’s Pathways for Success in Science and Technology program. They researched the solar system, modeled clay planets, worked with astrophotography from Harvard University’s Chandra [...]

Sharlene Burgos, Aljenis Candelier, and Jason Bourdier, eighth-grade Crusaders at Roger Williams Middle School, got celebrity treatment this month for earning distinction on their NECAP scores. On October 2, they were dropped off at their school in a limo, along with five other students who did well on the test this year! The school principal, [...]

Brian Estrada, a graduating Crusader at Mount Pleasant High School, is traveling to San Francisco next month to attend a special Youth Leadership Summit on education. The event is sponsored by the National Council for Community and Education Partnerships (NCCEP) and takes place July 18-22. Brian will represent Rhode Island as one of only 30 [...]

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 [...]