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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Graciphy Castro’s office is a busy place. As the College Crusade Advisor at Jorge Alvarez High School in Providence, Graciphy spends her time encouraging and counseling high school students who are making college decisions. Here she is working with Crusaders Roxanne Hines and Abigail Hiralien, demonstrating how to search for and compare colleges using www.CollegeBoard.com. [...]

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; [...]

Crusaders at Perry Middle School in Providence learned how to read food labels in their science workshop today. They talked about the food pyramid with URI instructors Kim Pond and Beth McArdle and then ran relay races to build nutritious meals. TV reporter Kelley McGee from Channel 10 visited their class and did a story about [...]

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, [...]