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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 [...]

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 [...]

Graduating this year from: Central High School. Plans to attend: Rhode Island College. Wants to study: Education. Favorite subject: “I love English. I love to read books and to write poetry and essays.” Recently wrote a response to The God of Small Things, by Arundhati Roy. Highly recommends: A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini.  [...]

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 [...]

Graduating this year from: Central High School. Plans to attend: University of Rhode Island. Wants to study: Marketing and sales. Favorite subject: English, especially writing persuasive essays. Recent essay on: “Layers of Evil” in Shakespeare’s Othello. Will start in June: URI’s Talent Development program. Latest accomplishment: Performed his poetry in an adult slam competition at [...]