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We are thrilled to announce that Isamar Morales, a Crusader graduating from Hope High School this spring, received the prestigious Fibertech/Tech Collective Scholarship for 2010! Isamar was honored at the Tech Collective’s annual Tech Laureates Night, held at Rhodes on the Pawtuxet on June 3. Curtis Fox, regional sales manager for Fibertech Networks, congratulated Isamar [...]

“I believe that Peace and Respect must first exist within myself and it is then my personal responsibility to help create a school and community safe from abuse and oppression.”
(The Peace Pledge)

This spring a team of Crusaders from Feinstein High School and Jorge Alvarez High School joined together to lead workshops on [...]

On April 22, a busload of middle school Crusaders explored the University of Rhode Island’s Kingston campus under the guidance of P.I.N.K. Women, a student leadership organization. The mission of P.I.N.K. (“Powerful Independent Notoriously Knowledgeable”) is to educate URI and the surrounding community about issues that pertain to multicultural and ethnic female groups. PINK took [...]

Four Crusade Advisors will attend the Children, Youth and Families At Risk (CYFAR) 2010 Conference in San Francisco this spring! Jenniffer Rivera, Javier Cabrera, Kristina Moyet, and Mayamu Kamara have been hosting afterschool science workshops for Crusaders all year in four Providence middle schools in partnership with a CYFAR grant project at the University of [...]

Are you the parent of a Crusader? Come to our 2010 family engagement workshops and get expert advice about how to support your school-aged child. Through a special grant project, we are partnering with child and family experts from the University of Rhode Island to offer you a great learning experience. Our instructor is Marilyn [...]

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 [...]

October was a month of discovery and exploration for 75 middle school Crusaders who visited the University of Rhode Island. On two Saturdays, October 10 and October 24, they toured campus, talked with current students, hunted down all the secret Rams signs in the student union, and went to football games. On the 24th, they [...]

The parent engagement workshops we hosted for Crusade families last year were so successful we are offering them again! Through a special grant project, we partner closely with child and family experts from the University of Rhode Island to present these workshops as a benefit to parents and families of Crusaders. We are delighted to [...]

It’s July, and our Ways to A’s summer study-skills program for sixth graders is in full swing! Nearly 300 students are signed up to sharpen their study skills and get ready for the challenge of middle school this fall.
As always, our Ways to A’s teaching team features all Crusade Alums! They are Casby Harrison, a [...]

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 [...]