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, [...]

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 [...]

Carolyn Beltran, Family Engagement coordinator for The College Crusade, reports that 112 families took advantage of our parent workshops this year. The workshops, which we provided in partnership with the University of Rhode Island, started last October and ran through this month. (See this post for more information about our parent workshops.) Parents who completed [...]

Parents and families of Crusaders have a lot to choose from in our Family Engagement program this year. In partnership with a grant project at the University of Rhode Island, we are offering a series of informative workshops on student transition to middle school and high school, educational terminology and policies, the importance of family [...]

Since October, 20 Crusaders from Woonsocket Middle School who signed up for E-Mentoring have been getting emails from college students at the University of Rhode Island. On Saturday, November 15, all these Crusaders traveled to the URI Kingston campus for “Meet Your Match” – a day when they finally got to meet their E-Mentors in [...]

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 [...]

Middle school Crusaders are going to special science classes after school. They learn about recycling, animal life, nutrition, and many other topics, plus they do experiments and GPS mapping. Students from URI’s College of the Environment and Life Sciences are teaching the classes! Sixth-graders at Oliver Hazard Perry Middle School, Roger William Middle School, and [...]