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On January 31, hundreds of high school and college students from all over Rhode Island got their FAFSA financial aid form filled out and submitted online as part of College Goal Sunday RI 2010. The Rhode Island Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators sponsored the event at six sites across the state. College Crusade staff [...]

A big crowd of 140 middle school Crusaders from Pawtucket, Central Falls, and Woonsocket came to New England Institute of Technology for Career Day on February 7. They learned about many interesting career fields, including fire safety engineering, brain research, nursing, software engineering, teaching, and law enforcement. They also heard an inspiring keynote presentation from [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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; [...]

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, [...]

Crusaders, have you met your College Crusade Advisor yet? Be sure to get to know your Advisor soon. Whether you need motivation to do better in school, advice about choosing the right classes, or someone to help you with a problem, your Advisor is there for you. We have a great group of Advisors this [...]

Many thanks to these Crusaders for all the great work they did this year representing their schools as members of our Middle School Crusade Advisory Board for 2007-2008:
Oyindamola Akingbile, Nathanael Greene Middle School; Rishelly Colon, Dr. Earl F. Calcutt Middle School; Josue Cua, Nathanael Greene Middle School; Kayla Davis, Joseph Jenks Junior High School; Omaira [...]

This spring Crusaders at Woonsocket Middle School took part in a clothing drive to benefit the Salvation Army of Woonsocket. The collection drive started on May 19, and all the contributions were dropped off at the Salvation Army on May 29. Crusaders and school staff participated.

This year, 28 Crusaders from 18 separate Rhode Island high schools took on leadership roles as members of our High School Crusade Advisory Board. CAB members serve as the link between The College Crusade and their schools. They disseminate information to other Crusaders about programs, field trips, awards, and other activities, and they maintain College [...]