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The College Crusade of Rhode Island Announces 2008 All-Star Students
Four students from Providence, two from Woonsocket, and one from Central Falls win top honors in excellence awards for 2008
Providence, R.I., January 14, 2009 – The College Crusade of Rhode Island announced today that seven local students have been named College Crusade All-Stars for 2008. To become a College Crusade All-Star, each student had to earn a GPA of 85 or better for all four quarters of 2007-2008, have perfect school attendance, and have high participation in College Crusade programs for the year.
“You make a commitment to dedicate yourself to achievement and to never give up,” says Richelene Cesar, an All-Star senior at Mount Pleasant High School. Richelene plans to study psychology and hopes to attend Wheelock College next year. Her experience as a member of The College Crusade inspired her to work hard in school. “You decide you are going to reach for the stars and succeed,” she says. Her twin sister, Cindy, also earned All-Star status this year.
“Being in The College Crusade is to be someone unique,” says Alicia Mello, an All-Star eighth grader at Woonsocket Middle School. “It’s to believe in yourself and have friends you can trust. You get to be a better person and become someone you know you can be.” Alicia is a budding artist and songwriter, and one of her poems has already been published.
The College Crusade All-Stars for 2008 are:
• Cindy & Richelene Cesar, grade 12, Mount Pleasant High School, Providence
• Mohammed Seck, grade 9, Woonsocket High School, Woonsocket
• Alicia Mello, grade 8, Woonsocket Middle School, Woonsocket
• Qiana Carter, grade 8, Calcutt Middle School, Central Falls
• Ayomide Olugbemi, grade 7, Nathanael Greene Middle School, Providence
• Chavelin Romero, grade 7, Oliver Hazard Perry Middle School, Providence
“We are very pleased to honor these talented and determined young people,” says William Formicola, vice president of operations for The College Crusade. “As College Crusade All-Stars, they demonstrate the remarkable qualities we find in many other students in our program. They dedicate themselves to academic achievement and seek to develop personally in all areas of their lives. We eagerly anticipate their future accomplishments.”
Approximately 3,800 middle school and high school students in Rhode Island are members of The College Crusade. The majority of them attend public schools in Central Falls, Pawtucket, Providence, and Woonsocket. Membership in The College Crusade provides each student with sustained adult mentorship and college-readiness programs and services from grade 6 through high school graduation.
College Crusade Advisors who serve the schools where the seven All-Star students attend are Huascar Beato, Calcutt Middle School; Dwayne Clement, Mount Pleasant High School; Mayamu Kamara, Oliver Hazard Perry Middle School; Brandon Ramos, Nathanael Greene Middle School; Ranika Spiver, Woonsocket Middle School; and Ralph Toribio, Woonsocket High School.
About The College Crusade of Rhode Island
The College Crusade of Rhode Island is the state’s most comprehensive college-readiness and scholarship program for middle school and high school students in low-income urban school districts. It serves approximately 3,800 students per year and rewards the efforts and achievements of financially eligible students with up to four years of college scholarships. From grade 6 through grade 12, Crusaders experience the steady, nurturing presence of caring adults and participate in activities that focus on academic enrichment, social and personal development, career awareness and exploration, and readiness for college. Students who are members of The College Crusade graduate and go right on to college at much higher rates than their peers in the state’s urban school districts. Since 2001, The College Crusade has awarded over $18 million in college scholarships to more than 2,500 graduates from Rhode Island high schools. For more information, please visit www.thecollegecrusade.org.
The College Crusade is a nonprofit organization funded by a federal grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s GEAR UP program, by the State of Rhode Island, and by private corporations, foundations, and individuals.
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Karen Donovan
Marketing and Communications Officer
The College Crusade of Rhode Island
134 Thurbers Avenue
Providence, RI 02905
phone 401 854 5506 ext 120
fax 401 854 5511
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