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What’s happening at The College Crusade of Rhode Island
Explore these stories for news about what our middle school and high school students have accomplished lately. You’ll also discover insightful comments from our Advisory staff and messages from successful College Crusade Alumni doing great things in the world.
High School Leadership Council 2018-2019
Members of our High School Leadership Council assist the College Crusade advisors in their schools by sharing Crusade program and event news with other Crusaders. They also meet monthly as a group to discuss leadership topics. Learn about all 23 of them here! Shaunice Afriyieb: Grade 10, Blackstone Academy. Favorite […]
Quick – Talk Fast!
The networking happened, and it was speedy! Undergrad Crusaders from Rhode Island College, the University of Rhode Island, and the Community College of Rhode Island met and mingled with over a dozen Crusade alumni professionals at our first ever Alumni Speed Networking Night on Thur Jan 10. They talked about […]
Thinking + Writing About Media
Thinking critically and writing clearly are essential skills for today’s students. So are listening, speaking, and collaboration. This fall, more than 100 Crusaders in our 10-week Writing Workshop got plenty of practice in all these skills. They worked individually and in teams to understand media messages, do research and use […]
Sharing Our Biggest Thanks!
The College Crusade is grateful to each of our public and private supporters who have made the success of our students possible. We are pleased to acknowledge the following organizations for their recent contributions. We are very thankful to the Lloyd G. Balfour Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee for […]
College Advice Straight from Campus
What do you know now that you wish you had known as a high school student? How has college challenged you to step out of your comfort zone? Sixty College Crusade high school seniors heard a panel of undergrad Crusaders answer these questions and others at our Getting to College […]
We Are an Example of Excelencia!
The College Crusade was honored in October by Excelencia in Education with a 2018 Examples of Excelencia award. The award is presented to programs that have shown evidence-based results in improving Latino student success in higher education. As an award recipient, The College Crusade is now featured in Excelencia’s “Growing […]
Block Island Science Adventures
Forty Crusaders in grades 9-12 traveled to Block Island over five weeks in July and August to study biodiversity with the Block Island Maritime Institute’s Dolphin Program. They spent a whole week on the island, studying local ecosystems, gathering data, and working together to answer the question, “In what ways […]
We (Heart) Our Funders
The College Crusade is grateful for the support of so many funders who make our work on behalf of students possible. We especially want to thank the following organizations for their recent contributions. Many thanks to The Angell Foundation, which is providing $75,000 to support our college completion programs at […]
Sabina + Kicha Go to the Youth Leadership Summit
Story by Patience Adegboyega ’16 Above, Sabina Mercado and Kicha Pinthiere pose with College Crusade staff members Josh Corria and Justin Roias at the 2018 Youth Leadership Summit, sponsored in July by the National Council for Community and Education Partnerships (NCCEP) in Washington, D.C. The Summit brings together high school […]
Our Declassified High School Survival Guide: Passageways
Story by Patience Adegboyega ’16 Teacher, professional athlete, orphan, homeless person – what’s in a label? Crusaders in our summer Passageways program played the label game to learn about social attitudes and become more aware of how people treat one another based on labels. The game introduced the day’s lesson […]
