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Paul E. Moran, CPA, ADR, Chair Partner

Yarlas, Kaplan, Santilli & Moran, Ltd.

Todd D. Flaherty, Ed.D. President & CEO

Dr. Warren Simmons, Vice Chair Executive Director Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University

José V. Monteiro, Jr. Treasurer AVP-Relationship Manager Navigant Credit Union

Sylvia Natale, Secretary

Saikon Gbehan Executive Committee

Attorney College Crusade Class of 2001

Dr. Irving Schneider

Executive Committee

Robert W. Britto-Oliveira Academic Advisor, Talent Development Program, University of Rhode Island

College Crusade Class of 2001

Dr. Colleen Callahan Director of Professional Issues

RI Federation of Teachers and Health Professionals

Mary F. Chinn, CPLH, PHR

Director, Training Delivery, East Coast Operations, Cox Communications

Fla Lewis III Principal, Weybosset Research &

Management, LLC

Jim Purcell, Ed.D. Postsecondary Commissioner, RI Office

of the Postsecondary Commissioner

Mim L. Runey, LP.D. Providence Campus President & Chief

Operating Officer, Johnson & Wales University

Gerard Venable

First Vice President, Investments Merrill Lynch

James Vincent Compliance Officer, RI Public Transit

Authority; President, NAACP Providence Branch

Stuart M. Yarlas, CPA, MBA, MA


Emeritus Member of the Board: Hon. O. Rogeriee Thompson

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Thank you to our

Board of Directors

Dear Friends,

I am delighted to present our 2015

Annual Report Card. The graphs and

charts inside show that The College Crusade continues to have a large positive

impact on the high school graduation, college going, and college persistence rates

of Rhode Island’s low-income urban students. The report also details our strategic

objectives and shows the progress we are making in our mission to improve college

and career success for youth.

As I share our good news, I am keenly aware of the role that partnerships play in

supporting the extraordinary accomplishments of Crusaders. We are grateful to be

able to work closely with the RI Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner and the

RI Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to ensure that our work is

aligned with state policy. We are thankful for our formal partnerships with the

Providence, Pawtucket, Central Falls, Woonsocket, and Cranston public school

districts, and with 31 urban schools in those districts, which help us coordinate our

services for individual students.

We also very much appreciate our partnerships with a host of postsecondary

institutions that donate scholarships for Crusaders, and the support of Rhode

Island’s public colleges in providing college access services.

On behalf of our Board, staff, students, and families, we

celebrate and acknowledge all our partners, including our public

and private sector donors who help to make this work possible.

A Message from

the President

Additional schools where

Crusaders attend:

Alternate Learning Project

Beacon Charter High School

for the Arts

Bishop McVinney School

Blackstone Academy

Blackstone Valley Prep Mayoral

Academyl

Community Preparatory School

Cranston Area Career &

Technical Center

Cranston High School West

Cumberland High School

Dr. Edward A. Ricci Middle School

East Greenwich High School

East Providence High School Eden Park Elementary School

Edward R. Martin Middle School

Edward S. Rhodes School

Francis J. Varieur School

Frank D. Spaziano Annex Elementary

School

Frank E. Thompson Middle School

Goff Junior High School

Good Shepherd Regional Middle School

Henry J. Winters School

Highlander Charter School

High Road School of Providence

Jacqueline M. Walsh School for the

Performing & Visual Arts

John F. Deering Middle School

Johnston Senior High School

Joseph L. McCourt Middle School

La Salle Academy

Lincoln Middle School

Lincoln School

Lincoln Senior High School

Masters Regional Academy

Metropolitan Regional Career &

Technical Center

Middletown High School

Moses Brown School

Mount St. Charles Academy

Nathanael Greene Elementary School

New England Laborers-Cranston Construction

Academy

Nicholas Ferri Middle School

North Kingstown Senior High School

North Providence High School

North Smithfield Junior-Senior High School

Nowell Leadership Academy

Pilgrim High School

Providence Country Day School

RI Nurses Institute Middle College

Riverside Middle School

Rocky Hill School

Rogers High School

Sacred Heart School

Scituate Middle School

Smithfield Senior High School St. Mary Academy-Bay View

St. Patrick School

St. Raphael Academy

St. Rocco School

St. Teresa School

The Greene School

The Learning Community Charter School

The Village Green

Tiverton Middle School

Toll Gate High School

Trinity Academy for the Performing Arts

Urban Collaborative Accelerated Program

Valley Community School

West Warwick Senior High School

Woodlawn Catholic School

Low-income students from Providence, Pawtucket, Central Falls, Woonsocket, and Cranston enroll in our

program when they are in 6th or 7th grade. The majority of Crusaders attend the 31 partner schools where

our Advisors work. We deploy Mobile Advisors to serve Crusaders who move to other schools in Rhode Island.

During 2014-2015, The College Crusade served 3,962 middle and high school students in nearly 100 schools.

A quick look at our scope

and scale: 2014-2015

3962 middle & high school

students participating in

our college-readiness

programs + 843 students

receiving our college

scholarships = 4805 total

Crusaders supported

$3.1 million in cash

and donated college

scholarships awarded

1412 parents of Crusaders

attending our family

engagement programs

31 partner schools in RI’s

core urban districts

Our partner schools:

Academy for Career Exploration

Central Falls Senior High School

Central High School

Classical High School

Cranston High School East

Dr. Earl F. Calcutt Middle School

E-Cubed Academy

Esek Hopkins Middle School

Gilbert Stuart Middle School

Governor Christopher DelSesto

Middle School

Hope High School

Hugh B. Bain Middle School

Jorge Alvarez High School

Joseph Jenks Junior High School

Juanita Sanchez Educational Complex

Mount Pleasant High School

Nathan Bishop Middle School

Nathanael Greene Middle School

Park View Middle School

Paul Cuffee Charter School

Providence Career & Technical Academy

Roger Williams Middle School

Samuel Slater Junior High School

Segue Institute for Learning

Shea Senior High School

Times2 Academy

West Broadway Middle School

William E. Tolman Senior High School

William M. Davies Jr. Career-Technical High School

Woonsocket High School

Woonsocket Middle School

Boston University*

Brown University*

Bryant University*

Dean College*

Johnson & Wales University*

Lincoln Technical Institute

Mount Holyoke College*

New England Institute of Technology*

Northeastern University*

Providence College*

Rob Roy Academy

Roger Williams University*

Salve Regina University*

Wheaton College*

Community College of Rhode Island

Rhode Island College*

University of Rhode Island*

83% of

Crusaders

attended our

partner

schools

17%

were

mobile

This year The College Crusade awarded

$3.1 million in cash and donated

scholarships to 843 Crusaders.

* Members of our scholarship collaborative

Crusader demographics

98% eligible for free or reduced lunch

at enrollment

94% from minority families

77% will be first in their families to

graduate college

39% live in homes where English is not

the primary language

92% eligible for Pell Grants

85% of

recipients

attended

RI public

colleges

15%

private

college

s

The College Crusade of Rhode Island is 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.

134 Thurbers Avenue

Providence, RI 02905

401.854.5500

Fax 401.854.5511

www.thecollegecrusade.org

2014-2015 Annual Report Card – Spring 2015
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The College Crusade 2014-2015 Annual Report Card

Increase the percentage of Crusaders

who take 2 years of mathematics

beyond Algebra 1 by 12th grade:

Increase the percentage of Crusaders who

take the PSAT in 10th grade:

Increase the percentage of high school

Crusaders who are promoted to

successive grade levels on time:


and parents of Crusaders who

demonstrate knowledge of available

financial aid and the costs and benefits of

postsecondary education:


who have knowledge of and

demonstrate necessary academic

preparation for college:


indicating that they aspire to obtain a 4-year

degree, and the percentage of parents of

Crusaders who have this aspiration

for their children:


have indicated the presence of

developmental assets vital to leadership

and youth success:

Maintain the high proportion of Crusaders

who recognize the relationship between

career and postsecondary needs:

Baseline 62% Target 74% Result 79%








High school graduation rates, 2011-2014 Rates for Crusaders compared to rates for all other students from urban districts and all RI students

*** Difference between rates for Crusaders and all other students in urban districts is statistically significant at p < .01.

SOURCES: For Crusaders, data is from RI Department of Education, National Student Clearinghouse and

RI Higher Education Assistance Authority. RI Department of Education is also the source of the data for

all RI students and for students in the urban districts (Providence, Pawtucket, Central Falls and

Woonsocket). Additional data analysis by The College Crusade.

0 50 60 70 80 90

75.7%

66.5% Average for

2011-2014

For 2014

81.4%

67.2%

Crusaders graduate from high school at higher rates

80.7%

78.6%

Crusaders

All other students

in Providence,

Pawtucket, Central

Falls & Woonsocket

All RI students

Crusaders persist in college at higher rates

Average first-year persistence rates for first-time, full-time freshmen, 2009-2012

Crusaders

All freshmen

0 50 60 70 90 80 100

URI

CCRI

RIC

*** Difference between rates is statistically significant at p < .01.

** Difference between rates is statistically significant at p < .05.

SOURCE: Data collection and analysis by the Center for Labor Markets and Policy at Drexel University.

81.1%

87.1%

76.1%

70.9%

62.2%

Totals for

RI public

colleges

Totals for

8 RI private

colleges

85.8%

73.8%

87.7%

84.8%

96.1%

OUR STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES: Baselines, Targets & Results

Increase the percentage of participants

who graduate from high school

in 4 years:


Increase the percentage of former

participants who are enrolled in

college within one year:

Maintain the positive differential in

first-year persistence rates

between former participants and all

students at the state’s public colleges:


Baseline +7.3% Target +7.3% Result +12.0%


who pass Algebra 1 by the end

of 9th grade:


Increase the percentage of parents of

Crusaders who actively engage in

activities associated with assisting students

in their academic preparation for college:


Baselines and targets for all indicators in this report were set in

2011 as part of our 6-year GEAR UP grant application to the U.S.

Department of Education.

PARTNER HIGHLIGHTS

Many RI public schools provided space for us to

hold programs for Crusaders this year. For example,

Providence Career & Technical Academy opened

its doors during February vacation so high school

Crusaders could attend our Choices program. Segue

Institute for Learning hosted our ReadAbout program

on Saturdays (above) and welcomed Crusaders to our

Science Camp during April vacation.

RI’s postsecondary institutions also

were generous with space and resources

for Crusaders. For example, Brown

University’s School of Engineering

served as mentors for our high school

robotics team (at right). Providence

College hosted multiple sessions of our Saturday writing

program, and CCRI provided classroom space for

hundreds of Crusaders who attended Saturday Cru Club.

Crusaders go on to college at much higher rates

College-going rates, 2011-2014 Rates for Crusaders entering college within one year of graduating high school compared

to rates for all low-income RI urban students

SOURCES: For Crusaders: staff analysis of data from RIDE, the National Student Clearinghouse,

and RI Higher Education Assistance Authority. For all low-income RI students: the New England

Secondary School Consortium’s Common Data Project 2013-2014.

Average for

2011-2014 For 2014

72.6 percent 69.9 percent

Crusaders All low-income RI urban students

For 2012 (most recent data available)

52.3 percent
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for their children:




and youth success:


















0 50 60 70 80 90

75.7%

66.5% Average for

2011-2014

For 2014

81.4%

67.2%


80.7%

78.6%

Crusaders

All other students

in Providence,

Pawtucket, Central

Falls & Woonsocket

All RI students



Crusaders

All freshmen

0 50 60 70 90 80 100

URI

CCRI

RIC




81.1%

87.1%

76.1%

70.9%

62.2%

Totals for

RI public

colleges

Totals for

8 RI private

colleges

85.8%

73.8%

87.7%

84.8%

96.1%




in 4 years:













of 9th grade:










PARTNER HIGHLIGHTS
























Average for

2011-2014 For 2014




52.3 percent
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for their children:




and youth success:


















0 50 60 70 80 90

75.7%

66.5% Average for

2011-2014

For 2014

81.4%

67.2%


80.7%

78.6%

Crusaders

All other students

in Providence,

Pawtucket, Central

Falls & Woonsocket

All RI students



Crusaders

All freshmen

0 50 60 70 90 80 100

URI

CCRI

RIC




81.1%

87.1%

76.1%

70.9%

62.2%

Totals for

RI public

colleges

Totals for

8 RI private

colleges

85.8%

73.8%

87.7%

84.8%

96.1%




in 4 years:













of 9th grade:










PARTNER HIGHLIGHTS
























Average for

2011-2014 For 2014




52.3 percent









Executive Committee








Management, LLC





Gerard Venable








Thank you to our

Board of Directors

Dear Friends,






















A Message from

the President


Crusaders attend:



for the Arts


Blackstone Academy


Academyl



Technical Center










School












La Salle Academy


Lincoln School




Technical Center


Moses Brown School




Academy






Pilgrim High School




Rocky Hill School

Rogers High School

Sacred Heart School



St. Patrick School

St. Raphael Academy

St. Rocco School

St. Teresa School

The Greene School


The Village Green




















Crusaders supported


and donated college




engagement programs






Central High School




E-Cubed Academy




Middle School

Hope High School















Times2 Academy






Boston University*

Brown University*

Bryant University*

Dean College*






Providence College*

Rob Roy Academy



Wheaton College*




83% of

Crusaders

attended our

partner

schools

17%

were

mobile







at enrollment



graduate college




85% of

recipients

attended

RI public

colleges

15%

private

college

s






134 Thurbers Avenue


401.854.5500

Fax 401.854.5511











Executive Committee








Management, LLC





Gerard Venable








Thank you to our

Board of Directors

Dear Friends,






















A Message from

the President


Crusaders attend:



for the Arts


Blackstone Academy


Academyl



Technical Center










School












La Salle Academy


Lincoln School




Technical Center


Moses Brown School




Academy






Pilgrim High School




Rocky Hill School

Rogers High School

Sacred Heart School



St. Patrick School

St. Raphael Academy

St. Rocco School

St. Teresa School

The Greene School


The Village Green




















Crusaders supported


and donated college




engagement programs






Central High School




E-Cubed Academy




Middle School

Hope High School















Times2 Academy






Boston University*

Brown University*

Bryant University*

Dean College*






Providence College*

Rob Roy Academy



Wheaton College*




83% of

Crusaders

attended our

partner

schools

17%

were

mobile







at enrollment



graduate college




85% of

recipients

attended

RI public

colleges

15%

private

college

s






134 Thurbers Avenue


401.854.5500

Fax 401.854.5511

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