Friends, For the past three days, Cliff, Gina, and I have been participating in an Anti-Bias/Anti-Racist workshop along with friends and colleagues at City Garden Montessori School, the US Bank CDC, and two leaders from the United Methodist Church. This workshop was facilitated by CrossRoads Antiracism Organizing and Training. As always, I am impressed by the courage and vulnerability of …
Loop Trolley Promises Great Future, Brings Temporary Inconvenience
The Loop Trolley project is well underway, and it’s been exciting to watch the progress in The Loop and on DeBaliviere. The future looks bright as plans include a Crossroads trolley stop right in front of our school building. We’ve also arranged to have our parking lot entrance moved and widened to make pick-up and drop-off more convenient. In the …
Practices for Fall Upper School Sports to Begin on 8/3
Dear Parents and Students, The school year is nearly here, and we are all very excited for a fantastic year of Crossroads College Prep Athletics.The bar has been set high and we like it that way. It is time for new faces to step into prominent roles. We can’t wait to see how the pieces of the puzzle fit together.This …
Fourth of July
“If we abandon equality, we lose the single bond that makes us a community, that makes us a people with the capacity to be free collectively and individually in the first place.” –Danielle Allen Director, Safra Center for Ethics Harvard University Friends, Our Declaration: A Reading of the Declaration of Independence, by Danielle Allen, African American classicist and political theorist, …
Middle School Explore Concentrations
All middle classes with the arts department are an introduction to various possibilities within a specific medium. For the concentration classes, students and teachers will have the opportunity go beyond the introduction and work with projects and experiences that are designed to not only build skills but reinforce those skills. If your middle school student has not chosen a concentration, please do so …