Middle School at Crossroads

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Friends, As you scroll through today’s Wednesday Notice, you’ll notice three posts about recent winners at Crossroads: Mock Trial, Middle School Chess, and American Mathematics Middle School Winners. You’ll also see an invitation to Middle School Authors’ Evening. In recent weeks, we’ve also announced Poetry Out Loud winners and other successes. I am very proud of these successes and seeing …

American Mathematics Competition Middle School Winners

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Crossroads administered the AMC8 (American Mathematics Competition for 8th grade) to all our middle school students. Our grade-level winners are as follows: 7th Grade: 1st place – Harbor Wolff 2nd place – Kyle Tomasula 3rd place – Isaac Lake 8th Grade: 1st place – Russell Bigham 2nd place – Lily Yang 3rd place – Nick Babusis, Daniel Baumstark, Camden Breckenridge, and …

Chess News: 1/27

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Crossroads Middle Schoolers win Pattonville Tournament Congratulations to the 8th grade and under team of Ernie McCarter, Harbor Wolff, Ben Clair, Russell Bigham, and Jacob Plax for winning their division in the Gateway Team Tournament held last Saturday.  Ernie medalled on board 1, Ben won first place on board 3, and Russell won first place on board 4.  In the …

Middle School Authors’ Evening

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Please join us for an evening to celebrate the artistic voices of our middle school students. We will transform our theater into a cafe with music, candlelight, cafe snacks, and excellent authors for an evening of creative writing by our own middle school students. Come, relax, and enjoy! Students, siblings, friends invited for free; cost for adults is $2. Tuesday, …

Athletic News

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The first practices for Spring sports (Baseball, Girls’ Soccer, Boys’ and Girls’ Track and Field) is Monday February 29th. Please make note in your calendars that Fall Practices for Upper School athletics begins on Monday, August 1st! Girls’ Tennis, Girls’ Volleyball, and Boys’ Soccer will start on this date. It is extremely important that the coaches have their teams in …

Heather and Lake Family to Move to LA

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Dear Friends, The recent news of the Rams relocating to Los Angeles has created quite a stir in my life. After 10 1/2 years at Crossroads College Prep, I will be moving my family to support my husband Jim’s career with the Rams. Many of you know this, but Jim just completed his 31st season with the team. He started …

Mock Trial Wins Round One!

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On January 21 Crossroads competed in the first round of the Missouri High School Mock Trial Competition at the St. Louis County Courthouse. The Mock Trial team, representing the defendant in a case about high school bullying, defeated Kirkwood High School on a 3-0 decision. The defendant team was made up of student attorneys Tova Cohen, Kellen King, Jake Strum, …

Chess News 1/20/2016

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Chess tournament at Pattonville HS this Saturday Depart from Crossroads: 7:30 AM (sharp) Tournament ends: 7:30 pm, with an awards ceremony.  Return to school around 8:15 pm.  Players may be picked up early at Pattonville HS by 7:30 pm. Cost of tournament: There are no tournament registration fees this year for our players, but USCF membership is required.  Players must …

Athletic News

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This Spring, Crossroads will field a Boys’ and Girls’ Track and Field team that will compete at the State level. We have had a very successful track program a few years ago, but interest waned and we discontinued it. Interest is now strong and we look to have over 20 students performing this spring. Practices will begin on February 29th …