I would like to take your student on a trip to China and Tibet in 2017! I will be hosting an informational meeting on Thursday, November 12th at 6pm in room 22 at Crossroads for parents and students who are interested in learning more about the trip. If you are at all interested in the trip, please plan to attend...

Friends, Last week in the Leadership for Equity class I teach, the students, all public school teachers, were interested in the difference between diversity and inclusivity. This prompted a great deal of thinking on my part since then, particularly as both relate to Crossroads. Frankly, we are already diverse in many ways that are visible and invisible. We are already...

Last Thursday, reporter and documentary photographer Sarah Weiser visited the Modern Global Issues class to discuss her work with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and her coverage of population growth in India. Sarah writes for Retro Report, which is distributed by theNew York Times, and the story she discussed with students can be found on their website....

Now inviting mastery learning proposals for Spring 2016. The Mastery Learning program is open to Upper School students and is designed to provide an opportunity to execute a project that falls outside the boundaries of typical high school courses.  For example, a student could choose to write a children’s book in French, research why people do or don’t vote, or...

Crossroads College Preparatory School Homecoming 2015! Current Spirit Fashion Show (sponsored by the School Store) Monday during announcements! Which class will win the Spirit Stick? Each class earns points by dressing up for Spirit Week! Monday is Pajama Day. Tuesday is Royalty Day. Wednesday is Kindergarten Day. Thursday is Ugly Sweater Day. Friday is Super Hero Day. u A Celebration...

Friends, On Sunday, Crossroads hosted 80 prospective families at our annual Open House. Our students, faculty, staff, and parent community did an excellent job of welcoming our guests and helping them to feel comfortable in our school. I enjoyed the many conversations I had with parents, and I noticed from observation and conversation that these prospective families were more than...

Crossroads is extremely proud of our student athletes who competed this Fall for Crossroads College Preparatory School! We had a great deal of success on the courts as well as on the field. I am proud of the fact that nearly half of our Upper School students were active members of either our Girls’ Tennis, Boys’ Soccer, or Girls’ Volleyball...

Friends, I spent most of the day today facilitating learning walks among the faculty. During each class block today small groups of faculty toured four different classrooms with me. We observed for what was going well and how we might use this to influence our own teaching practice. We also talked about how what we observed affirmed who we are...

Friends, Elizabeth Gilbert, of Eat, Pray, Love fame, recently published Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear. I was just pages into it when I came across this comment about a friend of hers: “ . . . now, as an adult, she finally had the perspective to appreciate the value of her own joy.” I was really struck by the...

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