Introducing Our Next Director of Development

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I am pleased to announce that Allison Barudin will be joining Crossroads College Preparatory School as its next Director of Development. Allison will bring 8 years of development experience to this role. She currently serves as the Associate Director of Development at City Academy. Previously, Allison held development roles at North Shore Country Day School and the Francis W. Parker School in her …

Tyler Doll to Play Soccer for CMU

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Senior Tyler Doll has signed his Letter of Intent to attend Central Methodist University and continue his soccer career. Tyler is the reigning SCAA Soccer Player of the Year, having guarded the Current’s goal admirably. Doll decided to sign with the NAIA Eagles over Maryville University and Cornell College. Tyler made us proud throughout his time with Crossroads, and we …

Current Athletic Scores: 4/27/2016

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Baseball Crossroads 9 Bayless 4 Principia 15 Crossroads 3 Kennedy 14 Crossroads 0 McCluer 8 Crossroads 7 Soccer Notre Dame 4 Crossroads 0 Crossroads 1 Warrenton 0 Notre Dame 6 Crossroads 0 Upcoming Contests 4/27-Soccer at Bayless 4PM Away Baseball at McCluer South Berkley 4:15PM Away 4/28-Soccer at Principia 5PM Away Baseball vs. Jennings 4:15PM at Koeneman Park 4/29-Soccer vs. …

Turning the Corner

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Friends, I have what I call a “turning the corner” experience each school year. I begin noticing that students are taller and that they are moving through the space and speaking more confidently. Faculty and staff become very task-oriented as there is much to accomplish in terms of our learning and work before the end of the school year, and …

Day of Silence at Crossroads

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A big thank you to all who participated in the Day of Silence!  Special thanks to our Gender Spectrum Alliance (GSA) and GSA leaders, Leilani and Zoey . They worked hard to make the whole week special, and in what has become a Day of Silence tradition, David Jay returned as our guest speaker. David speaks with clarity and kindness and …

Mastery Learning Projects for Fall 2016

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The Mastery Learning program is open to students in the Upper School as of August 1; it 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; design and produce …

Current Athletic Scores

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Soccer Crossroads 5 Valley Park 0 Metro 2 Crossroads 1 Lutheran North 2 Crossroads 1 Whitfield 4 Crossroads 0 Baseball Valley Park 8 Crossroads 2 Crossroads 23 Lift for Life 7 Valley Park 4 Crossroads 2   Upcoming Events April 20 Baseball at Barat 4PM Soccer vs. Notre Dame in Parkway Tournament April 21 Baseball at Kennedy 4:15PM Soccer in Parkway Tournament …

Chess News: 4/20/2016

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Gateway Chess League Awards May 4 The annual League Awards dinner will be held at 6 pm at the Golden Corral Buffet, 6110 S Lindbergh Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63123.  Any student who played in the Wednesday high school competitions or the Thursday Wydown tournaments is invited to attend.  We will meet at the restaurant, but Howard can drive three …

Elaine’s Goodbye

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In the world of careers, when one door opens, the other closes and so will it be for me at the end of the school year when I open a new career door at St. Louis University High School. There, I will be joining a growing team of professional counselors and contributing to a community-wide Design Thinking Process for college …

Excellence in learning

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On April 10-11, Grace Gerbi, Callista Martin, and A’Dana Smith participated in Excellence in Learning at the University of Missouri Medical School.  They were selected to attend this two day program with approximately 50 students and their teachers from the St. Louis Area.  While on the Mizzou campus, they: Solved a medical case using Problem Based Learning (PBL), the same method used …