Friends, We are coming to our end-of-the-year traditions for seniors that begin this Friday with the Senior Pancake Breakfast and that culminate in graduation on May 21st at noon here at Crossroads. For all of the task orientation of April, May begins up with an of open quality as we shift our schedule for AP exams and make room for …

Friends, This week, Crossroads is celebrating Pride Week as a lead up to Friday’s Day of Silence. Day of Silence is a student-led national event organized in thousands of schools, bringing awareness to the silencing effects of anti-LGBTQ name-calling, bullying, and harassment. On Monday during announcements, I talked a little about how some of our differences are visible and that …

Friends, I am looking forward to the fun activities that are a part of the last two months of school: prom, athletic events, our spring musical, awards day, field day, graduation, and others. As much as I am looking forward to these fun and important events, I know that they can diffuse our focus. I have been reminding students this …