We love when Halloween falls on a school day! For the spooky holiday this year, everyone came to school in their costumes! Crossroads students COMMIT. TO. THE. BIT. All their costumes were so unique and well crafted: it was hard to not just give everyone the “Best Costume” award! At lunch, teachers hosted Trick ‘or Treating St. Louis style: tell …
Catch this line – Crossroads has received a $1,500 grant from Bass Pro Shops/Cabela’s Outdoor Fund. The grant will go towards purchasing supplies and materials for Crossroads’ 5th Day Outdoor Education class. On Thursday, October 26th, Howard Granok, passionate Outdoor Education instructor and Biology teacher, brought two equally passionate students to officially accept the grant at the nearby Cabela’s in …
Announcing our newest collaboration: The Novel Neighbor @ Crossroads Speaker Series! We’re partnering with The Novel Neighbor to bring authors to our campus, providing both a space for their incredible speaker series and entertainment for local students and parents. Women-owned and operated, The Novel Neighbor is an independent bookstore and community space in the Webster Groves neighborhood of St. Louis. …
Our Boys Soccer team had their senior night on Thursday, October 26, with a home game against Soldan. We loved celebrating their tremendous effort over the years as a community! SO many students came out to cheer our team on and celebrate a season (and four years for our seniors) of hard work, dedication, teamwork, and good sportsmanship. These gorgeous …
After the goats did a truly tremendous job sustainably trimming our rain garden, the Crossroads Family Organization (CFO) got to work planting over 200 perennials, whose blooms we’ll see this spring! Dana Salony, Director of Development, led the project through inclement weather and helped out planting. Thank you, Dana and the CFO, for all you do to make our campus …
On Thursday night, the Crossroads Family Organization (CFO) helped provide our Faculty with a delicious meal during their late evening of Parent-Teacher-Student Conferences. These conferences provide an essential opportunity for parents, students, and teachers to be actively in conversation about intentionally supporting each other. However, they become an incredibly long day for our already hardworking teachers! Thanks to Dana Salony, …
We consider ourselves so lucky to be part of our incredible Crossroads community: 50 years of alumni, current students, current and alum families, and community partners, all of whom believe Crossroads matters. Everyone who crosses our threshold gives to us in some way: with a smile, their hard work, a helping hand, or a donation. Our Annual Fund is a …
We spent a warm morning in our cozy library enjoying coffee and the company of families, faculty, staff, and our incredible Crossroads Family Organization (CFO). The CFO provided coffee and snacks: they infused our school with morning energy that was a perfect Tuesday pick-me-up! As faculty and staff, we work together all day, and we always desire more designated times …
This year, Crossroads received an incredible Innovator grant from the Innovative Technology Education Fund (ITEF) for some high-tech, high-def drones. Our groundbreaking 5th Day curriculum was the perfect draw for ITEF to choose us as an Innovator grant recipient. Their vision statement reads, “Innovative Technology Education Fund believes that introducing children to the spectrum of available technology creates opportunities for …
We love our seniors! At school on Wednesday, we PINKED and POPPED OUT for our seniors on the Varsity Volleyball team: Adreana, Brooklyn, Lizzie, Sarah, Sydney, and Valeria. They chose a Pink Out in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and the whole school showed up in their brightest pink attire. The rest of the Varsity Volleyball team set up …
