Trivia night is coming! February 7th is our annual trivia night fundraiser to benefit the Linda Russ Memorial Fund. This is our major fundraiser of the year. Please check your email for important information regarding jobs, donations, and more. There is still time to pitch in if you haven’t committed to anything yet. High School Varsity League Upper school matches...

The high school A team won the Gateway Team Tournament held last Saturday at Pattonville High School. Crossroads finished with a perfect 4-0 record ahead of rivals Metro and Vianney. Matt Larson led the team on board 1 with 4 wins, and Rock Jia placed second on board 2 with 3 wins and a draw in his USCF debut tournament....

This year’s Summer Opportunity Fair will be held Saturday, January 31, 2015, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Whitfield School, 175 South Mason Road (intersection of Mason Road and Ladue Road). I have also created a Database of Summer Programs being offered in and around St. Louis that tend to be very affordable. (If there is no date listed on...

Crossroads College Prep is well known for the diversity of its student body, the quality education the students receive, and the fantastic extracurricular opportunities that are made possible by our small but enthusiastic community of teachers, coaches, and play directors.  One of these standouts is our state and nationally-ranked chess team. The chess team is hosting its annual trivia night...

“Let our lives be open books for all to study.” –Mahatma Gandhi Friends, In my message on Monday, I shared that being a part of Crossroads is that we are all able to express our multiple identities; that none of us are reduced to a single role, experience, or way of being; and that we have opportunities to build relationships...

The English Department offers its congratulations to every student at Crossroads for memorizing a poem last week and performing it for your class in our celebration of poetry and the power of the spoken word in Poetry Out Loud. Crossroads has been involved in this nationwide program for seven years, and each year, we are impressed by the effort, talent,...

Friends, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on December 10, 1964. I found a video of Dr. King’s acceptance speech and thought I’d share it as a way of honoring this national holiday. I went looking for it because the movie Selma opens with his receiving this award. Dr. King’s belief that “what the self-centered…have...

Matt Austin was accepted to the University of Tulsa. Solomon Cooper was accepted to Drake University. Megan King was accepted to Rhodes College. Zoe Kirchoff was accepted to Rhodes College. Louis McClellan was accepted to Drury University and Webster University. Charlotte Sechrist was accepted to (MICA) with scholarship....

Thank you to everyone who participated in the Crossroads Library Book Fair in December! Over 50 books were donated to the school from the wish list, and the library received a commission of $985 to spend on more books as a result of your support.  We would like to thank in particular Lois Sechrist and Cindy Zirwes for organizing the...

The AMC 8 is a 25-question, 40-minute, multiple choice examination in middle school mathematics designed to promote the development and enhancement of problem-solving skills (www.maa.org). A hearty thank you to all our seventh and eighth graders who took the AMC 8 math test back in November.  The MAA sent us the results.  Drum roll please.  This year in seventh grade,...