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...

Double Rainbow was as gorgeous and exciting as its namesake this year. The day began rain-soaked, but as the clouds opened, a rainbow appeared above Crossroads, and our fearless Double Rainbow leader Jad McDaniel snapped the above photo. The sun shone on, and the afternoon was sunny and warm, a departure from the previous chillier days. It was as if...

Today, we celebrated an incredible first quarter of our groundbreaking 5th Day curriculum with 5th Day Exhibition. For the last two months, students have been honing new skills and working on intensive research projects in our weekly 5th Day long blocks. Every Wednesday, students have three hours to focus and engage deeply with a topic, whether it be under the...

Our Food Science I course has been turning up the heat in our South Kitchen! Over the course of Quarter I, Food Science I students have learned that science is the magic behind all cooking and baking and every recipe’s measurements and ratios require mathematic precision. Each class began with learning the intricate science behind an element of cooking, then...

Our Open House was this sunny Sunday, a perfect day to spend learning about Crossroads with our special guests in the rain garden. We had pretzels a-plenty, many faculty, student, and parent volunteers, and a great turn out from prospective families! Oh, and did we mention Just Us Goats brought back their furry goatscaping team, including three baby goats?! They’re...

Science teacher Howard Granok has been making waves and reaching new heights with his Outdoor Education 5th Day Course! Granok has always been a proponent of innovative, experiential science education. Last year, he encouraged AP Environmental students to turn visiting goats into a science experiment: students measured the goats’ consumption rate to determine their efficacy as sustainable lawnmowers. 5th Day...