Parent Night 2016
September 6, 2016
Friends, I am looking forward to Parent Night this evening. While you are visiting, I hope you take an opportunity to view Crossroads, the teachers, and the learning through a young person’s eyes. When I encourage grown-ups to do this, I always think of this quote from The Little Prince: “Grown-ups love figures. When you tell them that you have...
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Board Anti-Bias/Anti-Racism Work
August 31, 2016
Friends, This week I have spent a great deal of time with our Board of Trustees. On Sunday, I facilitated the annual Board Retreat, and for most of this week, six Board members and I have participated in the Understanding and Analyzing Systemic Racism workshop that the Crossroads faculty and staff experienced in August. This commitment of time and energy...
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Current Athletic Scores
August 31, 2016
Tennis Lutheran South 9 Crossroads 0 Dubourg 6 Crossroads 3 St. Pius 9 Crossroads 0 Soccer St. Pius 10 Crossroads 0 MRH 6 Crossroads 0 Dubourg 9 Crossroads 0 Principia 10 Crossroads 0 JV Volleyball Crossroads 2 DuBourg 0 Varsity Volleyball DuBourg 2 Crossroads 0 Crossroads 2 Lift for Life 0 Hancock 2 Crossroads 0 Metro 2 Crossroads 0 Bayless...
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How are the students?
August 24, 2016
Friends, The most frequent question people ask me at this time of year is, “How is school going?” or “How was the start of school?” I’ve been thinking that I could answer this question much better. Usually, I begin with naming things we have done so far (middle school campout, advisory retreats, first day of class, first day of activity,...
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Begin Again
August 10, 2016
Friends Please review this Wednesday Notice thoroughly! Now is the time to sign up for Plus Portals, to order lunch, and to complete emergency forms and permission forms for middle school camp. Now is the time to check in with your child: How is the summer reading going? Do you have your books? Preparing for school is a time of...
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New Family Orientation and All-School Picnic
August 10, 2016
Our faculty and staff is looking forward to seeing all of you on Monday, August 15th for our annual orientation and picnic. For our newer families, here are some details about this event: 4 to 5pm New Family Orientation: Parents and guardians will have an opportunity to meet our leadership, administrative and counseling teams and ask questions. Kim will review...
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Plus Portals
August 3, 2016
We have officially transitioned to the new Plus Portals system. Plus Portals provides a more modern product than our previous Edline system, which is being phased out. It also unifies various school systems and databases helping to improve communication between the students, parents, teachers and other school staff. With any new system, there will be a learning curve for us all. Needless...
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Options Lunch Menu
August 3, 2016
Our optional lunch program is now available online! All orders for lunch next week must be submitted no later than Sunday evening, August 21st. All Options menu lunches are $5.00. We will utilize an online payment system through our Lunch Order Form via our STUDENT LIFE tab on our website. Click here to access the Order Form. This will be the...
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More than Learned Kids
July 27, 2016
Friends, I haven’t written anything this summer to include in the Wednesday Notice, but last week I had a meeting with alumni parent, donor, and friend to Crossroads Steve Littlejohn. Steve and I talked about many interesting things, and I want to share a few of them with you today. They inspire my excitement for Crossroads and for the beginning...
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Another Message from the Head
July 8, 2016
Friends, I began writing this letter on Wednesday and then woke up yesterday and today to the painful news of more shooting deaths in our country. My heart is heavy and I feel impossibly small as I think about the lives, friends, families, and loved ones of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, Philando Castile in Minneapolis, and the police officers...
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