Field Day Highlights
May 27, 2015
After the Awards Assembly on Friday, May 15th, students and staff changed into one of eight fabulous t-shirts bearing the mascots of various breakfast cereals and the eight multi-grade teams headed to Forest Park for our annual Field Day. The forecasted rainstorm waited while each team had a turn at Ultimate Frisbee, Kickball, Volleyball, and Capture the Football. Back at...
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Graduation Speech 2015: DJ Corbett
May 20, 2015
I am very honored to have been chosen to be one of the few speakers today. I was told my purpose was to speak to you all, but primarily to send a message to my beloved fellow classmates. But, due to my glaring narcissism I decided, forget all of you. I’m gonna write a letter to my future self… Dear...
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Graduation Speech 2015: Eleanor Marsh
May 20, 2015
Meyer’s AP Psychology textbook defines the spotlight effect as “overestimating others’ noticing and evaluating our appearance, performance, and blunders (as if we presume a spotlight shines on us).” Learning this in psychology class confirmed a suspicion I’ve had for a long time: that no one actually cares what we do as much as we think they do. That thought often...
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Graduation Speech 2015: Eliana Zuckerman
May 18, 2015
Welcome, class of 2015. Congratulations on getting to this day. You made it! By now most of you have probably heard of my hamster, Hazel. She is adorable, frightening, and the light of my life. I will use her as an extended metaphor throughout this entire speech, so buckle up. Here we go: Life lessons I’ve learned from my Hamster...
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Graduation Speech 2015: Melvin Jerome “MJ” Butler II
May 18, 2015
I don’t think I will ever forget the day that Crossroads College Preparatory School became the school that I would attend for the rest of my grade school career. I had to be 11 years old. My voice hadn’t dropped, I still thought girls had coodies, and all that really mattered to me was having fun with my friends. My mother was driving...
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Graduation 2015 Remarks: Dr. Jason Heisserer, Head of School
May 18, 2015
At Crossroads, we are smart and good. We value being ourselves and having a voice. We cultivate habits of empathy and listening as a way to honor the selves and the voices of others. As a school community, as a network of mutuality, we craft our daily experiences so that we have opportunities to practice all of these things, to...
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Graduation 2015 Remarks: Zack Boyers, Chair, Board of Trustees
May 18, 2015
Good afternoon. My name is Zack Boyers, and I have the great privilege of serving the Crossroads community as Chair of the Board of Trustees. I would like to extend a warm welcome to the parents, families and friends of the graduates, the Board of Trustees, Administration, Faculty and Staff of Crossroads College Preparatory School, and most importantly today to the members of the Class...
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Three Students Complete YouthCITIES March-to-May Innovation Bootcamp
May 13, 2015
“Designed for middle school and high school students…participants work with a variety of entrepreneurs to start a venture, figure out how it impacts our local community, and determine how it’s going to make money while driving change.” The program started in Boston, and this is the first year it has taken place in St. Louis. Here’s what Alex (‘16) had...
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A Tiny House for Sharon and Sal
May 13, 2015
We are building a Tiny House for our librarian Sharon and her husband Sal. Sal has always dreamed of building a house and of the economic independence that comes with building and owning a house outright. Sal has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and has already lived past the time that doctors predicted when he was first diagnosed. Sal wants...
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Girls Giving
May 12, 2015
Girls Giving is a side project of the Spirit of St. Louis Women’s Fund that was started just this year by Kathy Frost. She has a daughter in 11th grade, and Kathy encouraged her along with other girls to join Girls Giving. Each of the 30 members contributed $100 to collectively give a small grant to a non-profit organization. Girls...
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