Good Work Opportunity: Project Greatness
April 1, 2015
Project Greatness is an organization made up of volunteers who are highly committed to making the community a more loving and safe place, allowing children to express their greatness. We are making a difference in the world daily! We are transforming schools and learning centers for children by collaborating with community leaders, ministers, teachers, administrators, parents, and students. We are...
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Chess Update: 4/1
April 1, 2015
Upcoming Tournaments April 9-13th National K-12 Championships, Columbus, OH. Lodging fees are now due. Please check our separate e-mail blast for additional details. Gateway Chess Awards The annual awards buffet will be held Wednesday, May 6th, at Golden Corral, 6110 S. Lindbergh. Dinner at 6:30, awards at 7:30. All students who played on Wednesdays or Thursdays this year are invited....
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Chess: Crossroads Finishes 2nd, 8th at State
April 1, 2015
Crossroads College Prep had an excellent State Tournament. Our 9th grade and under team finished in 2nd place overall, 3 points behind St. Joseph Academy and just ahead of Rockhurst High School. Ernie McCarter and Russell Bigham finished 6th and 10th overall, and Sarah Crawford medalled for her 4-2 record. The strong team was rounded out by Emanuel Gerbi, Joey...
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Saturday Scholars
April 1, 2015
Juniors Tova Cohen, Pete Hamilton, and Daniel Hudson completed Washington University School of Medicine’s Saturday Scholars program on March 14. For four consecutive Saturdays, our students joined around 45 others from around the Saint Louis metro area to hear lectures from medical students, learn about medical research, and observe a human cadaver dissection. Our students also presented a brief Powerpoint...
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Engineering Open House
April 1, 2015
Over Spring Break, 10 students traveled to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to attend the annual Engineering Open House (http://eoh.ec.illinois.edu/) and had a great time! Of the hundreds of exhibits and demonstrations, some of the favorites were the robotics competitions, the sprinkler system demonstration which involved a live dorm room fire, and watching concrete crumble under the stress of...
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Purchase Tickets for Prom: An Arabian Night
April 1, 2015
The Crossroads College Prep Junior-Senior Prom will take place on Saturday, April 18th, 8pm-11pm at Windows On Washington. The event includes appetizers, desserts, and dancing. Reserved parking is available near the venue, with a shuttle bus running from the lot to the dance. Tickets are for sale in the front office from Susan Kane. Cost is $35 per ticket through...
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StuCo Coin Drive
April 1, 2015
Bring your coins to school BY APRIL 10th for a great cause! March 30 – April 10 This year for the Student Council Annual Fundraiser, StuCo decided to make a positive impact in Ferguson. Class of 2017 StuCo Rep Annie Chappell, whose family lives in Ferguson, researched organizations that might be appropriate recipients of our coin drive’s proceeds. The Food...
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Makerspace Grant
March 11, 2015
Friends, This week, the Executive Director and the Education Technology Coordinator from the Innovative Technology Education Fund (ITEF) visited Crossroads along with one of their board members. Three of our students led them on a tour and then they sat down with Heather, Mark, and me. ITEF’s visit is exciting because it means we’ve moved forward in their process for...
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Good Work: Putting Our Hearts’ Desires to the Work of Our Hands
March 11, 2015
As an element of our commitment to imagination and the development of the habit of empathy, our school has long focused on helping our students become agents of positive social change. We make an effort to connect our ideals with greater action and to apply our hearts’ desires to the work of our hands. Tomorrow, small groups of our students,...
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