The Curriculum Committee has an academic challenge program called the Mastery Learning Program. This program is open to Upper School students and is designed to provide an opportunity to explore a topic or execute a project that falls outside the boundaries of typical high school courses. For example, a student could choose to write a children’s book in Spanish, construct...

Families have received grade reports for first quarter. If you would like to access all the details which determine a child’s grade, you may do so through Edline as you did at mid-quarter. For 7th and 8th graders, quarter grades are discrete: they have a clean “grading slate” starting this week. For 9th-12th grade students, the first quarter is approximately...

Families will make their conference appointments online through School Appointments. You may set up your account any time with this link. The site closes on Thursday the 23rd at noon. To register for appointments after that time, you may come on Friday the 24th (the day of conferences) and sign up on the teachers’ doors if there are spaces remaining....

We have combined many of the various volunteer opportunities for our community on one page. Please check this link to see where you might be helpful. We have many events in which volunteers will be helpful; these include: Open House Hospitality, Teacher Breakfasts, Teacher Appreciation Week, Campus Beautification, 9th Grade Etiquette Luncheon, and Freshman Business Etiquette Seminar. Your time and...

“Increasingly, we are learning about how we must not view any particular part of life in isolation but, rather, as part of an interdependent system of roles with the potential for mutual enrichment.”  – Stewart D. Friedman Total Leadership Admission season has begun, and I’ve met with several prospective families so far this month. One of the joys of these...

The first day of our Good Work program is Thursday, Oct. 23. All Upper School students will be away from school from 11:30 to 3:15 working with our Good Work Partners. Each year, Crossroads students contribute over 3,000 hours of service to the community through our various Good Work programs, including our week-long, Good Work trips. Our 2014-2015 Good Work...

Boys’ Varsity Soccer 10/7 – Crossroads 7 Valley Park 1 10/9 – Soldan 2 Crossroads 1 Girls’ Freshmen Volleyball 10/9 – MRH 2 Crossroads 1 Girls’ JV Volleyball 10/7 – Crossroads 2 Brentwood 1 10/9 – MRH 2 Crossroads 0 10/13 – Crossroads 2 Metro 1 Girls’ Varsity Volleyball 10/7 – Brentwood 2 Crossroads 0 10/9 – Crossroads 2 MRH...

Double Rainbow Fall Festival has its roots in a campout theme, in which each advisory sets up a camp on the green space (or indoor space given today’s weather) and provides a theme-based food and activity to be shared with the entire Crossroads community. This is boosted by both live music and a DJ, games, and the competition for awards...

Students of French had the opportunity to find out about the origin of the name of their city during their visit to the special exhibit on King Louis at the Art Museum. They discovered exceptional art from the reign of Louis IX and later works inspired by the celebrated 13th century monarch. Bon 250eme anniversaire Saint-Louis City! French 3 planned...

Volunteers Needed (a lot of them)! Help us beautify our Crossroads campus for Open House. Please bring power washers, shovels, rakes, large garden forks, or rock rakes if you have them. We hope to be done in a few hours, but stop by even if you just have a bit of time. Volunteer using VolunteerSpot in three easy steps: 1)...