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Have a friend you know would fit right in at Crossroads? Invite them to our Open House! Our Open House on October 8 from 1-3 pm will illustrate the breadth and depth of the Crossroads experience, with sample lessons and activities led by our faculty, testimonials from parents and students, 5th Day, and more! Click the link in our bio to learn more, and please share this post!!
Meet Zoe, class of 2025, and her beloved clarinet. 🎶 One of our favorite Crossroads traditions is Musical Mondays! At our Monday all-school meetings, we take time for students to perform something that excites them. It’s a wonderful moment of stillness, community, and music. Swipe left or click the link in our bio to watch Zoe play Alegretto Fantasia by Sextus Miskow!
Shanah Tova - may your new year be sweet as honey! 🍯 Rosh Hashanah (the Jewish new year) begins tonight at sundown. ☀️ Our Jewish Student Union visited House meetings last Friday to educate their fellow students about the High Holy Days, the ten holiest days in the Jewish calendar beginning with the Rosh Hashanah and ending with Yom Kippur, the most holy day of the year. Enjoy some apples and honey and help your friends ring in the new year! 🍎🍏
Happy 5th Day!!! Most students dread the dreary drone of Hump Day, but at Crossroads, it’s our favorite day of the week! ⭐️
One thing that makes our Wednesdays unlike any other schools’ is 5th Day, an afternoon of endless possibilities, where students are encouraged to experience their education on their own terms. Our students earn this trust and freedom by showing up as student leaders and genuinely good people every single day. Students learn best when they’re trusted to take their learning into their own hands…must be why everyone at Crossroads exemplifies a variety of intelligences!
To learn more about 5th Day and life at Crossroads, click our link in bio and explore our page! 💛
We were so lucky to have a panel of four attorneys visit yesterday for our Courts and Trials 5th Day class! They answered insightful student questions about the Missouri and St. Louis criminal justice systems and their own law careers. Many many thanks to our visiting attorneys - Jim Guest (parent of alumni Andrew ‘19 and Claire ‘21) and Tori Dempsey from Legal Services of Eastern Missouri; Eric Selig, a Federal Public Defender; and John Banjak from the True Title Company.
What is the spirit of 5th Day?
Each of these clips demonstrate our students embodying the spirit of 5th Day. On 5th Day, we let our students do more, with experiences, field trips, and hands-on, self-driven learning. Students display the spirit of 5th Day when they take their education into their own hands with courage and maturity, and teachers can step back into a facilitator role. Each of these clips - practice with a robot, a field trip of the Delmar Divide, fire building, and quiche sharing - represent the spirit of 5th Day and how we see and support student needs through curriculum innovations. We empower our students to take chances, get messy, and make mistakes, because that is when they experience true grow and education. Follow us to see for 5th Day, and click the link in our bio to learn more!
