Friends, I was standing in the hall during passing time today and noticed how tall our students are getting. This is to be expected, of course, but this year it caught my attention earlier than in years past. I have also noticed that students are moving through the space and speaking more confidently, that they are deep into projects and...

Girls’ Basketball The Girls’ Basketball program completed another season this past month, and they continued to show development under coaches Mike Pomatto and Monique Roberts. The win-loss record may not have been what the group would have wanted, but they continue to show signs of improvement as well as being a very difficult team to play against. With five seniors...

“This is the world I want to live in. The shared world.” –Naomi Shihab Nye “Gate A-4” Friends, After reading several articles about the recent vandalism at Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City and the responses to this by area Rabbis, Imams, other faith and community leaders, as well as concerned citizens, I thought about Naomi Shihab Nye’s short...

Friends, Khalil Gibran writes this about love: “Let there be spaces in your togetherness, and let the winds of heaven dance between you.” As much as I write about what brings us closer and what keeps us working together as a network, I thought I’d bring some attention to the importance of loving distance and respecting the spaces between us....

Greetings Crossroads Community, This past weekend, Crossroads College Prep hosted a 2.5 day Understanding and Analyzing Systemic Racism Workshop for thirty-five individuals from nine organizations in our region. I had the privilege of learning alongside thirteen members of the Crossroads community. I am so proud of the good and hard work done by this group, which represented parents, grandparents, trustees,...

We are excited to offer several summer camp opportunities at Crossroads this June. Girls Volleyball Camp June 5-9, 2017 June 12-16, 2017 Volleyball Camp is for students currently 10-15 years old. The focus of this camp is to emphasize the fundamentals of the overall volleyball program at Crossroads and to provide a bridge to higher levels of play. STEM Camp...

Friends, I had a conversation yesterday with a colleague from a different school about the difference between cultural competence and cultural humility. When I think about cultural humility, I am reminded to consider others first, particularly in terms of what others consider most important about their own identity and experiences. It also helps me remember to be humble with regard...

Friends, This week I received a letter titled “Dear St. Louis Regional School Leaders” in my inbox. I thought I’d share it with you along with a few thoughts. I invite you to read the entirety of the letter by clicking the link above. I also invite you to add your support to the letter as many area educators and...

Friends, As part of our collaborative and regional work with City Garden Montessori School, Forward Through Ferguson, and the US BANK CDC, Crossroads College Prep is hosting one of the region’s “Understanding and Analyzing Systemic Racism” workshops the weekend of February 3-5th. I am invited members of our Crossroads community to attend. This is the same workshop the Crossroads faculty...

Congratulations to every Crossroads student, as each memorized a poem for our annual Poetry Out Loud recitation contest last week. Particularly, we wish to recognize the 21 students whose recitations were so good that they advanced within their class competitions to compete again. grade-level competitors: 7th: Julia Wolff, Lauren Moore 8th: Ben Clair, Max Blatter, Dorissa Tyndall, and Ellie Hughes...