Middle School Authors’ Evening

January 27, 2016

Please join us for an evening to celebrate the artistic voices of our middle school students. We will transform our theater into a cafe with music, candlelight, cafe snacks, and excellent authors for an evening of creative writing by our own middle school students. Come, relax, and enjoy! Students, siblings, friends invited for free; cost for adults is $2. Tuesday,...
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Athletic News

January 27, 2016

The first practices for Spring sports (Baseball, Girls’ Soccer, Boys’ and Girls’ Track and Field) is Monday February 29th. Please make note in your calendars that Fall Practices for Upper School athletics begins on Monday, August 1st! Girls’ Tennis, Girls’ Volleyball, and Boys’ Soccer will start on this date. It is extremely important that the coaches have their teams in...
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Heather and Lake Family to Move to LA

January 27, 2016

Dear Friends, The recent news of the Rams relocating to Los Angeles has created quite a stir in my life. After 10 1/2 years at Crossroads College Prep, I will be moving my family to support my husband Jim’s career with the Rams. Many of you know this, but Jim just completed his 31st season with the team. He started...
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Mock Trial Wins Round One!

January 27, 2016

On January 21 Crossroads competed in the first round of the Missouri High School Mock Trial Competition at the St. Louis County Courthouse. The Mock Trial team, representing the defendant in a case about high school bullying, defeated Kirkwood High School on a 3-0 decision. The defendant team was made up of student attorneys Tova Cohen, Kellen King, Jake Strum,...
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“It’s a School about Love”

January 20, 2016

Andy Zhang, Class of 2016, entered a contest sponsored by the Cambridge Institute, and he won first place. Congratulations, Andy!...
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Chess News 1/20/2016

January 20, 2016

Chess tournament at Pattonville HS this Saturday Depart from Crossroads: 7:30 AM (sharp) Tournament ends: 7:30 pm, with an awards ceremony.  Return to school around 8:15 pm.  Players may be picked up early at Pattonville HS by 7:30 pm. Cost of tournament: There are no tournament registration fees this year for our players, but USCF membership is required.  Players must...
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Athletic News

January 20, 2016

This Spring, Crossroads will field a Boys’ and Girls’ Track and Field team that will compete at the State level. We have had a very successful track program a few years ago, but interest waned and we discontinued it. Interest is now strong and we look to have over 20 students performing this spring. Practices will begin on February 29th...
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A Message from the Head: The King Holiday

January 17, 2016

[W]e are challenged to eradicate the last vestiges of racial injustice from our nation. –Martin Luther King, Jr. “Remaining Awake Through a Great Revolution” Friends, At Friday’s St. Louis Business Journal State of St. Louis Breakfast, Rev. Starsky Wilson referenced Martin Luther King’s “Remaining Awake Through a Revolution” speech. I had not read this speech before, so I took some...
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Poetry Out Loud

January 13, 2016

Friends, I am proud to announce the grade-level winners and their poems from our annual Poetry Out Loud competition: 7th Grade: Kamau Muse Morris “Invictus” 8th Grade: Sophia Alai “After Working Sixty Hours Again for What Reason” 9th Grade: Malaika Pedzayi-Ferguson “Personal” 10th Grade: Nyla Long “Mourning Poem for the Queen of Sunday” 11th Grade: Elysse Price “I’m a Fool...
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This Week’s Basketball Scores

January 13, 2016

Girls’ Basketball Mehlville 56 Crossroads 20 Crossroads 32 Bayless 19 Crossroads 48 Hancock 36 Whitfield 61 Crossroads 10 John Burroughs 53 Crossroads 30 Kennedy 29 Crossroads 20 Affton 36 Crossroads 26 Crossroads 39 Hancock 28 Brentwood 51 Crossroads 16 Boys’ Basketball Brentwood 63 Crossroads 23 Valmeyer 52 Crossroads 45 Crossroads 42 Gateway Science Academy 21 Whitfield 55 Crossroads 13 John...
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