Excellence in Mathematics On Saturday, November 7, thirty-five math maniacs from Crossroads, and 600 other high school students from the area, descended upon the Forest Park Campus of St. Louis Community College to participate in the annual St. Louis Excellence in Mathematics Contest. For the third year in a row the Crossroads students performed well.  Our Freshmen team earned fifth place...

Thanksgiving Potluck  Tuesday, November 24th 12:30-2:00pm Each grade level student helps to bring a dish to contribute to the potluck. 7th grade  Stuffing/Mashed potatoes 8th grade  Drinks (no sodas, please) 9th grade Desserts (pies, cakes, brownies, cupcakes) 10th grade  Pre-Made Salads 11th grade  Side Dishes/Appetizers (Green bean casserole/Ravs/etc.) 12th grade Gravy, Cranberry relish and wild card (turducken, Lona’s, Meskerem, international...

David Jay (2000) is our first guest speaker in the Makerspace. On Monday, 11/16, during lunch from 12:15 to 12:45, David will go through a short design exercise and talk about the startup and social enterprise scenes in San Francisco, New York, and Saint Louis. David will also show a demo of his new work. Please try this link for...

Thank you to those who made it to the PA meetings yesterday! Don’t forget – The PA meetings are the 2nd Tuesday of every month, 7am and 7pm  (no meeting in December). Did you miss the PA Meetings yesterday?  No worries!  Info and Recap all right here… Note:  Monthly XRDS trivia at meetings too! Read on for the answers…. How many...

The next Saturday tournament is November 14th at Lindbergh HS. Depart from Crossroads: 7:30am (sharp). Tournament ends: 5:30pm, with awards following.  Return to school around 6:30pm. Cost of tournament: There are no tournament registration fees this year for our players, but USCF membership is required.  Players must either show proof of membership or purchase membership at the tournament. There will...

As the seasons change and our basketball teams get prepared for the winter months, there was some movement in our conference landscape. Maplewood-Richmond Heights High School, which departed the South Central Athletic Association in 2012, applied for reinstatement to the conference beginning in the 2016-17 school year. After several meetings with conference administrators, the group voted to allow MRH to...

I would like to take your student on a trip to China and Tibet in 2017! I will be hosting an informational meeting on Thursday, November 12th at 6pm in room 22 at Crossroads for parents and students who are interested in learning more about the trip. If you are at all interested in the trip, please plan to attend...

Friends, Last week in the Leadership for Equity class I teach, the students, all public school teachers, were interested in the difference between diversity and inclusivity. This prompted a great deal of thinking on my part since then, particularly as both relate to Crossroads. Frankly, we are already diverse in many ways that are visible and invisible. We are already...

Last Thursday, reporter and documentary photographer Sarah Weiser visited the Modern Global Issues class to discuss her work with the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting and her coverage of population growth in India. Sarah writes for Retro Report, which is distributed by theNew York Times, and the story she discussed with students can be found on their website....

Now inviting mastery learning proposals for Spring 2016. The Mastery Learning program is open to Upper School students and is designed to provide an opportunity to 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 French, research why people do or don’t vote, or...