Every year, engineering students at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign hold their Engineering Open House, providing U of I students (such as Crossroads alum Ben Williams ’14) the opportunity to showcase their work while providing younger students the chance to gain exposure to many engineering disciplines. We will be taking a group of students again this year. The dates are …
Registering for Next Year’s Classes
The registration process has begun! Although it’s still really cold outside, we are looking to spring and planning for our 2015-16 academic year. As of this coming Friday, all current 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th graders will have met to discuss next year’s classes. They are handed a formal registration form and have almost two weeks to make their selections. …
PTS Conferences
Parent Teacher Student Conferences will be held on March 11 and March 12 4:00-8:00pm. One of the important ways we as a school help our students, your children, grow into their potential is through dialogue. Conferences are the formal time we put aside for this dialogue. Grades alone cannot communicate the work children do, and these conferences help fill that …
Raffle for Six Flags Tickets
RAFFLE for Six Flags Tickets! With warmer weather on the horizon, the Prom planning committee will be selling raffle tickets for just two weeks beginning Monday, March 2. Two winners will each receive two tickets for Six Flags, which can be used any day during the 2015 season. This is a $120 value for each winner! Raffle tickets will be …
Good Work Partner: International Institute of St. Louis
We were very pleased when we added the International Institute as a Good Work partner last year. We have worked with them in two ways: we join their students on field trips to Central Library downtown and act as guides, and we work at Global Farm, an “incubator farm in the Botanical Heights Neighborhood.” The multigenerational and multicultural connections experienced …
Two Students Named National Merit Scholarship Finalists
Adam Goss and Matthew Larson have both advanced to Finalist status in the National Merit Scholarship Competition. Of the 1.5 million students in 29,000 high schools throughout the the country who participate each year in the National Merit program, only 15,000 students advance to finalist status. Congratulations to Adam and Matthew!
Social Justice Activity Takes Learning Tour of Ferguson
Abby Hirshman and Essence Price are the student leaders of Social Justice. They wanted to get behind the news coverage of all that went on in Ferguson. After discussing several ideas with the Social Justice group, all decided to try and connect with individuals living in Ferguson as a way to get closer to the truth of what was and …
Chess Upate 2/25
RESCHEDULED TOURNAMENT: WYDOWN NOW FEBRUARY 28TH This is a rescheduled event due to weather. Wydown Middle School, 6500 Wydown Blvd., Clayton, MO 63105 Meet at Wydown Middle School (no bus) 8 am Awards presentation: 5:30 pm Cost: $12, cash or check payable to Gateway Chess League United States Chess Federation membership is required for this tournament. Players must either show …
RENT
Friends, I ended my day in our rehearsal for the school edition of RENT, our spring musical. Students were leading one another in warm ups before blocking the song “La Vie Boheme.” Before auditions a couple weeks ago, I stopped in to speak with the group of students who were interested in performing in RENT. I wanted these students to …
SLU Students Visit Crossroads
On Tuesday we hosted 30 undergraduate students from S.L.U. to observe classes and engage in a Q and A with Jason and Sarah PW about teaching, the field of education, and Crossroads. One student sent the following reflection: “… During my visit, I was most struck by the atmosphere of respect and genuine joy for learning among both students and …