Our students have been invited to participate as performers in the African American Read In on Feb 26th from 5:00-7:00 at the Monsanto Family YMCA on Page Blvd. I invite all members of the community (parents and friends too) to join us on this evening as performers or guests to celebrate the literature, culture, and heritage of African Americans. Award …
This Week in Middle School
While the Upper School students sit for exams this week, the Middle School takes advantage of the more flexible schedule, combining time in the classroom with culminating projects and new learning experiences. A few highlights from this week: Visiting with Pastor Rebecca Ragland (Owen’s mother) at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Communion and with Rabbi Randy Fleisher (Zoey’s father) …
Good Work Partnership: BWORKS
BWORKS is one of our long-term Good Work partners. Our students work in Soulard at BWORKS’ beautiful home site. We move, sort, and disassemble donated bikes, as well as rebuild bikes to be given to local youth. If you have an old bike looking for a new home, please consider donating to BWORKS. From the BWORKS website: Our volunteer-run programs …
Minecraft and Ethics
Our Minecraft activity sat down with Mark to discuss ethics and Minecraft and some clear principles emerged. Students found much agreement on two principles: the golden rule and know your world. Students pointed out that the rules you follow to be a good human being are the same rules that make you a good member of a Minecraft world. The …
Hour of Code Takeaways
“Like eating their vegetables, teaching kids to enjoy tech at an early age could be key to their future” money.cnn.com Thanks to all who participated in the Hour of Code at Crossroads. We were able to provide an introduction to computer programming and the language JavaScript to almost all of our students. The Hour of Code is a global …
English Contests: Writing Essays, Writing Poetry, and Poetry Out Loud
Writing: There are two contests coming up which are open to high school students, and we encourage all of our writers to compete. The first is the Robert J Stuckey Essay Contest which offers cash prizes for original essays. The second is the Beverly Hopkins Memorial Poetry Contest. There is no fee for applying to either, and we have found …
Amazon Smile
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Library Book Fair Continues on the Web!
Thank you to everyone who donated books to the Crossroads library this weekend and shopped at Left Bank Books in support of the library. The book fair continues through Sunday on the web at left-bank.com. Please click here if you wish to donate a title from the library’s wish list. Don’t forget to type Crossroads as the coupon code so …
Chess News for December 10th
Crossroads Takes Home Two Trophies at Sperreng The ninth grade and under team of Emanuel Gerbi, Joey Blank, Parker Lake, and Mystik Stargod won its division at the Gateway Board tournament, held December 6th at Sperreng Middle School. Emanuel finished with a perfect 6-0 record for first place overall, and Joey placed second. In the high school division, Matthew Larson went …
Reaching Across
Friends, This week’s cover for The New Yorker has been on my mind since I saw the image circulated on Facebook and Twitter a couple of weeks ago. It reminds me of a metaphor for oppression called the “Table of Oppression.” The table, in this case, represents racism and is held up by two sets of legs. On one side, …
