Save the Date!  Please save the evening of Friday, April 17, to Break the Silence with David Jay (Class of 2000).  David is our guest speaker for Break the Silence, an evening event to build community that takes place after our participation in the National Day of Silence, “a day of action in which students across the country vow to...

Student Hackathon St. Louis, MO February 21st — 22nd Develop the best defense-themed web mapping applications and win cash prizes. Prizes will be awarded within age groups, which will include high school (under 18) and college-aged (18-23). With industry sponsors, Department of Defense and industry senior executives, academic thought leaders, and technical mentors from some of the Midwest’s fastest-growing startups...

Chess News February 11 Thank you Trivia night was a tremendous success! Thank you to all of our parents and players for working hard before, during, and after the event. More details about the event will be sent to you directly. Gateway Junior league continues February 19th This week’s match has been cancelled, but we will conclude league play on...

Friends, The theme of this year’s ISACS Heads Conference was “Through a Different Lens: New Views in School Leadership.” The conference ended last Friday afternoon, and I took a long walk to reflect on my learning and my discussions with other Heads during the conference (including Tom Hoerr and Billy Handmaker). I left this conference feeling connected to my fellow...

Ten juniors and sophomores attended the annual health professions fair at Washington University School of Medicine on February 3rd. They met with a diverse range of professionals from the Saint Louis area, practiced a few hands-on skills, and listened to a panel discussion on addictive behaviors. Thank you to the following students for representing Crossroads College Prep so well (it...

Trivia night 2/7 All hands on deck for trivia night! The setup crew should be at the school at 2:30 pm, and the rest of the team and parent helpers should be at school by 5:30 pm. Please wear your chess shirt. We will provide a pizza dinner. Red Rook Results The middle school team of Ernie McCarter, Russell Bigham,...

March to May Bootcamp Venture Cafe is proud to bring Youth CITIES’s March to May bootcamp to St. Louis.  Started in 2007, Vicky Wu Davis has been creating and refining a curriculum to expose young people to the mindset and principles of entrepreneurship; to prepare them to be leaders in their field, whether as founder or part of an innovative...

The 2015 MS Lock-In was a grand success!  Thank you to all who participated and volunteered.  When students sat down at the beginning of the lock-in, Blair Williams, 8th grade StuCo rep, addressed the MS and described the activities for the night.  Then Mark Norwood spoke with them and outlined three goals/rules for the night: Make choices that deeepen and...

SouthSide Early Childhood Center is (SECC) one of our founding Good Work partners.  Anne Lowell, Executive Director, (Crossroads parent of Rebecca Lowell, Class of 2009, and Johanna Lowell, Class of 2011) offered advice when Crossroads created the Good Work program, and we have been working with their teachers, staff, and young ones every since.  Arriving around nap time, Crossroadians have...

January 14, 2015 – Bozeman, Montana – During the 2014 summer Ivan and Cecilia Boyers, students at Crossroads College Prep, spent more than a month of summer vacation working and exploring in Cambodia and Myanmar with VISIONS Service Adventures, an international community service based adventure travel program. Ivan and Cecilia were part of a group of high school students who...