The next Saturday tournament is November 15th! We will be playing in the Gateway Fall Open at Lindbergh High School. Depart from Crossroads: 7:15 AM (sharp) Tournament ends: 5:30 pm, with awards following. Return to school by 7 pm Cost of tournament: $12, cash or check payable to “Gateway Chess League” United States Chess Federation membership is required for this …
Excellence in Mathematics Contest
Thirty-six upper school students participated in the Excellence in Mathematics contest sponsored by the Mathematics Educators of St. Louis and the math department at St. Louis Community College Forest Park. More than 800 students from the greater St. Louis area participated. The Crossroads students performed very well again this year. There were awards for grade team and individuals. The team …
Excellence in Mathematics Math Competition
This Saturday, November 1, 2014, 38 Crossroads College Prep upper school students will participate in the annual Excellence in Mathematics contest sponsored by the Mathematics Educators of Greater St. Louis and Forest Park Community College. Last year the 9th grade finished second and the 11th grade finished fourth in the small-schools division. Joe, Gerry, Kim, and Mark are looking …
The Network of Mutuality that Sustains Us
We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Letter from Birmingham Jail Dear Crossroads College Preparatory School Community: The city is our campus. I think about this often and what it means to live and learn and work in …
Everyone Has a Voice
The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. – Neil Gaiman Last night, seven Crossroads students, Maggie, Mark, and I participated in the ISSL Secondary Schools Night at Villa Duchesne. This event is part of our admission program. Maggie prepares the students and designs the presentation so that …
This Past Week in Athletics: 10/15-10/21
Girls’ JV Volleyball 10/15 Crossroads 2 Bayless 1 Girls’ Varsity Volleyball 10/15 Bayless 2 Crossroads 0 10/20 Crossroads 2 St. Paul 0 (District Quarterfinal) 10/21 Kingston 2 Crossroads 0 (District Semifinal) Boys’ JV Soccer 10/15 Bayless 2 Crossroads 0
Mastery Learning Project
The Curriculum Committee has an academic challenge program called the Mastery Learning Program. This program is open to Upper School students and is designed to provide an opportunity to explore a topic or 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 Spanish, construct …
First Quarter Grades and Conferences
Families have received grade reports for first quarter. If you would like to access all the details which determine a child’s grade, you may do so through Edline as you did at mid-quarter. For 7th and 8th graders, quarter grades are discrete: they have a clean “grading slate” starting this week. For 9th-12th grade students, the first quarter is approximately …
How to Register for Conferences
Families will make their conference appointments online through School Appointments. You may set up your account any time with this link. The site closes on Thursday the 23rd at noon. To register for appointments after that time, you may come on Friday the 24th (the day of conferences) and sign up on the teachers’ doors if there are spaces remaining. …