There’s no better way to kick off a break than working and playing hard! On our last day all together before spring break, we began the day sharing our hard work over the third quarter at our 5th Day Exhibition before having an afternoon of pure fun with All School Not Soccer. 5th Day has allowed all students – even...

Builders Inc. is a community-driven 5th Day course where Crossroads students work together to solve a local problem using design thinking initiatives. At the beginning of this quarter, the group toured New City School with Head Alexis Wright, who identified several areas where he thought the school could benefit from a Builders solution. The group is pictured here after presenting their...

We’re excited to share that the Crossroads Varsity Mock Trial team secured a major victory last night in their first round of the competition against Pattonville, winning with a unanimous 3-0 decision! 🎉 Our students presented their case confidently and demonstrated excellent legal skills, earning high praise from the panel of judges, including an actual sitting judge who presided over...

Today, we celebrated an incredible first quarter of our groundbreaking 5th Day curriculum with 5th Day Exhibition. For the last two months, students have been honing new skills and working on intensive research projects in our weekly 5th Day long blocks. Every Wednesday, students have three hours to focus and engage deeply with a topic, whether it be under the...

Our Food Science I course has been turning up the heat in our South Kitchen! Over the course of Quarter I, Food Science I students have learned that science is the magic behind all cooking and baking and every recipe’s measurements and ratios require mathematic precision. Each class began with learning the intricate science behind an element of cooking, then...

Science teacher Howard Granok has been making waves and reaching new heights with his Outdoor Education 5th Day Course! Granok has always been a proponent of innovative, experiential science education. Last year, he encouraged AP Environmental students to turn visiting goats into a science experiment: students measured the goats’ consumption rate to determine their efficacy as sustainable lawnmowers. 5th Day...

The Courts & Trials 5th Day course visited the Eagleton Federal Courthouse last week. Students observed a sentencing hearing that was presided over by Judge Catherine D. Perry (U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri), whose children went to Crossroads (we love our Crossroads community!). The course then met with the Assistant US Attorney and Assistant Federal Public...

Our Courts and Trials course had their first mock trial last week. Shadi Peterman, course teacher, donned lovely judges robes to preside over the case. In under an hour, middle and high school students worked together to read and analyze a mock case, prepare arguments for prosecution and defense, assign witness roles, and present their case. The case also provided...

Our 5th Day Theatre course spent nearly three hours with guest educator Erik Kuhn, an actor, theater technician, and stage combat instructor. Kuhn is a Washington University alum who has visited Crossroads as a guest theatre educator for several years now. This visit, he taught our 5th Day Theatre students the basics of stage combat and choreographed fighting. They started...

This year, we received an incredible grant from the Innovative Technology Education Fund for some high-tech, high-def drones. The capabilities and professional applications of drones make them a perfect focus for a 5th Day course. In Drone Crew, students learn how to fly, maneuver, and film with drones. They also learn creative and technical skills by staging, directing, and editing...