Hooray for Homecoming!
September 24, 2023
Homecoming was a BLAST! With a theme of celebrating the 50th anniversary of hip hop (with our own 50th right around the corner), the gym was decked out in musical nostalgia, and the playlist was bumping! It was magical to watch students having such fun and including each other in a myriad of ways, whether it be in a group...
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First Musical Monday of the Year!
September 19, 2023
Meet Zoe, class of 2025, and her beloved clarinet. This Monday, Zoe kicked off a year of Musical Mondays playing Alegretto Fantasia by Sextus Miskow. One of our favorite Crossroads traditions is Musical Mondays. At our Monday all-school meetings, we take time for students to perform something that excites them. It’s a wonderful moment of stillness, community, and music. Click...
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Rep. Del Taylor Honors Nick Merlo ’23
April 5, 2023
This week, Nick Merlo ’23 was presented with a resolution by State Representative Del Taylor from the Missouri House of Representatives for his Poetry Out Loud achievements as regional and state winner! Amazing! Thank you, Representative Taylor, for honoring Nick and sharing your morning with Crossroads! Please come back anytime. Nick will go on to compete in the national...
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Congratulations to Our 2023 Poetry Out Loud Finalists
January 23, 2023
Congratulations to our six finalists in Poetry Out Loud and our winner and runner-up: Leena McHugh ’28 Max Winkles-Reinsch ’27 Elliot Kopitske ’26 Morghan Freeman-Balton ’25 – Runner-up Lizzie Schweiterman ’24 Nick Merlo ’23 – Winner Check it out on TikTok!...
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Crossroads Theatre Presents “A Year with Frog and Toad”
January 20, 2023
Follow Frog and Toad – and their woodland colleagues – as they adventure through the seasons of life and friendship, celebrating the differences that make them unique. The endearing amphibians may be characters from popular children’s books, but the lessons they deliver are for all ages. A Year with Frog and Toad is an upbeat musical that is sure to...
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First Semester Mastery Learning Projects
December 31, 2022
This semester, six Crossroads students completed Mastery Learning Projects. MLPs provide students with an opportunity to explore an area of interest independently over the course of a semester with support from a faculty or staff mentor. The following students completed MLPs this fall. Sarah Herzog ’23, created a concept for a musical about Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe and wrote...
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The Crossroads Approach to Athletics: A Message from Mark and Sarah
September 28, 2022
As we lean into the strategic planning process for the next 50 years of our school, we’ve been asking ourselves, “What makes us Crossroads?” The answers have been wonderful reminders of why this school was founded and how we live out our philosophy of student-directed education and growth in so many ways. Athletic Director Bob Beatrice has taken a decidedly...
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Wednesday Notice: March 4, 2022
March 4, 2022
Hobie Wolff Named 2022 Co-Youth Poet Laureate of St. Louis | Nick Merlo: Poetry Out Loud Regional Winner | Tickets Sold Out for Crossroads’ Spring Musical! | Summer Camp at Crossroads | Thank You, Fitness Room Donors | UNGALA Meets Fundraising Goal | Career Conversations | Art as Action: Fiber Class Explores Yarn Bombing | College Acceptances | And more!...
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Students Explore Injustice for Fall Play
September 30, 2020
On October 10, Crossroads students will take their talents outside our walls for an outdoor experience for this year’s Fall Play, Just Us: A Collection of Solo Performances on Themes of Justice and Injustice. “Just Us was born of creating a solution during these unprecedented times. Students have been inspired to express their concerns and voice around the injustices of...
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