Makerspace Grant
April 1, 2015
Friends, Just three weeks ago, I wrote about a grant that we submitted to the Innovative Technology Education Fund (ITEF). I mentioned that our grant, Creating Innovative and Ethical Solutions through Creative...
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Good Work at Riverlands
April 1, 2015
Riverlands Good Work crew ventured to Little Creek Nature Area on Thursday, March 12 for their Good Work afternoon. Little Creek is a 100-acre piece of property owned by the Ferguson/Florissant School...
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Good Work Opportunity: Project Greatness
April 1, 2015
Project Greatness is an organization made up of volunteers who are highly committed to making the community a more loving and safe place, allowing children to express their greatness. We are making...
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Makerspace Grant
March 11, 2015
Friends, This week, the Executive Director and the Education Technology Coordinator from the Innovative Technology Education Fund (ITEF) visited Crossroads along with one of their board members. Three of our students led...
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Good Work: Putting Our Hearts’ Desires to the Work of Our Hands
March 11, 2015
As an element of our commitment to imagination and the development of the habit of empathy, our school has long focused on helping our students become agents of positive social change. We...
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Good Work Partner: International Institute of St. Louis
February 24, 2015
We were very pleased when we added the International Institute as a Good Work partner last year. We have worked with them in two ways: we join their students on field trips...
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Good Work Partner: University City Children’s Center
February 11, 2015
“What happens early in life, lasts a lifetime.” University City Children’s Center or UCCC has been a long-time Good Work Partner. The site is so popular, that often the volunteer slots are...
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Good Work Partner: SouthSide Early Childhood Center
February 4, 2015
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...
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Good Work Partner: The ScholarShop
January 14, 2015
Faith Sandler, Executive Director of the Scholarship Foundation and Crossroads parent of Claire Holohan, Class of 2011, and Pete Holohan, Class of 2013, helped advise on the creation of our Good Work...
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Good Work Partner: EarthDance Farms
January 7, 2015
EarthDance Farm grows food, farmers and community, one small farm at a time, through hands-on education and delicious experiences. Our Good Work group does farm work, such as planting, weeding, harvesting,...
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