Crossroads College Preparatory School is excited to announce the receipt of two grants from the Innovative Technology Education Fund (ITEF) to support our groundbreaking 5th Day Program. These grants are a significant step in our journey to refine and enhance our innovative educational practices. Design Thinking Discovery Visit at OneStone Lab51 School As part of the first grant, a team...

Catch this line – Crossroads has received a $1,500 grant from Bass Pro Shops/Cabela’s Outdoor Fund. The grant will go towards purchasing supplies and materials for Crossroads’ 5th Day Outdoor Education class. On Thursday, October 26th, Howard Granok, passionate Outdoor Education instructor and Biology teacher, brought two equally passionate students to officially accept the grant at the nearby Cabela’s in...

  This year, Crossroads received an incredible Innovator grant from the Innovative Technology Education Fund (ITEF) for some high-tech, high-def drones. Our groundbreaking 5th Day curriculum was the perfect draw for ITEF to choose us as an Innovator grant recipient. Their vision statement reads, “Innovative Technology Education Fund believes that introducing children to the spectrum of available technology creates opportunities for...

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...

Diana Corey, Mandarin teacher in the World Languages Department, received a grant from The National Chinese Language Conference to help fund Chinese language and culture events that connect St. Louis area schools and the general public. Diana has created a virtual Karaoke Competition for Chinese language learners – with submissions open from January 9th through February 23rd. Students of Mandarin...

At Crossroads, we teach our students to think critically, solve problems creatively, and act with empathy. Building technology into our curriculum provides our students with greater opportunity to extend their learning in new ways, and a new opportunity for our middle schoolers will give them enhanced access to technology, enable their “digital citizenship,” and enhance social-emotional learning through greater connection with older...

Wrapping up the year in the Makerspace, our students and faculty staffed a booth at the Art of the Possible in Taylor Hall at the St. Louis Art Museum.  This was ITEF’s (Innovative Technology Education Fund) big event of the year and Crossroads was asked to participate as a grant recipient from last year.  Our students did a fantastic job...

Friends, Last evening Crossroads hosted the Grand Opening for our Makerspace. Students and teachers were involved in the planning and execution of this event, and we hosted approximately 120 visitors. Most of these visitors were from our own community. We also hosted a few prospective families as well as guests from CBC High School, the Disruption Department (our fantastic consultants),...

“What has happened in the Makerspace so far?” you ask. Keep reading to find out! What construction and design work took place to remake a regular classroom into a Makerspace? Carpet removed Subfloor ground, leveled, and stained Windows installed in Mac Lab and Makerspace Double door installed New Makerspace closet added New vent fan installed in the ceiling Painted all walls, hallway,...

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 Work and Makerspace, reinforces an ethical dimension to designing and making that is uniquely Crossroads. Last week, the board of ITEF voted to fund 70% of our grant;...