Crossroads College Prep Viewbook
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find yourselfWhat You want to know about crossroads here college prep THE BESt WAY TO FIND OUT WHO YOU ARE IS TO GO TO THE PLACE WHERE YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE ANYONE ELSE. wHAT’S A TYPICAL DAY Like at CROSSROADS? Alex’s Trudy’s Nick’s Monday Schedule Wednesday Schedule Friday Schedule 7th Grade 9th Grade 12th Grade 8:30 Algebra 1B 8:30 Honors 8:30 AP Statistics Geometry 9:25 American 9:25 Computer Literature 10:00 Freshman Music PE/Health Composition 10:15 All-School Announcements 11:25 Lunch & 10:15 Free Block- & Musical Open Gym Meet with Monday College 12:00 Elective: African Counselor 10:45 Mandarin American Literature 11:35 Elective: Intro 11:35 Middle School to Engineering Colloquium 1:30 Conceptual Physics 12:20 Lunch with 12:20 Lunch & Open Friends Recording 3:00 Activity: Off-Campus Studio Time Robotics 1:05 Elective: 1:05 Middle School After School: Literature & Art Volleyball Game & Film Fall Play Rehearsal 1:55 Integrated 1:55 Spanish 5 Science A * 1-2 days a week, class blocks are intentionally 2:45 AP Calculus BC* 2:45 World Cultures longer to include more & Geography instructional time for After School: labs, presentations, etc. Boys Soccer & After School: Robotics Chess Team Practice Geo Bee * Highest level of high school math taught in Missouri. DO I GET TO CHOOSE ANY OF my CLASSES? You’ll study math, science, history, and literature, and, in high school, you’ll also have the opportunity to explore classes like: Advanced Chemistry Computer Programming Multimedia Expression Advanced Physics Contemporary Prize Personal Finance Winning Literature African-American Philosophy We are small and Literature Creative Writing I & II Play Production Anatomy & Physiology Digital Photography Political Ideologies Anthropology Drawing & Design Portraiture AP Art History Economics we love that. Printmaking AP Biology Fundamentals of Reading & Writing You will really know World Literature AP Calculus AB* Short Stories Graphic Novels AP Calculus BC* Road to the Election History of the AP Computer Science Science & Society 60s & 70s your teachers AP Environmental Sculpture Intro to Computer Science and your teachers will Applications Shakespeare & Beyond AP Literature Intro to Engineering Short Non-Fiction Composition Design Sociology AP Music Theory really know you! Leadership in Speech & Debate AP Psychology Theory & Practice Theatre History AP Statistics Life Drawing Theatre for AP Studio Art Portfolio Literature & Film Social Change AP US Government Literature of the Young Adult Literature Art for Social Change United States & Ethics Based on a True Story Makerspace I & II * AP test prep offered in special seminar Ceramics: Hand Modern Acting Methods Building Modern Drama 2018 placed Our 2nd at chess Art nationals Teachers under 800 division arepracticing, professional artists OUR CHESS TEAM in their iS fields. AWESOME! nearly 50% of our student body participates in our ANNUAL Spring Musical. Ourmembers’ ratings range from unrated to 1300+. Everyone goes to nationals, regardless of rating. Intelligence Three times a year, the entire school engages in community service work. Our Good Work partners have included: is a tool. Animal House International Political Action Fund Institute Group it’s not enough EarthDance Farm KidSmart Restore St. Louis Food Roof – Kingdom House Riverlands Urban Harvest STL Love the Lou SouthSide Early to be smart. We Childhood Center Gateway Lutheran Senior Greening Services University City Children’s Center Community NORC: Naturally want you to be Gardens Occurring Unleashing Retirement Potential smart and good. Community we LEARN AND PLAY IN SOME of the best museums, fields, and courts in st. Louis. The City is our campus. we achieve THE MOST when we work together More than 20 Crossroads athletes were recognized as All-Conference, All-District, and All-State players during the 2018-2019 season. Boys’ Soccer Girls’ Tennis Girls’ Volleyball 80% Boys’ Basketball of our Girls’ Basketball students Boys’ Baseball play on Coed Track & Field one of our Girls’ Soccer sports teams Harry O’Gorman ’14 George Washington University ‘18, medical student at the Edward University of Missouri Abby McFowland Hirshman ’16 Tiffany Senior psychology major III ’05 kate Charlie at Carleton College, Anderson ’90 Assistant Professor of certified EMT Superintendent of the Information & Decision brickson ’96 Hamilton ’12 and Medical Scribe Topeka Unified Sciences at the Works at Jhpiego, Peace Corps Community School District University of an international Economic Development Minnesota public health NGO Volunteer in Washington DC Andrew Witherspoon’14 University of Pennsylvania ’18, founder of the nonprofit Chicago Furniture Bank what are they Matt Larson ’15 doing now? Candace Yale ’19, pursuing MEET SOME CROSSROADS ALUMNI! Ming ’04 mathematics PhD Media Conservator, at Stanford, FIDE Smithsonian National International Museum of African Chess Master American History Megan Katie and Culture Ferry ’85 Associate Professor of Weinstock ’12 Chinese & Asian Studies at Pediatric Occupational Union College, published Therapist in Denver Chinese Women Ben Writers and Modern Williams ’14 Print Culture University of Illinois ’18, working at Robert Bosch Shawn LLC in automotive engineering Domzalski ’84 regi Attorney at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in drake ’11 Los Angeles, Chair Guitarist touring of the Board of the with singer- Soldiers Project songwriter Alice Merton SMALL IS AN ASSET! We build authentic relationships and DISCOVER common interests. OUR MISSION 1st LEED There’s REALLY A CLASS CALLED SCIENCE WING Platinum SOLATUBES Certified maximize TOYS THAT MOVE? K-12 SCHOOL IN natural Students choose an activity class each quarter. THE MIDWEST light. Activities are designed to encourage students to try new things and to model balance in their school days. CERTIFIED monarch SOLAR way PANELS Other recent activities have included... station HEAT WATER AND PROVIDE ACT & SAT Prep Life Skills Science Toys RENEWABLE ENERGY. Advanced Bridge Makers & Builders Scriptwriting American Sign Mastery Learning Social Justice Language Project Songwriting AP Calculus Mock Trial Stepping Study Group Model UN Techies (Drama) Baking Murals Teen Identity in Film Brain Games Musical Auditions Test Kitchen: The Art Bridge Nerf Games & Science of Cooking Chamber Orchestra Origami Topics in Psychology Cheer Team Philosophy & Film Tuning in to Nature Chess Pinhole Photography Tutoring Culture & Cooking URBAN RAIN Pit Orchestra Ultimate Frisbee GARDEN AND BIO Eco-Act CurrentNewz STUDENTS Repurpose & Upcycling RETENTION BASIN RESEARCHED AND CROWDFUNDED Darts Redesign THE INSTALLATION Urban Gardeners divert OF WATER BOTTLE Dungeons & Dragons Robotics REFILLING Volleyball STATIONS ON HD Broadway Running rainwater OUR CAMPUS. Yearbook runoff Historical Films Scholar Bowl TO IRRIGATE Yearbook THE GARDEN. History of Hip Hop Science Fiction & Photography Philosophy ORIGINAL Knitting Yoga terrazzo floors “As a faculty and staff, we believe that our differences – each person, each voice, and each contribution – create learning that is more authentic and a community that is more just and inclusive.” Jason Heisserer, EdD – Head of School you can go anywhere from here! Missouri Baptist University million dollars were awarded Missouri Southern State in merit-based scholarships Crossroads students have University Missouri State University to the class of 2020. Missouri University of $6.2 attended the following schools Science & Technology Missouri Valley College Alabama A&M University Coe College Greenville College Southern Illinois University University of Kansas Montclair State University Edwardsville Albion College Colgate University Grinnell College University of Kentucky Morehouse College Spelman College Allegheny College College of Charleston Guilford College University of Maryland Mount Holyoke College St. John’s College Alverno College College of Creative Studies Hamilton College University of Massachusetts– New College of Florida St. Louis College Amherst AMDA: The American College of Santa Fe Hampshire College New York University of Pharmacy University of Miami Musical and Dramatic College of William & Mary Hampton University Academy North Park University St. Louis University University of Michigan The College of Wooster Hanover College American University Northwestern University St. Michael’s College University of Minnesota Colorado College Harvard University Antioch College Norwich University St. Olaf College University of Missouri Colorado State University Haverford College Appalachian State University Oberlin College St. Thomas University University of Missouri – Columbia College Hendrix College Arizona State University Occidental College St. Xavier College Kansas City Columbia University Howard University Babson College Oglethorpe University Stanford University University of Missouri – Columbia University /Jewish Illinois Institute of St. Louis Baker University Ohio Wesleyan University Stephens College Theological Seminary Technology University of Montana Baldwin Wallace University Oklahoma City University Suffolk University Connecticut College Illinois Wesleyan University University of New Mexico Ball State University Oxford College of Swarthmore College Corcoran School of Art Indiana University Emory University University of North Carolina Bard College Syracuse University Cornell College Iowa State University Pace University University of Northern Iowa Barnard College Tennessee State University Cornell University Ithaca College The New School Parsons The