A REMINDER ABOUT RECORDKEEPING
By this time, you should have filed your students’ grades for quarters 1, 2, and 3 for this school year. By June 15 you should complete a Quarter 4 report as well as an End-of-Year summary report. We often have families who forget either the 4th quarter or the End-of -Year report. Both are required.
If you have missed an earlier quarter, submit it today.
If your student is graduating this year, the deadline to turn in the Quarter 4 and EOY report is Thursday, May 1, so that we will have time to review this information for all graduates.
If you have any questions, contact the school office office@crossroadschristian.us.
Returning Family Registration Opens on May 1, 2025.
If you plan to return to Crossroads next year, you must complete the Returning Family Registration right away once it opens. The deadline is June 15. All returning families must re-register. Please do not wait. We need to know our numbers going into June as we open to new families.
Tuition for the current school year ends in May; tuition for the school year 2025-2026 begins in June. We do have year-round tuition. Tuition is $40 per month per family. Tuition commitment for the current year must be fulfilled before re-registering.
If you are NOT returning to Crossroads for the 2025-2026 school year, we need to know so we can prepare required paperwork.
New Family Registration opens May 1, 2025.
Considering joining Crossroad for the 2025-2026 school year? Look at our website https://crossroadschristian.us/ and read our Parental Requirements and Doctrinal Beliefs. If CRCS seems like a good fit for your family, complete a New Family Registration which can be found on the website. Even if you have been enrolled elsewhere, and are returning to Crossroads, use the New Family registration. We still need to interview you and complete paperwork. We will begin New Family interviews sometime in late May or June and will contact everyone by phone to schedule this. There is a $35 registration fee due at interview time, and then your New Family tuition begins in August.
Preschool Family Registration
If your oldest child is not older than 6 years old before December 31, 2025, you do not have to enroll in a church school… yet, unless they have been enrolled elsewhere. So, we do provide the Preschool Family option for those of you who want to affiliate with Crossroads before it’s time to enroll officially. You can participate in field trips for a one-time fee of $40 per year. If your student is in K5 or 1st grade and you wish to participate in Co-op, you must join as a New Family and pay full tuition.
If your child is 6 years old, you do have to notify your school district that you are “opting out” of enrolling in a school until your child turns 7 years old.
Important Dual Enrollment Information
If you have a student taking Dual Enrollment, you will need to report those grades on your quarterly submission. We understand you will not have a grade when you turn in the first quarter, but you still need to report what course your student is taking. In the comment section on the grade submission report, put that it is a Dual Enrollment course, and that you will give the grade at the end of the semester…either quarter 2 or quarter 4. Then in May/June, when you turn in your End of the Year form, make sure you have the Dual Enrollment course/s listed with the credit earned.
ACT TESTING
If your student takes the ACT test WITH WRITING, please let us know in the office. When the writing portion is taken, the test scores come back MUCH LATER than the normal scoring. We do not know to be looking for it and it is easily missed. If you let us know when they are taking it, then we will be able to keep looking until it comes in.
SENIORS
Graduating Seniors/Parents, make sure you have submitted your pictures for the PowerPoint by Tuesday, April 15, 2025. You can scan your pictures and submit via email to office@crossroadschristian.us. We will not be able to accept late submissions.
Make sure you have also turned in your Yearbook form as well.
CRCS Kindergarten Graduation
Thursday, May 20, 2025
6:30 p.m.
CPC Sanctuary
Crossroads Christian Kindergarten Graduation is a wonderful experience. It is a meaningful milestone we look forward to celebrating with your K student and family.
For any questions, contact Jenny Bartz at the office.
HOMESCHOOLING 101
Thursday, May 22, 1 p.m.
Community Presbyterian Church – Gym Side
Do you have friends or family who are thinking about homeschooling next year?
Crossroads offers a FREE seminar to share information with those who are investigating this educational option. This seminar lasts about 1-1/2 hours and covers Alabama state law, how church schools fit in, some of the specifics about Crossroads Christian School, curricula choices, and a little bit on recordkeeping.
Attending does not obligate anyone to homeschool, or to join Crossroads. We want to get out the word about homeschooling, but since we do not have a lot of 1-hour blocks of time to talk individually with families, we have scheduled the first two of several Homeschooling 101 seminars. We will schedule more before the summer ends! Spread the word!
HOW TO HOMESCHOOL THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL
Thursday, May 15, 1 p.m.
Community Presbyterian Church – Gym side
Questions about whether or not you are prepared to teach your children all the way through high school? A lot of families do, so we’ll try to answer those questions at this seminar in May, and then again in August (date TBA). As homeschoolers, you actually have a great deal of latitude in how you educate, but it does help to plan ahead of time.
This seminar is to introduce you to new ideas, ways of doing things, and options for navigating high school to individualize instruction for your students. We also cover some of the nuts and bolts about high school: how to determine credits if you’re designing your own courses, Alabama state diploma requirements, dual enrollment courses at local community colleges, vocational education. If you have students going into 8th grade and above, please join us for this free seminar.
Contact the school office to let us know you plan to attend. office@crossroadschristian.us
Well, inflation has caught up to the yearbook. The price went up on us. The cost this year is $45 per book. Remember that you must pre-order to secure one. At times we have extra to sell but this past year we only had three extra. You can order them on Cheddar Up under the collection Yearbook- T-Shirts- Choirs and Plays.
Ads in our yearbook help us each year so consider putting an ad in our yearbook. Contact Jenny Bartz or Trenity Whitfield.
PICTURES PLEASE!
Our yearbook staff takes the pictures you give us during the year to make a wonderful keepsake to capture many memoirs of the school year. The staff works all year long learning and then creating.
We need your help to make this happen. Help us by staying on top of your photos and submitting them quickly so the staff can “do their thing.” As your student participates in field trips, dances, home activities, individual arts or sports…take photos. Pick the best of the best. PLEASE do not upload your whole stash of photos on the event. Just pick a few. Submit within 2 weeks of the event. The students will know they have photos they can work with to create the pages.
Go to the website and find the link under the Media/Yearbook tab.
Please use the code: CROSSROADS20215
ASVAB
(Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery)
For students in grades 11-12, and graduates
Tuesday April 15, 12:30 – 4 pm
Test results: TBA
CPC Back Building
The ASVAB Career Exploration Program provides high-quality career exploration and planning materials at no cost to high schools throughout the country. The program encourages students to explore a wide variety of careers, rather than limiting their exploration by telling them what they can or should do. Students explore occupations in line with their interests and skills and develop effective strategies to realize their career goals.
The ASVAB test covers eight areas including science, word knowledge, mathematics, and mechanical comprehension. It assesses a student’s ability to learn new skills and is a predictor of success in training and education programs. The Find Your Interests (FYI) inventory is a 90- item interest inventory based on John Holland’s widely accepted theory of career choice. When students complete the FYI, they have three interest codes to use with the OCCU-Find for career exploration. The OCCU-Find contains 400+ occupations sorted by interest codes so students can identify the occupations that match their own interests. For more information, go to www.asvabprogram.com.
Please sign up by contacting the office via email or phone.
No cost, but we do need to know who and how many plan to attend. Check your calendar and only sign up if you are sure you want your student to take the test. We only have 30 slots available.
Yearbook Student Portrait Photo Submitted by You
Deadline to Submit is Tuesday, April 22, 2025
If you choose to submit your own photo of your student for the student portrait section of the yearbook, please send it to the office email. Here is how:
First, take a picture of your student from the chest up. Then send it to the office email with your student’s name.
If you submit more than one student photo, make it clear which name goes with each photo by sending one email per student. We will upload it to the yearbook.
NOTE: We have had issues distinguishing student portrait pictures in the mass uploads for regular yearbook photo submissions. So please do not submit them there.
Do you have the Community Spirit and a passion for great food? We’re looking for businesses, nonprofits, individuals, and student-led teams to compete in our annual fundraiser—serving up great flavors while supporting meaningful projects for children in St. Clair County.
Show off your skills, compete for bragging rights and trophies, and make a real difference—one delicious bite at a time! Join us in supporting kids and our community!
If you’re interested in learning more, contact us at sccwkiwanis@gmail.com or call 205-936-7411. Application and details will be published soon!
USED BOOK SALE
Saturday July 12, 9 am to 1 pm
Set up on Friday July 11, 2-4 pm AND Saturday July 12, 8-9 am
CPC-Back Building
Put it on your calendar and make plans to sell and buy. Details will be in May newsletter.
ACTIVITIES @ CRCS!!!
Well, the academic year is fading fast and so is this usually lengthy section of the newsletter.
Enjoy the “short and sweet” of registering your family for May Day and possibly watching a teenager go to the last ballroom dance class for the school year!
If you have any questions or need additional information, please do not hesitate to contact us via email, text, or phone. We are here for you, and we absolutely love doing what we do for the Crossroads Family.
Sallie, Courtney, Kristy, Mary Beth, and Kaitlin
Sallie Albus
Activities Director
smalbus7@gmail.com
Courtney Wrenn
Schoolwide Events Coordinator
carbmom2@gmail.com
Mary Beth Brown
Teen Coordinator
hoganma23@gmail.com
Kristy Rosenow
Field Trip Coordinator
rosenowpk@yahoo.com
Kaitlin Rich
Preschool Coordinator
krich542013@gmail.com
SPRING SEMESTER @ a Glance
April
3 – Spring Formal (Registration closed.)
7 – Survival Skills (Registration closed.)
11 – Ballroom
14 – Wildlife Center (Registration closed.)
May
2 – May Day (schoolwide)
SCHOOLWIDE ACTIVITIES (All Ages)
REGISTER IN CHEDDAR UP!
May Day
@ Moody Park Pavilion
Join us at the Moody City Park for a fun day of family activities. There will be something for everyone! Visit Cheddar Up for more details.
Who: Crossroads Families
When: Friday, May 2, 2025
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Cost: $1 per family + 25 cents per game
Ballroom Dance Class
@ CPC GYM
Ballroom dancing not only teaches the skill of dancing but also etiquette. It helps promote confidence and self-esteem. It builds coordination, grace, poise, and good posture. And, of course, dancing is great exercise. Our lead instructor, Chris Bailey, has an exemplary record of teaching and performing. So, with all these positives, come “cut a rug” with your friends!
Who: 9th – 12th Grade CRCS Students who are at least 14 years old
When: Most Fridays (see dates below)
1:30 – 2:40 p.m.
Cost: $15 yearly registration fee per student and $5 per lesson. Please pay weekly in CASH.
Schedule (subject to change):
April 11
Cheddar Up Fee Change
FYI…Cheddar Up has had a small fee change. When you make an order and pay with an e-check there is a $.95 flat fee added to your order. All the other fees have remained the same. NO fee for check or cash. Credit Cards are a 3.59% + $.59.
Join us for a fun night of creative expression through ART. From beginners to those with experience, you will find an evening of joy and laughter! Go to the SignUpGenius and sign up to bring a snack or just to let us know you are coming. We need to know our numbers to have enough supplies.
Elementary Choir
Date: Thursday, April 17, 2025
Time: 6:30 PM
Where: Grace Community Church at Deerfoot
Mark Your Calendar for our Performance – Join us for a night of musical praise lifting the name of Jesus.
JR High Play
7th-9th Grade Play
Rehearsals continue: Please check your schedule, the one drive, and watch for rehearsal reminder emails
TECH Week & Shows REQUIRED for ALL Cast & Crew: May 5th-11th
Tickets: Tickets will be available for the cast only April 14 – 21 on Cheddar Up. Details for how many you can purchase per show this week will be in an email from the director. Tickets for the general public will open April 22 and close May 5. After that you can purchase tickets at the door.
Contact: Ms. Jessica – (205) 613-7011 or Ms. Jennifer – (205) 999-8558
CO-OP
Spring semester of co-op ends April 11th.
We are in the planning stages for the fall semester! Class submissions for teachers will open May 1st and close May 17th OR when sections are full. The submission form links are on our website under the teacher tab. We are accepting submissions like we did for the past semester by age groups. Fall semester will run from September 5th to November 14th with a make-up/showcase scheduled for November 21st. Registration will be August 22nd, in the back building, time TBA.
CRCS Co-op Team
Upper Room
Friday, April 4, 2025
Upper Room
Led by Robby Grames – Community Church Pastor
Meet in the gym at noon for fellowship as we have lunch together. Then we will transition into a time of study and prayer. It is a great time to connect with others, learn and lift each other up in prayer.
CRCS will facilitate the lunch. To do that, we need help. There will be a FB event with the menu and parents will sign up to bring food. That is usually posted the week before each event. We also will need volunteers to help with the set-up, serving of the food, and clean up. If you can volunteer, please contact the office or reply on the FB post when it is created. We can NOT do it without you.
KEY CLUB NEWS!
Crossroads Key Club has remained active throughout the year, especially in March. We have gradually been inching our way toward our fundraising goals and hope to reach all three by the year’s end. In fact, the senior grade rep organized a great Movie Night that brought in a few hundred dollars. Emily, way to go and thank you!
Eight members represented us well last month at the annual District Convention (DCON), and many others contributed so that we brought home the following awards:
- Judge John H. White Achievement Award
- Distinguished Diamond Club Award
- Early Bird Recognition (dues payment)
- Sandy Nininger Award – Emily Rea (a prestigious award given to only one Key Club member in the entire district)
- Non-Digital Poster – FIRST PLACE
- Video Contest – SECOND PLACE
- Talent Competition – Finalist – Tori Lloyd
- H. Pettus Randall III Scholarship – Emily Rea
We also elected our officers for the 2025-2026 school year. Congratulations to the following officer-elects:
President – Juniper Self
Vice President – Cody Albus
Secretary – William Rea
Chaplain – Layla Jolley
Our next meeting is April 11th. We will be continuing plans and tasks for May Day. This event draws over 200 Crossroads folks and is a great way for us to serve our school and community. Please bring individually wrapped candies (no chocolates) to our April club meetings in preparation for May Day.
Also, be on the lookout for news about our annual duct tape fundraiser. This always brings a laugh or two and some cash to our select charities.
In closing, as we always say, the best way to know what is happening with YOUR student-led Key Club is to attend the meetings, ask questions, and participate. Please don’t hesitate to contact any of our officers or the faculty advisor with your questions, ideas, thoughts, and concerns.
Find us on Facebook at CRCS Key Club and Instagram at crossroads_key_club.
See you soon!
Cody Albus, Student Editor
205-864-7082
codyedwardalbus@gmail.com
Roark McKibben, Student President
205-405-5706
roarkmckibben@gmail.com
Sallie Albus, Faculty Advisor
205-863-9585
smalbus7@gmail.com
Key Club is an international service organization that is led by high school students, which encourages leadership through serving others. Crossroads has a great group of Key Clubbers who serve their homes, school, communities, and God through both organized and informal service opportunities.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
April
11 – Key Club Meeting
25 – Key Club Meeting
May
2 – May Day (service) and Key Club Awards Ceremony
3 – Pancake Cook-off (service)
Builders Club
Meeting Friday, April 11.
Eta Sigma Alpha Honor Society
Eta Sigma Alpha is the first honor society established exclusively for homeschooled students in Grades 9-12. The purpose of Eta Sigma Alpha National Home School Honor Society is to recognize and encourage scholarship among homeschool students, while creating an energetic environment in which to forge relationships. The Sigma Zeta Chapter at Crossroads incorporates social, scholastic, and service aspects into our organization, staying active with fun game night hangouts and service projects planned for each semester. A candidate for membership must meet all of the requirements set forth at etasigmaalpha.com/membership as well as requirements described on the local chapter application. The most typical test used for admission is the ACT; the required score is a 26 or greater. More pathways are outlined on the website. Please contact Mary Beth Brown (hoganma23@gmail.com) with any questions or for more information.
Current Members: Make plans for the induction ceremony on April 11, 2025.
Yearbook
Watch your email for upcoming dates for our meetings. It’s THAT time of year!
Advisors: Jenny Bartz or Trenity Whitfield
4-H Club
Next meeting is Tuesday, April 1 at 1 p.m.
4-H programs are grounded in the belief that kids learn best by doing. Involvement in 4-H includes hands-on projects in areas like science, health, agriculture and civic engagement, all in a positive environment where they receive guidance from adult mentors and are encouraged to take on proactive leadership roles. Kids can concentrate on one focus area or they can try a variety of programs throughout their 4-H experience. Regardless of the project area, all 4-H programs include mentoring and career readiness as core elements. This year, our club will cover mammals, financial literacy, communication, and team building! For more information, contact Alayna Jackson, 4-H Agent and check out our Facebook page.
Robotics
Watch the newsletters for upcoming information.
East Central Patriots
East Central Homeschool Organized Sports provides opportunities for homeschooled kids to participate in a variety of sports in a Christian atmosphere! Some of our sports have a firm foundation with longstanding success, while startup programs are constantly changing the climate here at East Central. Excitement is at an all-time high! East Central provides excellent instruction and competition to over 200 junior and senior high school athletes.
East Central is affiliated with the ACSC – Alabama Christian Sports Conference. For more information about the Conference, required forms, and a calendar of important events, visit their website.
East Central is a non-profit corporation exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Join us today! Need more information? Be sure to contact us. We are here to serve the Crossroads Community! For more information contact Daniel Smith – Athletic Director – 205-585-0955.
Contact Information:
Feel free to contact us at the email addresses below, depending on the concern.
Office: office@crossroadschristian.us (General Communications)
Records: records@crossroadschristian.us (Records, Grades, Transcripts, etc.)
Accounting: accounting@crossroadschristian.us (Financial)
OFFICE HOURS: Crossroads office has regular office hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays 9 am to 3 pm. Call and leave a message, and we’ll return your phone call. E-mail is always a good way to get in touch with us, almost any time!
TUITION: All Crossroads families will receive a monthly email reminder (through QuickBooks Online) on the last day of each month about next month’s tuition. It is due by the 15th of each month. There is a link through the QuickBooks e-mail to pay tuition from your bank to the Crossroads bank and you can pay for more than one month at a time. School year 2024-25 began on June 1, 2024 for Returning Families. Tuition for New Families who joined over the summer begins in August. You always have the option of paying by cash or check at faculty meetings or in the office. And you can mail checks also. We do not accept credit cards. If you believe there is a discrepancy, please contact the office so we can verify. If you are not receiving the QuickBooks e-mail, please let us know that also.
TRANSCRIPT REQUESTS: If you need a transcript for any reason, the first step is to go to our website, and under records, fill out the transcript request form. Lori Booth, our registrar, will send your transcript where you have requested. She will also contact you if she has any questions. Feel free to contact her with any questions you may have as well. If we have to prepare a transcript from scratch, it may take up to two weeks to produce it, depending on work volume. So don’t wait until the last minute to make that transcript request, and remember we need your up-to-date records before we can do it!
WORK PERMITS: Under the current state law, work permits are no longer required for your teenager. If a 14YO or 15YO is working, he or she must provide an Eligibility to Work form to employers, which can be obtained from the Crossroads office. Students 16 years or older do not need anything from the school. For more information, check the Child Labor Law .
DRIVERS PERMIT and DRIVERS LICENSE: If your student plans to take the driver’s permit or driver’s license test, the student must provide proof of school enrollment. Contact the school office for a ALEA form 1-93 enrollment/exclusion form. Or, call and request that we mail it to you. These forms will also be available at faculty meetings.