From your Administrator
Welcome to 2024! You will find a few changes in our communication at Crossroads. We are updating and refreshing our website as well as our email platform. Be patient as we work out the issues that arise whenever you make new changes. Once the new website is up and running, take some time to peruse the new space. See what is new and find all the information you will need as a Crossroads family.
For our new email platform, we will be using the email address you used when you registered this year. So, if there has been a change or if you would like to add another email address to receive the weekly emails as well as other group communication, please email the office and let us know.
Blessings and we look forward to the second half of our school year at Crossroads.
January Faculty Meetings
- Monday, January 8 at 7 p.m. at Community Presbyterian Church
- Tuesday, January 9 at 7 p.m. at Eden Westside Baptist Church
Choose the day or time that best fits your schedule. Attendance is required as part of membership. If you are providentially hindered from attending, let us know.
Quarter 2 grades are due by Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Please plan on having them submitted by then. If you have extenuating circumstances and will be late, please contact the office.
Resuming Normal Office Hours
Normal Crossroads office hours will resume Thursday, January 4. We are open every Tuesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Important Dual Enrollment and Grade Submission
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.
Senior Day
Friday, February 2, 2023
8:30 a.m. – noon
CPC- Sanctuary
Graduation will be at First Baptist Church in Trussville, and we should know the actual graduation date by the February 2nd meeting. They do not start scheduling until January, and they fill the slots their ministries need first.
This is a mandatory meeting for all seniors and at least one parent.
Balfour representative will be there to take orders for caps & gowns, graduation announcements, and other senior stuff. We’ll discuss other topics pertinent to graduation and afterwards (like soft skills).
Leslie Howard will be scheduling tux and drape pictures if you want to have them made in the afternoon. There is a $20 sitting fee that is due that day. Call Leslie at (205) 706-4623 to make this appointment.
Details will be sent in an email to all senior families closer to the meeting time.
Make sure you are checking your email. I sent this list out to the senior families. This is the current Class of 2024. Check for spelling. If there is an error, contact the office to correct it. If you have a senior planning on graduating and they are not on this list, please contact the office immediately.
Albus, Joseph Lane
Allison, Seth Michael
Bailey, Clara Kathryn
Bates, Jadyn Jeanette
Bosworth, James Dakota
Brownlee, Mary Kate
Brunson, Emma Reagan
Buchanan, Abigail Marie
Burnett, Lydia Nicole
Bush, Noah Weber
Butero, Jaben Phoenix
Clyde, Sydney Elizabeth
Cooper, Margaret Anne
Cornett, Atticus Christian
Drake, Noah Layne
Falk, Simon Daniel
Farmer, Tyler Nicholas
Ferrill, Cassie Di
Ferrill, Jian Kevin
Frazier, Terry Alexander
Harris, Cayla Diane
Hill, Shelton Craig
Jenkins, Miriam Elise
Jennings, Isaac Grady
Jolley, Cadence Lauryn
Jones, Elizabeth Anne
Jones, John Edward
Kennedy, Jonathon Tyler
King, Anna Victoria
Lane, Jacob Scott
McKibben, Edie Elaine
McSweeney, Moriah Lily
Murphree, Joseph Alden
Paffumi, Dominic Charles
Paffumi, Katie Larie
Parrish, Brody Lane
Reid, Holden Brooks
Reid, Sawyer Hudson
Sanchez, Jaida Michelle
Segars, William David
Sinclair-Lee, Elizabeth Kiera
Sink, Emeline Grace
Stewart, Nathaniel Steven
Thomas, Haddon Taylor
Thomas, Nicholas James
Thomas, Trenton Neal
Thompson, Tanner Reid
Tillery, Atticus
Tinney, Taylor Evan
Vincent, Ava Claire
Weldon, Caleb Scott
White, Chandler Mae Grayce
White, Cullen Scott
White, Joseph Turner
Wilson, Kaylea Grace
Wingard, Noah Bryce
Wolfe, Isaiah James
Woodard, Darla Kay
January Night with the Stars
Senior Scholarship Fundraiser
Saturday, January 20, 2024 at 6 p.m.
CPC Gym
Cost: $20 per person
Join us for an evening of dinner and entertainment. We will have a delicious dinner while being entertained by some of our students from the Advanced Theater and Improv classes. Many of the students competed recently in the Trumbauer Regionals and have advanced to State in December. They will be sharing their musical as well as monologue/duet numbers that they learned and performed. We will also hear from several students from the improv class.
It will be an evening of delight, laughter, and celebration. All proceeds will but used for 2024 Senior Scholarships for either college or technical programs.
Details and Tickets on Cheddar Up under the Yearbook – Choir and Plays Collection.
Coffee Connections: Encouragement for Moms of Students with learning differences.
Coffee Connections: Tuesday, February 27th, 6:30 – 8 p.m.
Meetings are held at the home of Jessica Gilbert, 205-352-7897
940 Honeysuckle Lane, Leeds, Alabama 35094 (Yellow House on Honeysuckle)
Join the Remind Thread for announcements and text/email reminders of upcoming meetings:
ENTER THIS NUMBER: 81010
TEXT: @bcb6784
Beat the rush: order and pay for your 2023-2024 yearbook at the faculty meeting or at CheddarUp. The cost is still $40.
Ads in our yearbook help us keep the cost at $40. Please consider putting an ad in our yearbook this year. Contact either Jenny Bartz or Trinity Whitfield.
WE NEED YOUR PICTURES
As you know, the yearbook is only as good as the photos that are submitted. The yearbook staff will be working all year to create a keepsake to remember CRCS year 2023-2024.
We need your help. You can do this by staying on top of your photos and submit them quickly so the staff can “do their thing!” As your student participates in field trips, dances, home activities, individual sports, or arts, take photos! Pick the best of the best and upload them to our eshare site. We will allow 2 weeks after an event for photos to be uploaded and then the staff will make the pages. So, for your student to be represented we need your photos so upload them right away.
Here is the link but remember you can ALWAYS find this link on our website.
Please use the code: CROSSROADS2015
St. Clair County 4th Grade History Fair
February 21 – 23, 2024
Each year the St. Clair Historical Society sponsors the county-wide 4th Grade History Fair. This is a hands-on activity resulting from historical research and creative thinking. The 4th Graders create projects based on historical churches, schools, persons, areas, events, industry, crafts, etc. from the history of our county. Ribbons and cash prizes are given at the local school level and the 1st place winner from each school goes to the county where 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place county-wide winners are selected.
As the students learn about the history behind their project, they gain a greater appreciation for their heritage and often bridge the generation gap by interviewing grandparents or elder friends and relatives.
If you would like your 4th grader to participate, contact the office for information.
Center for Parent and Youth Understanding Event
Biblical Truth about Sex and Gender in Today’s World.
Friday, February 2nd 7 p.m. – 9 p.m.
Saturday, February 3rd 9 a.m. – Noon
Grace Community Church
Free Event – Registration Required.
See Flyer above for Details.
NOTE FROM CRCS ADMINISTRATOR:
We have cleared the CRCS calendar for this event. Walt Mueller from CPYU is excellent at communicating topics in our culture that concern our youth today. I encourage each of you with teens and tweens to attend. We need to know our culture so we can walk well with those we love. This event is for anyone who cares about young people. Grandparents, youth workers/leaders, and CRCS parents. I know I will be there! Join me!– Jenny Bartz
Homeschool Alabama goes to Montgomery!
Homeschool Alabama is planning a Day at the Capitol for Alabama homeschoolers on Thursday April 4, 2024. We hope to see a LOT of homeschool families on that day! Be the face of homeschooling to our legislators and show support for homeschool freedom.
- Tour of State House
- Tour of Capitol Building
- Deliver cookies to state legislators.
- Speakers
- Field trip activities
STANFORD ACHIEVEMENT TESTING
Tuesday through Friday, April 30 – May 3, 2024
$30 per student
Order early so we will know if we have enough to test.
Deadline for payment to Crossroad’s office or at faculty meeting March 12.
10:00 am-12:00 pm | Grades 3, 4, 5, 6
1-3 pm | Grades 7, 8
Tues-Wed 1-4 pm | Grades 9-12
Crossroads does not require that you have your student tested, but we do provide an opportunity if you choose to test. The tests will be given at Community Presbyterian Church in the Back Building. You’ll need to bring your student for a 2-hour period for 4 days (Tuesday through Friday). Cost for each test is $30. We’ll need your student’s name and grade level when you turn in your order to the school office by Tuesday, March 12.
Our test provider uses 2018 norms for the Stanford test. This comparison group has a much higher number of private school students than the 2002 norms in use previously. The new ratio, where private school students far outnumber public school students, makes it more difficult for a student to receive a high percentile rank.
Also, if you’re interested in testing, but bringing your student to Moody is not possible, there are online testing options. Here are a few opportunities that we know about; there may be more. Just check them out for yourself, to see if this is a better option for your family.
www.abeka.com
www.bjupress.com
www.setontesting.com
www.homeschooltestingservices.com
ASVAB
(Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery)
For students in grades 11-12, and graduates
Tuesday April 16, 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.
ACTIVITIES @ CRCS!
The Activities Team has worked diligently to plan a great semester of field trips and events for you and your students. Please check Cheddar Up for the most updated information, registration deadlines, and other pertinent details. And, as always, do not hesitate to contact us with any questions you may have.
Sallie Albus, Activities Director
(205) 863-9585
Courtney Wrenn, Schoolwide Events Coordinator
(205) 863-9931
Kristy Rosenow, Field Trip Coordinator
(205) 413-7336
Virginia Tillery, Teen Events Coordinator
(205) 807-9966
Kaitlin Rich, Preschool Events Coordinator
(205) 405-0243
SPRING SEMESTER @ a Glance!
January
10 – Southern Museum of Flight (Registration closed.)
17 – Ice Skating (Registration closed.)
24 – McWane (Register by Jan. 3rd)
February
9 – Valentine Box Competition (schoolwide)
24 – Senior Pick Dance (high school)
March
4 – SIFAT (junior high/high school)
25 – Noccalulu Falls (preschool/elementary)
April
3 – Trussville Playstation (elementary)
10 – Mustang Museum (junior high)
11 – Burritt on the Mountain Days (preschool)
18 – Spring Formal
May
10 – May Day (schoolwide)
SCHOOLWIDE EVENTS
Visit Cheddar Up to register.
Annual Valentine Box Competition
@ CPC Gym
Let your children and teens unleash their creativity to design some of the most amazing Valentine boxes ever! The Crossroads Key Club will also host booths to educate us about different decades of the twentieth century. This popular and fun event highlights the incredible abilities of CRCS students of all ages. Come and be awed!
Who: Preschoolers – 12th Graders
When: Friday, February 9, 2024
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Cost: $1 per student entry
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! More details to come.
Who: Crossroads Families
When: Friday, May 10, 2024
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Cost: $1 per family + 25 cents per game
PRESCHOOL & ELEMENTARY ACTIVITIES
Visit Cheddar Up to register.
Hands On Science!
@ McWane Science Center
200 19TH Street North, Birmingham, AL 35203
Enjoy the MANY displays that allow kids to see how things work! With four floors of unique exhibits to explore, there’s never a dull moment at McWane Science Center. Come learn about a wild world of fur, scales, and exoskeletons—complete with a special “meet and greet” before exploring all McWane has to offer. What special exhibit will be featured during this field trip? Hmmm….
Who: Preschoolers – 2nd Graders and parents/legal guardians
When: Wednesday, January 24, 2024
1:00 – 4:00 p.m. (approximately)
Cost: $12 per student; $10 per adult
No Place Like Noccalula!
@ Noccalula Falls
1450 Noccalula Road, Gadsden, AL 35904
Enjoy Noccalula! Families can walk through the botanical gardens, ride the train, and see the waterwheel and buildings from the 1700s. The park is reestablishing its animal habitats and has many new residents to visit! Adults and children alike can climb down into the rock formations near the top of the falls. View the beauty of the falls themselves from the overlook or by taking a moderate hike to the gorge at the base of the ninety-foot cascade of water. Come and spend the day together with us!
Who: Preschoolers – 6th Graders and parents/legal guardians
When: Monday, March 25, 2024
10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (approximately)
Cost: $7 per student; $8 per adult
Let’s Play!
@ Trussville Playstation
411 Watterson Lane, Trussville, AL 35173
Come have some fun at the Trussville Playstation. Spend TWO hours skating and playing unlimited laser tag with your friends. Adults may also pay and play. It will sure be a great time for all!
Who: 1st – 6th Graders and parents/legal guardians
When: Wednesday, April 3, 2024
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Cost: $12* per participant (all skaters and/or laser tag players pay)
*Upgrades available as described in Cheddar Up.
Spring Farm Days!
@ Burritt on the Mountain
3101 Burritt Drive, Huntsville, AL 35801
Burritt’s Spring Farm Days are an exciting time to visit barnyard animals, learn about life on the farm, and experience historic skills and chores of the 1800s. We will have hands-on experiences at approximately twenty different stations, such as mattress stuffing and butter churning. Explore the historical park’s six restored cabins, a blacksmith’s shop, a farm, and a schoolhouse. Join us for this amazing day of learning!
Who: Preschoolers – 2nd Graders and parents/legal guardians
When: Thursday, April 11, 2024
9:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Cost: $12 per person (all attendees pay)
TEEN ACTIVITIES
Visit Cheddar Up to register.
February Dance
@ CPC Gym
Senior dance class members choose the theme! More details forthcoming.
Who: 9th – 12th Graders (ages 14-19)
When: Saturday, February 24, 2024
6:30 – 10:00 p.m.
Cost: $15 per student; CRCS SENIORS—FREE!
Around The World Tour!
@ SIFAT’S Global Village
2944 County Road 113, Lineville, AL 36266
Join us as we tour the globe and visit homes representing nine different countries around the world. We will glimpse into the culture and have unique experiences, such as using a Bolivian sling shot, balancing equator eggs, crossing a South American rope bridge, and trying new foods. We will end the tour with a “Global Feast” that simulates world hunger statistics.
SIFAT (Servants in Faith and Technology) was founded in 1979 as a training center to meet basic human needs. The ministry has since expanded through conferences, campus programs, international teams, and more.
Who: 7th – 12th Graders and parents/legal guardians
When: Monday, March 4, 2024
9:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Cost: $38 per person (all attendees pay)
Horse Power or Horsepower!
@ Mustang Museum of America
49 Forman Farm Road, Odenville, AL 35120
We’re talking the 4-wheeled kind of horsepower with over one hundred Mustang cars under one roof along with a huge display of relevant, historical memorabilia. We will also see the unique models of Highway Patrol Mustangs and other rare SSP (Special Service Package) Mustangs.
After touring the museum, we will head to Odenville City Park for a picnic lunch and time to enjoy each other’s company!
Who: 7th – 8th Graders and parents/legal guardians
When: Wednesday, April 10, 2024
10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Cost: $6 per person (all attendees pay) + lunch
Spring Formal
“On the Mountain”
@ Micah’s Meadow ~ Mathews Manor
3279 US Highway 11, Springville, AL 35146
More details to come.
Who: 9th – 12th Graders and approved guests
When: Thursday, April 18, 2024
6:00 – 10:00 p.m.
[Arrive at 5 p.m. to take pictures.]
Cost: $60 per person [Dinner included.]
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
[Payment occurs weekly at the time of the lesson unless you have made the “Full Semester Payment” on Cheddar Up.]
Schedule (subject to change):
January 12, 19, 26
February 9, 16
March 1, 8, 22
April 5, 12
NEW MERCIES
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3:22-23
I have a confession to make–after growing up in a household that didn’t give much value to the New Year holiday, as an adult I can’t get enough of celebrating it! Our family has so many rituals around this beloved day together–watching the Rose Bowl parade, having a special breakfast, laughing, talking, planning travel (or just dreaming about it), playing games, completing puzzles, and eating our traditional black-eyed pea sausage stew. Sometimes friends join us and make the day even sweeter. …And even though my son is nudging me toward using a digital calendar, I still love sitting down with a fresh, clean, paper calendar and filling it in with a year’s worth of dates, celebrations, and birthdays to anticipate again. Maybe it is not the most efficient way to set up a calendar these days, but the pleasure of the ritual outweighs the benefits of efficiency to me. I love having a moment with the family to reflect on our lives–hoping for brighter days ahead when the year behind us has offered loss or more challenges than usual or expressing gratitude that we have enjoyed a year of peace and prosperity (usually, it is a complicated mix of both)! Either way, we always look forward with hope to what the next year will bring.
All of the wonderful things that our family experiences with our New Year’s Day traditions, though, are just a shadow of what we all can experience every, single day in Christ. His mercies are new every morning. No special day or trip around the sun is needed to celebrate who He is, and I still marvel at that Truth.
That means, no matter what day it is on the calendar, He has seen ahead as you triumph and fall, He has seen the day’s joy and disappointment, the soul’s peace and fear, the light and darkness we carry, and yet, each day, His mercies are renewed. The assurance of His renewed mercy is more comforting than any cozy bowl of New Year stew. The knowledge that His love never ceases, that we can enjoy Him and celebrate His grace, is more invigorating than any clean calendar, and His beauty infinitely more stunning than the best the Rose Bowl Parade has to offer (honestly, the comparison is laughable, which shows you how paltry our pleasure is in this world compared to pleasure in Him). It is not only His daily mercy that we can celebrate, though–He gives us an eternity with Him to anticipate–so full of love and so tenderly wiping away our tears–nothing we look forward to on our respective calendars will be comparable.
So, no matter what this New Year means to you–be encouraged that God knows your heart, knows what lies ahead on the calendar, and despite our fears or failures, He has such good fruit for our daily feast with Him this year–and every year–for eternity.
May our homes be rich in abundance with His love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control! …And on those inevitable days when our household feels impoverished of this good fruit–may we rest in the assurance that His mercies are new every morning!
Wendy Cornett is a Crossroad mom who has traveled this homeschool road for several years. Her son and final student graduates this year. She is also our Fine Arts leader and has done an amazing job coordinating all our opportunities for our students over the last few years.
Elementary Choir
Grades 1-6
Begins January 19, 2024
Fridays 12:45-2:00
Cost: $20 per family
Elementary Choir will resume on January 19. We will meet on co-op Fridays from 12:45 to 2:00 in the Sanctuary. Your choir director Ms. Jessica Gilbert can’t wait to see all your smiling faces! Parents, this is a great opportunity for your kids to not only have fun but to learn lifelong music skills! We will study music through fun theory games, rhythm and dynamic exercises, and stage presence development. This year we are planning a wonderful program centered around worshiping our risen Savior Jesus Christ!
Open to all students in Grades 1-6. The fee is $20 per family and signup is on Cheddar Up. Sign up and payment deadline is January 19. For more information, please contact Jessica Gilbert via email or by calling 205-352-7897.
7th-9th Grade Musical
Rehearsals: Fridays January 12 through March 15 2:45-4:45 unless otherwise noted on your schedule.
Tech Week: March 18th-21st
Performances: March 22nd & 23rd
Where: The Depot in Springville
Tickets: Will be on CheddarUp. Information coming soon!
Cast: Check emails for details, info and updates
Contact: Ms. Jessica – (205) 613-7011 and Ms. Jennifer – (205) 999-8558
It’s a Madhouse
10th-12th Grade Play
Rehearsals: Parent/Student Meeting Jan 5th 1:30 – 3:45 in the Sanctuary. Rehearsals Fridays January 12-April 19 2:45 – 4:45 per schedule given to cast.
Tech Week: April 22 – 24
Performances: April 25 – 28 at ACTA. Times and ticket info coming in March.
Cast: Check emails for updates!
Contact: Karen Cunningham (205) 753-6953
Co-op Registration Information
January 5th, 2024
9:00AM-9:30AM (teacher registration)
10:00AM-11:00AM (no entry before 10am!)
CPC Gym
Registration Basics:
- Schedule and descriptions are on our website.
- Read the Co-op Guidelines here.
- Fill out the registration form. You can print this out from the link above or we will have copies at registration.
- Go to each class station to sign up children for classes and pay teachers separately. Bring exact change.
- Go to the helper station to sign up for helper spots.
- Go to the check-out station to pay the registration fee $25 (cash or check made out to CRCS only) and background check fee $10 (cash or check made out to CRCS only. Background check only needed if you did not complete this in the fall). Please keep these payments separate and have them ready when you get in line.
Important Information:
- There is only one registration time. Please make arrangements accordingly.
- We must have your registration fee and background check fee on the day of registration. You will not be registered without this payment.
- Thursday classes for high schoolers are drop-off with no additional fee. Friday classes are not drop-off. There is a $50 fee per family for 16+ year-olds to attend Friday classes without a parent. If younger siblings are coming to Friday co-op, then a parent must attend and help.
- Due to the increase of participation, the registration process can be quite chaotic. Once you have completed registration, we ask that you leave the gym. We strongly encourage you to leave your children at home if at all possible. Any children in attendance will need to stay with their parents.
- Classes can fill up quickly. It is a good idea to have backup choices ready.
- We are at full capacity for classes in our schedule. There will not be open rooms. When registering, make sure each of your children has a class for each hour your family is here.
(No Upper Room in January. Then next lunch and meeting is Friday, February 2, 2024)
Upper Room
Friday, February 2, 2024
12-1:30 p.m.
7th – 12 Grade
Led by Brandon Ellis – Crossroads Board Member and CRCS Dad
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!
The CRCS Key Club has continued to serve both collectively and individually. Our December highlight was helping with the Elementary Christmas Party at Crossroads. We helped set up, sign in, guide groups, run stations, plate meals, serve food, and clean up. We love serving our school!
In December, we also had our own Christmas party with food, games, gifts, and fun. We passed jars to collect almost $150 in funds for our selected charities. Little by little, we are reaching our fundraising goals and will soon get to “silly string” Mrs. Sallie Albus.
Our next meeting is January 12th at 12:30 in the gym! As always, the best way to know what is happening with YOUR student-led Key Club is to attend the meetings, ask questions, and participate.
Also, find us on Facebook and on Instagram at CRCS Key Club.
We look forward to seeing our more than a hundred members soon!
If you have any questions, please contact us.
Lane Albus, Student President
205-600-5724
Sallie Albus, Faculty Advisor
205-863-9585
Key Club is an international service organization that is led by high school students, which encourages leadership through serving others. Crossroads has over one hundred Key Clubbers who serve their homes, school, communities, and God through both organized and informal service opportunities.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
January
8 – The Red Barn (service)
12 – Key Club Meeting
15 – The Red Barn (service)
20 – Dinner Theater (service)
26 – Key Club Meeting
February
9 – Valentine Box Competition (service)
23 – Key Club Meeting
March
8 – Key Club Meeting
15-17 – District Convention (DCON) in Birmingham
22 – Key Club Meeting & Elections (must be present to run for office)
April
12 – Key Club Meeting
26 – Key Club Meeting
May
10 – May Day (service) and Key Club Awards Ceremony
Builders Club
Friday, January 12, 2024
12:30 – 1:30
Youth Room above Gym
Officers will meet at 12 p.m. Please come ready to discuss some ideas for fundraisers and service projects!
If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer Day (205)999-8558 or jday2911@gmail.com
Yearbook Staff
3rd Friday – January 19
12:30 – 1:30.
Back Building
Advisors: Jenny Bartz or Trenity Whilfield
4-H Club
Tuesday, February 6, 2024.
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 focus will be STEM experiments and activities!
For more information, contact Alayna Jackson, 4-H Agent and check out our Facebook page.
Robotics
CONGRATULATIONS ROBOTICS TEAM 2023-2024:
Atticus Cornett, Cade Best, Roark McKibben, Lucas Jackson, Cody Bonner, Jaina Bonner, Nicholas Stanley, Cody Albus, Caleb Smith, Abigail Buchanan, Jake Turner, Carson Basenberg, Hayley Hayes, Tucker Brown, Alex Guyton, Harper Guyton, Nate Fant, Patrick Collins, Kate Brownlee, Will Marsh, Eli Brunson, Isabella Conaway.
The team advanced to the BEST Robotics Regional Competition also held this past weekend at the University of North Alabama. There were around 50 teams from 4 states. The team did a great job! They worked hard and got to experience an amazing weekend. They walked away with a trophy for 3rd place in the T-shirt competition of 43 designs. Isabelly Conaway created the design! Way to go!
CC FLYERS
The CC Flyers Running Club finished their Fall Season with Awards Night on December 5. Improvement awards were given to seventy-eight runners. Also, the runners who competed in the end of year Invitational Cross Country Meet were recognized by presenting their medals and ribbons. Their Spring season will begin the first week in March. For more information contact Coach Trippe ccflyers4u@gmail.com
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 2023-24 began on June 1, 2023 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.