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    <title>Crossroads College Preparatory School Articles</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 17:09:40 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Congratulations to the Class of 2013!</title>
      <link>http://www.crossroadscollegeprep.org/articles/show/295</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/100453196055508470050/CrossroadsGraduation201303"&gt;Click here for graduation pictures.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 17:09:40 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title> XRDS junior, Devi Acharya is in the Teens Make History program at the Missouri History Museum.</title>
      <link>http://www.crossroadscollegeprep.org/articles/show/293</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/teens-create-touching-exhibit-on-local-veterans-at-history-museum/article_6803d675-9559-5f2f-a362-b1403a7a2c91.html"&gt;Read about it here--&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 16:42:04 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.crossroadscollegeprep.org/articles/show/293</guid>
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      <title>Girls' Soccer News</title>
      <link>http://www.crossroadscollegeprep.org/articles/show/292</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Crossroads Varsity Girls' Soccer team won SCAA Conference title and is  officially co-champ with Brentwood!&amp;nbsp; Also, selected to 1st team All  Conference was Claudia Testa, Sara Such, Tess Couper, Elizabeth Birch.&amp;nbsp;  Selected to 2nd Team All Conference was Grace Flacke and Sara Bewen.  Claudia Testa was selected the MVP, Player of the Year, for SCAA  Conference.&amp;nbsp; Congrats to all of the girls who made it successful season!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 19:52:43 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Matthew Larson is the Mathematical Association of America 1st place ranking student. </title>
      <link>http://www.crossroadscollegeprep.org/articles/show/291</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span data-ft="{&amp;quot;tn&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;K&amp;quot;}" class="userContent"&gt;Congrats  to sophomore Matthew Larson who is the Mathematical Association of  America 1st place ranking student among all participating students in  Missouri based on his performance on the 2013 American Mathematics  Contest AMC 12!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 19:45:23 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>100% of Class of 2013 Receives Merit-Based Scholarship Offers</title>
      <link>http://www.crossroadscollegeprep.org/articles/show/290</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Arial"&gt;The Class of 2013 has achieved a new  high.&amp;nbsp; In addition to the outstanding list of college acceptances, every  member of the senior class received merit-based scholarship offers of  four-year values totaling more than $8 million.&lt;br /&gt;
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Seven members of the Class of 2013 seniors received  scholarships and grants covering full tuition at the colleges they have  chosen to attend. In addition, 9 seniors received merit scholarships  covering half or more of the tuition at the colleges they&amp;rsquo;ve selected.  The average annual scholarship being used by the Class of 2013 next year  is $15,175 and the average annual tuition at the selected colleges is  $29,826.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Arial"&gt;Congratulations to our seniors!&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 15:40:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title> Danielle Mayes, Crossroads College Prep Senior, Honored as a Gates Millennium Scholar</title>
      <link>http://www.crossroadscollegeprep.org/articles/show/288</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="caps"&gt;FOR&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="caps"&gt;IMMEDIATE&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class="caps"&gt;RELEASE&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;
Contact: Heather Lake&lt;br /&gt;
(314) 367-8085, ext. 202&lt;br /&gt;
heather@crossroadscollegeprep.org &lt;br /&gt;
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Danielle Mayes, Crossroads College Prep Senior, Honored as a Gates Millennium Scholar&lt;br /&gt;
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April 26, 2013 ~ Danielle Mayes Honored as a Gates Millennium Scholar&lt;br /&gt;
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Crossroads College Prep Senior Danielle Mayes has been selected as a  Class of 2013 Gates Millennium Scholar. Danielle is one of 1,000  scholars chosen based on her strong leadership, community service, and  academic achievements from an applicant pool of over 54,000 students.  Sponsored by The Bill &amp;amp; Melinda Gates Foundation and administered by  the United Negro College Fund, the Gates Millennium Scholars program  has donated $1.5 billion for scholarships to high achieving minority  students.&amp;nbsp; Danielle is the second Crossroads College Prep student in  three years to receive this award.&lt;br /&gt;
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As a Gates Millennium Scholar, Danielle receives a renewable scholarship  to study at any accredited university. The scholarship extends  throughout her undergraduate career into master&amp;rsquo;s and doctoral studies  and covers expenses including housing and books. Danielle will be  attending Duke University this coming fall where she will study  environmental science.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;ldquo;We are extremely proud of Danielle and grateful to the Gates Foundation  for recognizing her outstanding accomplishments and her impressive  potential to become highly successful, enriching our society as she  moves forward with her educational career. Danielle is a true  leader-by-example, and she has enriched the lives of all of us at  Crossroads College Prep during her years here,&amp;rdquo; says Clark Daggett, Head  of School.&lt;br /&gt;
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In addition, the Gates Millennium Scholar program includes a leadership  conference, academic planning services, a mentoring program, and an  online resource center providing access to internships, fellowships and  other scholarships.&lt;/p&gt;
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Crossroads College Preparatory School offers an academically challenging  curriculum to a diverse and inclusive community of students in grades  seven through twelve. Crossroads College Prep encourages its students to  engage their imaginations in every endeavor, ranging from the sciences  to the fine arts, and strives to develop respectful citizens, who apply  scholarship, imagination, and critical thinking to civic and social  responsibility in their communities and beyond.&lt;/p&gt;
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Crossroads College Preparatory School&lt;br /&gt;
500 DeBaliviere Ave.&lt;br /&gt;
St. Louis, MO 63112&lt;br /&gt;
www.crossroadscollegeprep.org&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:48:51 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Crossroads College Prep rain garden planting</title>
      <link>http://www.crossroadscollegeprep.org/articles/show/284</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://stlwildones.org/crossroads-school-rain-garden-planting/"&gt;read about it&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:04:22 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.crossroadscollegeprep.org/articles/show/284</guid>
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      <title>Crossroads College Preparatory School Chess Team Continues Successful Track Record</title>
      <link>http://www.crossroadscollegeprep.org/articles/show/283</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.5pt"&gt;FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.5pt"&gt;Contact: Heather Lake&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="tel:%28314%29%20367-8085%2C%20ext.%20202" value="+13143678085" target="_blank"&gt;(314) 367-8085, ext. 202&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:11.5pt"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="mailto:heather@crossroadscollegeprep.org" target="_blank"&gt;heather@crossroadscollegeprep.&lt;wbr&gt;&lt;/wbr&gt;org&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;April&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; 16, 2013 ~ At Crossroads College Prep, chess is for everyone.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;30 of the school&amp;rsquo;s 215 students currently play chess, 25 of whom play on the school&amp;rsquo;s competitive chess team.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Each year, the school celebrates many chess successes and this year is no exception.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Just this year alone, the school has achieved:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;middot;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Champions, Gateway Chess League&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;middot;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Eastern Conference Champions, 2012-2013 season, Gateway Chess League&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;middot;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;2&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt; place, 8&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; grade and under division, Missouri Scholastic Championships&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;middot;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;4&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; place, High School division, Missouri Scholastic Championships&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;middot;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;4&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; place, U1200 division, National HS Championships (Supernationals V)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;middot;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;9&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; place, U800 division, National HS Championships (Supernationals V)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;middot;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;15&lt;sup&gt;th&lt;/sup&gt; place, U750 division, Nationals JHS Championships (Supernationals V)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;middot;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; place, High School Division, Gateway Fall Open&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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    &lt;li&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Symbol"&gt;&lt;span&gt;&amp;middot;&lt;span style="font-family:&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:normal"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; place, High School Division, Gateway Team Tournament&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font&gt;The Chess Team is a good representation of the school&amp;rsquo;s student body.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;62% of the chess team receives financial aid compared to the school&amp;rsquo;s 47% of the student body receiving aid, proving that chess is an all around sport that is good for children on all levels from different backgrounds.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;It becomes a common language that the kids can speak to one another.&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;font&gt;A number of the chess team&amp;rsquo;s members are playing chess for the first time.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Dr. Howard Granok, Chess Team Coach says, &amp;ldquo;Students get turned on to chess for a variety of reasons.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Sometimes it is because their friends are playing the game, sometimes they dabbled in the game in their previous school but would like to learn more.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The great thing about interscholastic chess in our area is that every player has the opportunity to play, regardless of their experience and ability. &lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Besides their coach (me), students can learn a lot about the game from their peers and from older students.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;It really helps build a very cohesive team.&amp;rdquo;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title> (Updated) Essence Lee, Crossroads College Preparatory School Class of 2014, Wins State of Missouri Poetry Out Loud Competition</title>
      <link>http://www.crossroadscollegeprep.org/articles/show/278</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/books-and-literature/listeners-can-feel-what-i-feel/article_43230475-a563-53b5-a604-28b189410c0d.html#.UV1ojEPiIBk.email"&gt;From the Post-Dispatch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://sites.crossroadscollegeprep.org/newsreleasepoetry.pdf"&gt;Missouri Department of Economic Development News Release&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE&lt;br /&gt;
Contact: Heather Lake&#8232;(314) 367-8085, ext. 202 &#8232;heather@crossroadscollegeprep.org&lt;br /&gt;
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Essence Lee, Crossroads College Preparatory School Class of 2014,&#8232;Wins State of Missouri Poetry Out Loud Competition&lt;br /&gt;
March 14, 2013 ~ Essence Lee, CCPS Class of 2014, wins State of Missouri Poetry Out Loud Competition and moves on to the national competition in Washington, DC.&lt;br /&gt;
Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest is a national arts education program that encourages the study of great poetry by offering educational materials and a dynamic recitation competition to high schools across the country. Poetry Out Loud was created in partnership by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation with the collaboration of State Arts Agencies as a way to foster the next generation of literary readers by building on the resurgence of poetry as an oral art form, as seen in the slam poetry movement and the popularity of rap music. Through Poetry Out Loud, students master public speaking skills, build self-confidence, and learn about their literary heritage.&lt;br /&gt;
As the Missouri State Champion, Essence will compete in the 2013 National Finals in Washington, DC, on April 28-30, 2013. At the national finals, winners will receive $50,000 total in scholarships and school stipends, with a $20,000 college scholarship for the Poetry Out Loud National Champion.&lt;br /&gt;
Crossroads College Preparatory School offers an academically challenging curriculum to a diverse and inclusive community of students in grades seven through twelve.&lt;br /&gt;
Crossroads College Prep encourages its students to engage their imaginations in every endeavor, ranging from the sciences to the fine arts, and strives to develop respectful citizens, who apply scholarship, imagination, and critical thinking to civic and social responsibility in their communities and beyond.&lt;br /&gt;
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Crossroads College Preparatory School&#8232;500 DeBaliviere Ave.&#8232;St. Louis, MO 63112&#8232;www.crossroadscollegeprep.org&lt;br /&gt;
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:35:58 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Crossroads featured in "Green Spiral Writes- Ideas for connecting families and nature"</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://jzika.wordpress.com/"&gt;check it out&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Doctors Without Housing &#8211; 3 Crossroads College Prep Alumnae Work to Build Facilities for Visiting Volunteer Physicians in Peru</title>
      <link>http://www.crossroadscollegeprep.org/articles/show/276</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE&lt;br /&gt;
Contact: Heather Lake (314) 367-8085, ext. 202 heather@crossroadscollegeprep.org&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;In 2007, the Yantal&amp;oacute; Foundation asked film producer/director Angela Snow (Crossroads College Prep Class of 2003) to create a documentary film about their foundation, the construction of a medical clinic it was sponsoring, and the conditions of healthcare in their Peruvian town.&lt;br /&gt;
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After working on the film, Angela invited her classmates to Peru to learn more about the foundation.&amp;nbsp; At the time, Laura Jay (Crossroads College Prep Class of 2003) was working at the U.S. Green Building Council in Washington, D.C., and has since completed her master&amp;rsquo;s degree in urban planning from Columbia University. Margaret van Bakergem (Crossroads College Prep Class of 2003) was completing her master&amp;rsquo;s degree in public health at Washington University after graduating from The College of Charleston. &lt;br /&gt;
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The young women traveled to Peru and quickly recognized to recruit visiting physicians, volunteer housing would be needed.&amp;nbsp; Thus, The Yantal&amp;oacute; International Volunteer Organization, a 501(c)3 organization, was created by this group of young women along with five other volunteers serving the Yantal&amp;oacute; community.&amp;nbsp; The mission of the organization is &amp;ldquo;to support individuals from all over the world in their desire to volunteer their time and skills in the Yantal&amp;oacute; community by building comfortable housing and provide a supportive, enriching environment, including space for short- and long-term housing, volunteer meetings, and planning space.&amp;rdquo; Since its inception in 2009, land has been donated for the volunteer housing site and money is being raised to bring the project to fruition. &lt;br /&gt;
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When asked how their time as students at Crossroads College Prep influenced them in choosing their fields and ultimate work, Laura Jay, responds, &amp;ldquo;Crossroads always instilled in us the importance of using one&amp;rsquo;s interests to create a better world. Our work in Yantal&amp;oacute; is doing just that, through our skills in film, health, and sustainability we are bringing resources to an area of Peru that is greatly in need.&amp;rdquo;&lt;br /&gt;
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Laura currently lives in New York City and works at a sustainability consulting firm Terrapin Bright Green. Angela also lives in New York and works freelance on documentaries and TV production. Margaret lives in Nashville and researches public health issues for The Department of Pediatrics at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center.&lt;br /&gt;
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The three Crossroads alumnae not only are raising funds for the house, but they are also developing a robust program and are working with St. Louis University, Washington University, University of Wisconsin and other major univerisities around the country supporting the work being done in Yantal&amp;oacute;. The organization is currently in the middle of a flash fundraising campaign to raise enough to complete the first phase of construction on the house.&amp;nbsp; To read more about the organization and the volunteer house, please visit &lt;a href="http://www.YantaloVolunteerHouse.org"&gt;www.YantaloVolunteerHouse.org&lt;/a&gt; .&lt;/p&gt;
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      <link>http://www.crossroadscollegeprep.org/articles/show/275</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;On February 20, 2013, Crossroads juniors Royce Purley and Aliyah  Wilson were sworn in to Missouri's 1st District Congressional Youth  Cabinet in a ceremony in the St Louis County Council Chambers. Royce and  Aliyah were nominated to this post by Crossroads administration for  their leadership and interest in civic engagement. They were confirmed  by Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay's staff and sworn in by the Congressman.  Over the coming year, as members of the cabinet, they will advise  Congressman Clay and his staff on matters of importance to youth in the  district.&lt;br /&gt;
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Crossroads places a high level of importance on social  responsibility and civic engagement and is proud to be represented by  Royce and Aliyah.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Lacee Dupart, Class of 2013 featured on High School Panel on HEC-TV</title>
      <link>http://www.crossroadscollegeprep.org/articles/show/273</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Lacee Dupart, Class of 2013 was featured on a High School Panel on HEC-TV for the show-Behind the Minds:&amp;nbsp; February 2013 - Where Did You Go To High School?&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hectv.org/programs/series/behind-the-minds/1987/february-2013/"&gt;Watch the show-&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Noah Dromgoole named finalist in the 2013 National Merit Scholarship Program</title>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Crossroads defeats Valley Park&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href="http://www.stltoday.com/sports/high-school/boys-basketball/boys-basketball-crossroads-hands-john-burroughs-first-loss-of-season/article_6138bf32-61ca-11e2-bd54-001a4bcf6878.html"&gt;http://www.stltoday.com/sports/high-school/boys-basketball/boys-basketball-crossroads-hands-john-burroughs-first-loss-of-season/article_6138bf32-61ca-11e2-bd54-001a4bcf6878.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="2" face="Arial"&gt;We are honored to be chosen as one of the  tour locations of the St. Louis Art Fair Public Art Collection.&amp;nbsp; This  collection will be at Crossroads College Preparatory School for&amp;nbsp;the  Crossroads Community ONLY&amp;nbsp;viewing from &lt;strong&gt;February 4, 2013 to March 4, 2013&lt;/strong&gt; during the school hours of &lt;strong&gt;7:00&amp;nbsp;a.m. to 6:00 p.m&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;
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      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:04:03 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;This past fall, we were fortunate to  have several of our athletes receive post-season honors. &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font face="Arial"&gt;&lt;font size="2"&gt;Our  Girls&amp;rsquo; Volleyball team finished second in the SCAA with an  8-2 conference record. Junior outside hitter Aliyah Wilson and  junior setter Claudia Testa were named 1&lt;sup&gt;st&lt;/sup&gt; Team  All-Conference as both had outstanding seasons. Junior Tess  Couper was named 2&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt; Team All-Conference by being a  model of consistency on the court. Newcomer, freshman Rachel Peth  was recognized as Honorable Mention All-Conference and was the  only freshman to be named by the SCAA. Wilson, a standout all  season, was also named 2&lt;sup&gt;nd&lt;/sup&gt; Team All-District for her  play in the playoffs.&lt;br /&gt;
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      <title>Crossroads College Prep Senior Val Warren Awarded One of Three Scholarships to Stephens College in Official Presentation</title>
      <link>http://www.crossroadscollegeprep.org/articles/show/264</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Val Warren has been selected as one of three scholarship recipients by Stephens College, the second oldest women's college in the US located in Columbia, MO, to receive up to 75 percent of full tuition scholarship.&lt;br /&gt;
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Stephens College will present Crossroads College Preparatory School senior Val Warren with a scholarship check replica in the amount of 75 percent of full tuition for up to four- academic years at Stephens College on Friday, November 30, 2012, at 9 a.m. at Crossroads College Prep.&lt;br /&gt;
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Val Warren was selected to be a recipient of the scholarship through her participation in Stephens College &amp;ldquo;Scholars Weekend&amp;rdquo; competition on November 2 &amp;ndash; 3, 2012 as well as by meeting minimum grade point average (GPA) and test score (ACT or SAT) criteria. Students submitted an essay in advance and while on-campus each young women interviewed with faculty and completed a second essay. Warren was one of over 50 young women who participated to compete for only six scholarships. Three, including Warren, are recipients of 75 percent of full tuition.&lt;br /&gt;
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Stephens College, established in 1833 in Columbia, Mo., is historically committed to meeting the changing needs of\ women. Stephens prepares students to become leaders and innovators in a rapidly changing world, and engages lifelong learners in an educational experience characterized by intellectual rigor, creative expression and professional practice. Along with undergraduate studies, Stephens College offers nationally-recognized graduate and online degree programs. www.stephens.edu&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:42:53 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Memory Portraits received in Afghanistan!</title>
      <link>http://www.crossroadscollegeprep.org/articles/show/260</link>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;Please check out these photos of kids from Afghan orphanages who  received portraits our students painted of them.&amp;nbsp; Grace Anne, Wolf,  Eric, Zee, Annie Ta, and Kelsey worked really hard last spring in  Portraiture to create these beautiful gifts.&lt;br /&gt;
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Andeisha Farid, the primary director of the  orphanages, recently wrote &amp;quot;I have to mention this to you that it  brought cheers in my head watching the children receiving their  portraits.&amp;nbsp; They are all very, very happy receiving their portraits.&amp;nbsp; It  was just amazing.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
Shamsia Razaqi, co-founder of an all boys orphanage wrote, &amp;quot;The boys  were thrilled to see the portraits which were absolutely beautiful!&amp;nbsp; We  can not thank you enough for this wonderful gift!!&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.memoryproject.org/"&gt;http://www.memoryproject.org/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
We've been involved with this project three times now, sending portraits  to kids in Mexico and Haiti as well over the past several years.&lt;br /&gt;
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      <link>http://www.crossroadscollegeprep.org/articles/show/259</link>
      <description>&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Four Crossroads College Prep students played Grand Master Alejandro Ramirez in a simultaneous exhibition at the AT &amp;amp; T/United Way Chess Carnival on October 22nd.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Freshman Reid Doctor won the prize for &amp;ldquo;last man standing&amp;rdquo; after 45 moves, winning a one-year membership to the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Reid  was joined by junior Curtis Mitchell, eighth graders Katie Stujenske and Rah&amp;rsquo;Kheme Pryor, and coaches Howard. Michael  Bartley, and Ed Dromgoole (father of Noah, class of '13).&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Afterwards, Rah&amp;rsquo;Kheme and Katie had the opportunity to analyze their games with Women&amp;rsquo;s Grand Master Jennifer Shahade, known in Saint Louis for her expert commentary at the US Chess Championships.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The team wishes to thank&amp;nbsp; Michael Bartley for providing lunch and arranging the visit to the carnival.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;Matthew Larson, Crossroads College Prep sophomore and chess stand out, played in the 2012 Missouri Open Chess Cahmpionships where he tied for first with two grandmasters from Webster Univeristy.&lt;br /&gt;
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This accopmlishment puts Matthew in the top 1% among junior chess players in the nation and among the top 5% of players of all ages in Missouri. This also makes Matthew unoffically an Expert chess player.&lt;br /&gt;
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Since 7th grade, Matthew has been a key member of the Crossroads College Prep Chess Team, winning the 9th grade Missori State Championship in 2011 and finishing in 2nd place in the high school division in 2012 as a freshman. Matthew is the captain of the Crossroads College Prep Chess team this year. He has been playing chess since he was in elementary school at New City School and plays regularly at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center in St. Louis.&lt;br /&gt;
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The Crossroads College Prep Chess team finished in 3rd place in two different divisions at the Chess Nationals last spring. Due to Matthew&amp;rsquo;s high chess rating, he played in a separate division where he finished with a 5-2 record, including a victory over chess Expert, Awonder Liang.&lt;br /&gt;
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Nearly 20% of the Crossroads College Prep student body participates in the chess program.&lt;br /&gt;
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;On Tuesday September 18th, Grant Lichtman  visited Crossroads College Prep School. He is on a tour of 60+ schools  in the US investigating &amp;ldquo;how leading educators are implementing  significant change to meet 21st century challenges&amp;rdquo;.&amp;nbsp; He visited only  four schools in St. Louis. While with us, he met with a small group of  seniors, and a handful of teachers and administrators to ask how we  approach innovation. Below is what we he had to say about CCPS. Follow  him on his tour by visiting his blog &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="http://custapp.marketvolt.com/link/dZlpyX4b3a?CM=329804815&amp;amp;X=48132774" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;http://learningpond.wordpress.com/grant-lichtman.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;Great  schools have a clear mission that is known and shared by faculty,  students, and administration.&amp;nbsp; I have visited schools with a variety of  missions, but I may never have been at a school with a more pervasive  sense of mission than at Crossroads Prep in St. Louis.&amp;nbsp; At Crossroads,  from the Head down to every student I talked with, the mission is  diversity, but in a different way than you might think.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;Many schools, particularly  independent schools, tout their diversity statistics, and for good  reason.&amp;nbsp; Since America remains a largely segregated society,  neighborhood-centric public schools largely reflect their racially,  ethnically, and economically divided neighborhoods.&amp;nbsp; Many independent  schools draw families from a range of zip codes, and this is certainly  the case at Crossroads.&amp;nbsp; According to Head Clark Daggett, Crossroads is  one of the most racially and economically diverse schools in the region,  with 45% African American student body; nearly half of students receive  some form of financial assistance to attend; yet tuition is less than  other top St. Louis independent schools. I have done extensive research  on the relationship of economic diversity at a school to tuition and  other budget drivers, and those numbers make Crossroads a real outlier.&amp;nbsp;  The answer is clearly a shared belief in the mission.&amp;nbsp; Simply, teachers  work for lower than benchmark salaries because they share in the  mission of the school.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;&lt;img border="0" align="right" alt="" style="float:right;border:0px solid;" src="http://images.marketvolt.com/Client/105_719629103.jpg" /&gt;The  idea of diversity here goes way beyond skin color, and it starts with  the location of the campus, on the very real boundary of traditionally  white and non-white areas of a &amp;ldquo;balkanized&amp;rdquo; St. Louis landscape.&amp;nbsp; Clark  believes the mission of the school is to blur these lines of division,  be they racial, economic, philosophical or other.&amp;nbsp; They don&amp;rsquo;t just tout  their student diversity; they raise it up and use it as a lever to very  intentionally teach students how to get beyond the lines that divide  us.&amp;nbsp; Importantly, I heard the EXACT same thing from teachers I talked  with. &amp;nbsp;And when I got to spend almost an hour with a group of seniors,  their description of what makes Crossroads special came back to these  same ideas of embracing, celebrating, and understanding diversity of  thought, opinion, culture, and so much more.&amp;nbsp; Many of these students  come from miles away and could have attended any of the other  prestigious St. Louis prep schools, but chose Crossroads in order to  learn and share in an ethos of erasing lines.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;I  spent time with Mark Norwood, dean of students and Director of Ethics  and Social Responsibility (how many times this last two weeks have I  blogged about someone with a title, a responsibility, that your school  does not have?).&amp;nbsp; He talked about how the school physically sits at a  crossroads of race and money, and how the modest buildings &lt;img border="0" align="right" alt="" style="float:right;border:0px solid;" src="http://images.marketvolt.com/Client/105_1309691232.jpg" /&gt;attract  people who feel comfortable without trappings.&amp;nbsp; They don&amp;rsquo;t want to sit  back; they want to be highly intentional about what diversity means and  the strength it wields.&amp;nbsp; They are building the case for students that  each individual is in control of themselves and the connections that  create their place and future beyond school.&amp;nbsp; They have developed  opportunities both within the standard curriculum and outside of normal  classes for students and faculty to learn and share specific skill and  mindset tools, and to keep this ethos high in their collective  consciousness. Their Good Works program of community engagement now  includes nearly 20 partner non-profits.&amp;nbsp; Like Latin School of Chicago  and others I have visited, these partnerships involve much more than  students going to work in a soup kitchen.&amp;nbsp; In programs like Crossroads,  what students do off campus follows them back to school, and back into  the classroom, in terms of research, discussion, and reflection.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;In  the full period I had to sit down and talk with students, the one quote  that sticks out is this: &amp;ldquo;Teachers here get it.&amp;rdquo;&amp;nbsp; All of these students  are prepping for college and they know they need a solid foundation in  core subject knowledge base.&amp;nbsp; But what lit up for all of them were the  projects, long discussions, and tangential programs that are embedded so  deeply in classroom activities.&amp;nbsp; They said that their teachers try to  update curriculum in real time, staying aware of what is going on in the  world outside of school walls.&amp;nbsp; They cited teachers who will deviate  strongly from regular curriculum to focus on a major current event and  weave that into the lesson plan over days or weeks.&amp;nbsp; In addition to  basic communication skills, they said what is going to help them most in  their futures is the ability to apply content knowledge, and to work  and communicate comfortably with adults.&amp;nbsp; They will need to ask good  questions and know when and how to ask for help.&amp;nbsp; They all talked about  the large group projects at all grade &lt;img border="0" align="right" alt="" style="float:right;border:0px solid;" src="http://images.marketvolt.com/Client/105_1857878199.jpg" /&gt;levels,  many of which are discussion-based, where they are learning to find,  filter, and apply connected thinking to real world problems.&amp;nbsp; As we  summed up, though, and I asked the students the real key that  differentiates Crossroads from the other schools their friends attend,  they all agreed: the diverse representation of background, and  intentional openness to many points of view.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt;"&gt;&lt;font face="Arial" size="2"&gt;My  meeting with a group of faculty was equally important.&amp;nbsp; This is, after  all, a college prep school, and they continue to feel the tension of a  traditional AP-focused program that can often stand in the way of  innovation that many would like to see. But they find a way around it,  as they have other dividing lines.&amp;nbsp; The faculty told me that what they  do best is &amp;ldquo;retail teaching&amp;rdquo;, creating that 1:1 student-teacher  relationship of authentic connection.&amp;nbsp; They feel this trumps the tension  of what might be taught, be it AP or something of a deeper nature.&amp;nbsp; In a  separate meeting, Clark echoed this same focus.&amp;nbsp; To paraphrase Clark,  pedagogy, programs, and technology are all important, but the key to  Crossroads, or perhaps any educational success, is the relationship  between each teacher and each student.&amp;nbsp; He used a word, empathy, which  comes up at so many of my school visits: the ability to reduce the  distance between people.&amp;nbsp; At Crossroads, this commitment to empathy as  core to mission is the clear reason for their success.&lt;br /&gt;
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The above pictures were taken during our Good Work day at  City Seeds&amp;nbsp;on September 27th.&amp;nbsp; Some of the students appear in more than  one picture.&amp;nbsp; Pictured are Jas Bradley, Brooke Beatrice, Aliyah Wilson,  Zoe Call, Jess Harry, Sam Buchholz, Darian Randle, Chloe Seyer, Zee  Fowler, Val Warren, Eliana Zuckerman, Tova Cohen, Sifan Wang, T.J.  Hughes, Hoben Rehfeld, Zane Spencer, and Spanish teacher Jad McDaniel.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;The National Merit Scholarship Corporation has announced that Noah Dromgoole is a semi-finalist in the 2013 National Merit Scholarship Program. Noah is one of 16,000 semifinalists nationwide who will have the opportunity to continue in the competition for some 8,300 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $32 million that will be offered next spring. Congratulations, Noah!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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