Plans have been announced for the establishment of a new independent junior high school to open in midtown St. Louis in the Fall of 1974. Applications for up to fifty positions in seventh and eighth grades are presently being accepted.
Crossroads School will be designed to meet the intellectual, creative, and personal needs of average and above-average students.
The curriculum will include a broad range of junior high school courses and will feature extensive use of community resources.
Many subjects will be taught in the form of minicourses, thereby giving students a wide range of choice within a particular subject area.
Students will be encouraged to improve their abilities to analyze and organize data, observe and reflect upon occurances in their environment, and to develop an awareness of the changing nature of their world.
Arthur and Carol Lieber, co-founders of the school, are looking for serious and motivated students.
Although the applicants will be given an admissions examination, anyone who is performing near or above grade level without serious adjustment problems in school will most likely be accepted.
It is the intention of Crossroads to provide a stimulating learning environment for many students who presently are frustrated in school or feel that they are not performing up to their potential.
The strength of each individual will act to form a strong peer group for every other student.
The tuition for the school will be $580.00.
This figure is but onethird to one-half the fee charged by other private schools in the area.
However, Crossroads is committed to giving children from families who ordinarily could not afford quality private education, the opportunity to seek an alternative to public or low-cost parochial education.
At the same time, the school does not wish to discourage interest by those who might expect to pay more for private education.
The moderate cost of Crossroads is a result of the absence of excessive administrative expenses and a burdensome mortgage.
Mr. and Mrs. Lieber are both certified teachers and have received masters in teaching degrees.
They have taught in both city and county schools and have had extensive experience with junior high age students.
Two additional teachers will complete the full-time staff of Crossroads.
Interested parents and students are asked to either call the Liebers at 531-5960 or to write for a brochure at 3184 College Lane, St. Louis, Mo. 63103.
Originally published in The Paper, December 1973.
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