By JOSEPH DITS Tribune Staff Writer SOUTH BEND — The Crossing alternative school has won federal funding to help up to 50 high school dropouts from St. Joseph County — ages 17 to 21 — to finish their degree and get training in a new career. Dexter Harper and Amanda Heritz hope to be among [...]
February 1, 2010 – 3:53 pm
Students from The Crossing,” an Alternative school approved by the Board last year for EACS students, had an opportunity to speak directly to the board regarding their experiences at the school. Four students spoke and all students mentioned how The Crossing has changed their lives and each student thanked the Board for their approval of [...]
January 15, 2010 – 12:38 pm
Below are pictures of the Automotive Design Elective taught at my home as an extension of the Butler Crossing. I have 8 students in this class, and we are building my next street rod. This is a ’58 Buick wagon being retro-fit to a ’94 Caprice cop car chassis that we stretched 9 inches by [...]
December 18, 2009 – 5:54 pm
School is school is school, right? Students end up at the Crossing for a myriad of reasons ranging from poor performance in school to violence to arrogance to resistance to any kind of authority or very poor attendance. For the stubborn child we have found they need something to believe in and to be a [...]
December 3, 2009 – 2:35 pm
I spent the day yesterday with Rob Staley and Becky Brown. I had to be up at 4:00 and out the door by 5:00 to meet them in Goshen by 7:00. It is always a tough decision to be gone from my building, I have a perfect attendance record, I have a great and competent [...]
September 30, 2009 – 3:00 pm
There is so much to learn about and from every student. This is a true story from the Butler Crossing that covers the gamete from serious to hilarious and everything in between. We have had a full week of serious injuries at our school starting with Karen Miller crashing her motorcycle and road-rashing herself really [...]
August 26, 2009 – 12:33 pm
What an amazing start to a new program, a new concept, a new venture!! We may be starting out small, but we have the biggest blessing with our kids! Three very outspoken, wonderful, smart, worthwhile students have blessed our new location. We have the most exciting classroom!! It is so much like home…..We are so [...]
August 25, 2009 – 4:34 pm
Where do I start? Do I talk about how our kids come early and get to work? Do I talk about how they hang out after school and we have to kick them out to go home? Or, should I talk about all the great activities we are doing: journalism, bowling, walks at the park, [...]
August 20, 2009 – 3:44 am
Wow! I thought the first year at the Crossing was great! We are off and running this fall with a truly unbelievably strong start! I remember last year Jen (our trainer) said that eventually daily life at the Crossing will “flow”. A rhythm will surface from the busyness and the STEEP learning curve we experienced [...]
Posted: June 14, 2009 in Indy Star Fort Wayne » An Allen County school district is turning to a private, faith-based school to help troubled students who have been incarcerated or expelled or have dropped out of school. Last year, more than 700 students from East Allen County Schools were either dropouts or had an [...]
Published: 6/14/2009 12:00:00 AM in Elkhart Truth FORT WAYNE — An Allen County school district is turning to a private, faith-based school to help troubled students who have been incarcerated, expelled or dropped out of school. Last year, more than 700 students from East Allen County Schools were either dropouts or had an unknown graduation [...]
By Andrea Thomas Published: Tuesday, June 2, 2009 6:10 AM EDT They’ve acquired the go-ahead from local school administrators and have secured a building to facilitate the program. Now, all organizers for the new local alternative school, The Crossing Educational Center, have to do is find at least 25 kids who deserve a second chance. [...]
WSBT-TV Report Story Published: May 31, 2009 Not everyone takes a traditional path through school. Some have a few speed bumps along the way, and can get off track — but one local group helps get them back on the right road. It’s called The Crossing Educational Center, and with six locations in the region, [...]
Thursday I had a Campus Coordinator meeting in Goshen. I also had a chance to talk with Rob (Staley, Executive Director) in a private conference prior to that meeting. If labels were passed out when I was a kid (I am now fifty-seven), I would have been labeled ADD and ODD that is, Attention Deficit [...]
By Andrea Thomas Published: Wednesday, May 6, 2009 6:09 AM EDT in Frankfort Times MICHIGANTOWN The list containing the names of students who have dropped out or been expelled from Clinton Central High School since 2005 is four pages long, single-spaced. Oddly enough, the students who are on that list are in luck they are [...]
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