Crossroads Christian School

The fourth grade took part in a nationwide program with 25,000 other schools called Pennies for Patients.  Pennies for Patients is a program associated with the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in which kids collect spare change to help people with blood cancers.  All donations go to fund blood cancer research and patient services.  The fourth graders collected donations and brought them to school on Friday.  Our hearts go out to all of the people whose lives have been affected by cancer.

In the third grade, students start learning about the internet, some of the things that you can do with it, and how to be safe on it.  One of the topics that the students just learned about is webcams.  After looking at some video of and listening to some audio of animals on the internet, they had the ability to talk with Mr. Silva’s mother on Friday over Skype.  They asked her all sorts of questions about who she talks to using Skype, how often she uses Skype, and how well Skype works talking to people in Europe.  They even asked her a little about her pets and her goats.  It was an exciting lesson that everyone seemed to enjoy.

For the past few weeks, the 3rd through 7th grade students were given the chance to compete in an intramural indoor soccer league where teams played during lunch.  The season just drew to a close this past week with the league champions, the Hunters, playing against the staff team, the Fuzzy Kittens.  It was a very close game and both teams played well, but it was the Fuzzy Kittens who squeaked out the win with a score of 8-7.  The entire school was present and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.  All teams in the league played very well and we all look forward to our next intramural sporting league.

The Ha-Ha Game is a game played in Mrs. Honda’s 4th grade class where the students lay on their backs, put their heads on the other students’ stomachs, and laugh.  It is a fun little game that the students really enjoy.

The fourth grade students honored the local police for the 10^th anniversary of 9/11.  The officers came to the classroom and the students were able to thank them for their hard work and dedication.

The Pre-K’ers had so much fun on their field trip to Uesugi Farms pumpkin patch. They learned about the life cycle of a pumpkin from the time pumpkin seeds are planted until the pumpkins are harvested. They had fun counting the golden pumpkins that they saw while on their train ride. They learned about bees and pollination as they walked through the corn maze. At the conclusion of their tour, they each got to pick out a souvenir pumpkin to take home with them.

The theme of the Pre-K Chapel was “Grace.” They did a great job reciting their Bible verse: For by Grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast. Ephesians 2: 8 – 9. They sounded great singing, Amazing Grace.
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Being a Pre-K’er at Crossroads Christian School is a lot of fun. The Pre-K’ers had a great time on their field trip to Gizdich Ranch. They got to pick apples, listen to stories about Johnny Appleseed and learn how apple juice is made.

Yesterday, the students were able to go on a field trip to four of our mentor’s places of business.  They started off the day by going to the San Jose Police Department where one of the students’ mentors works.  He showed everyone around the building and was able to talk toward the importance of education and writing for the student’s future.  The next stop on the tour was Polycom.  Mr. Pritchard, another one of the mentors, was kind enough to give us a tour of the facility there including some very impressive video communication technology.  Being a marketing executive, Mr. Pritchard spoke to the importance of marketing and the need for a company to be able to change and adapt for the current market.  The third stop on the tour was at Roth Wood Products.  There, Mr. Roth and Mrs. Farnham, both mentors, gave us a tour of the facilities and the students were able to see a very different kind of business from Polycom and the Police Department.  Being a family owned business, it was much smaller, but the students were able to see everyone’s different jobs and responsibilities and how each person was integral to completing a project.  The last stop on the trip was the Morgan Hill City Hall.  Two of our mentors, Mayor Tate and the city manager, Mr. Tewes, gave everyone a tour of the facilities and fielded all the questions that the students had.  All the students and adults who went were impressed and learned a great deal.  We at Crossroads would like to thank all of the mentors for opening up their places of business to us and making it such a wonderful day!