Awards and Honors - Crossroads Academy

Faculty Awards and Honors

2020 Art Educator of the Year in New Hampshire for the Elementary Division (Tina Nadeau)
2019 New Hampshire Physical Education Teacher of the Year (Matthew McGuigan)
Two faculty members awarded New Hampshire History Teacher of the Year (Steve Glazer, Bruce Freeberg)
2018 STEM Excellence in Teaching Award at the Middle School Level (Alison Gorman)

Distinction of Honorable Mention as a National School of Character based on outstanding work in character education
Median Crossroads student score on year-end ERB exams: Math – 98th percentile | Reading – 95th percentile | Writing – 95th percentile

American Mathematics Competition – AMC-8: Largest number of students in the NH from one school on the Honor Roll (top 5% nationally); Distinguished Honor Roll (top 1% nationwide); Achievement Roll (students in sixth grade or lower who scored in the top 10% nationally)
American Mathematics Competition – AMC-10: Achievement Roll (students in eighth grade and younger in the top 15% nationwide); Honor Roll (top 2.5% nationwide), AIME qualifier
MATHCOUNTS: 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place teams at regional competition, top ten individuals at regional and state competitions, and state team members to national competition; 1st place team in NH with all four team members in top 12 (the only school to have all four students in top 12)
Mathleague.org Competition: 1st and 3rd place teams in NH; 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishes in grades 3-6; largest group of students in NH that qualified for nationals in Houston, TX; At national competition, one second place individual finish and team placed in top 10 of over 100 teams
The Association for Women in Mathematics and Dartmouth College Mathematics Department: 1st place in middle school regional competition and Honorable Mention in middle school national competition for essays on biographies of contemporary women in mathematics careers

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS): Publishing of peer-reviewed abstracts of the students’ research and presenting their research at annual AAAS symposiums
American Junior Academy of Science (AJAS): Induction into AJAS, which is the only national honor society recognizing America’s premier middle and high school students for outstanding scientific research
American Orchid Society: “Conservation of Orchids” award that was given following a judged student presentation at the annual NH Orchid Society meeting in Nashua, NH
FIRST LEGO League: 1st place award for Core Values for excellence in teamwork; Champion’s Award (best team overall) at regional qualifiers; 1st place in NH for Project Research (based on research experiment)
Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth: National STEM research grant awarded to two eighth graders to devise a way to micropropagate the showy lady’s slipper
New Hampshire Clean Water Poster Contest: 1st and 2nd place
Solar Sprint competition (NH/VT): 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in speed; the design award; the technical award
Verizon Innovative App Challenge: Team of students won “Best in Region” in a national search of approximately 1100 app concepts

GeoBee: Final round participant at the New Hampshire state championship
National Mythology Exam: Gold, silver, and bronze medals for outstanding knowledge of Greek and Roman mythology
The Vermont Historical Society: The Vermont History Award

American Legion Junior Oratorical Competition
New Hampshire Public Television PBS Kids Writers Contest: Honorable Mention
Robert Frost Youth Poet: The statewide award in the Robert Frost Youth Poet Program
Vermont Public Radio, RETN (Regional Educational Television Network), The Crow, and Young Writers Project: (e.g., “Black Rain“; “Answer to a 5-Year-Old Son” and “The Bird That Dared to Sing“; YWP Writer of the Month)
The Voice, Valley News, VT Digger, Winter Tales, Young Writers Project Anthology 7, Cowbird: (e.g., “The Silver Clearing” and “My Big, Beautiful Bubble“; students’ published work ’16-’17)

French National Exam: Top ten ranking nationally, including platinum winners (the highest award); annual competition that includes a written test on French vocabulary, grammar, and cultural sensitivity
University of Vermont Latin Day (hosted yearly for high school students): 1st place for group Latin poem recitation, 2nd place for skit performance, two 1st place finishes for solo performances
National Latin Exam: summa cum laude, maxima cum laude, magna cum laude, Outstanding Achievement Certificate, Achievement Certificates

Institute for Educational Advancement: Within a three-year period, two Crossroads students received a Caroline D. Bradley Scholarship for full-tuition to a high school program
National Junior Honor Society