Awards and Honors
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)
School Awards and Honors
- 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
Recent Student Awards and Honors
Mathematics
- 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
Science, Technology, and Engineering
- 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
History/Geography
- 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
Language Arts
- 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)
World Languages
- 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
Academic Recognition
- 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