Crosswinds School

Come join the Crosswinds community on June 21 from 5-7 p.m. for an evening of community activities (including the Showcase, Moving On Ceremony and Community Pinic) as we close a school that has touched our hearts, educated our youth and provided a safe haven for all! The evening will include the Showcase of student performances and art work, along with a slideshow of memories, music and food. Current students, families and staff; alumni; past staff and community support are welcome.

Please RSVP through https://goo.gl/forms/JNhwMFdOrS6JYukS2

or by calling 651-539-2600.

Crosswinds Picnic: Wednesday, June 21 5-7pm. Please respond by Monday, June 19th. Come join the Crosswinds community as we close a school that has touched our hearts, educated our youth and provided a safe haven for all! Showcase of student performances and art work, along with a slide show of memories, music and food.

We are deeply saddened to announce that as of July 1, Crosswinds is closing. We will be hosting final events, to celebrate the accomplishments of our students and school, including our final showcase, moving on ceremony and community picnic on June 21. Please see below for additional dates for the end of the school year.

Important Dates at Crosswinds Wednesday, June 14: Regular School Day Thursday, June 15: Regular School Day Friday, June 16: Regular School Day Monday, June 19: Regular School Day Tuesday, June 20: Regular School D…

Sights around Crosswinds School as we get closer to the end of the school year!

Good news! Turnaround Arts is expanding!

Turnaround Arts Program Is Expanding A program that originated in the White House is being carried on and expanded with support from government and private organizations.

For this week's arts trivia question, we ask: What organization is responsible for the yearly MayDay Parade and Festival that ends at Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis (and takes place this Sunday)?

Highpoint Center for Printmaking has some great summer art camps for kids this summer. Check them out below!

Summer Artmaking Camps for Kids

"Study Says Over $2 Billion Brought In By MN Artists And Non-Profits Yearly." Wow! Check out the full story below.

Study Says Over $2 Billion Brought In By MN Artists And Non-Profits Yearly

Check out this cool HuffPost piece on ProjectArt and its exhibit, “My Kid Could Do That," which features childhood pieces by now known contemporary artists like Cecily Brown and Sanford Biggers. The show "hopes to illuminate the importance of art instruction for all kids."

Famous Artists Share Their Childhood Art In Support Of Arts Education "My Kid Could Do That" underscores the importance of arts education in under-funded communities.

On Tuesday, May 2nd, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) will present a "Power of Youth, Power to Take a Stand" presentation to all 8-10th grade Crosswinds students. MADD's mission is to end drunk driving, help fight drugged driving, support the victims and prevent underage drinking. The "Power of Youth, Power to Take a Stand" presentation includes the dangers of underage drinking, alcohol's effect on the developing brain, alcohol in the media, and ways to resist peer pressure. Check out the link below for MADD's brochure for parents, containing information about how to talk to teens about alcohol and drug use.

Talking About Alcohol This interactive publication is created with FlippingBook, a service for streaming PDFs online. No download, no waiting. Open and start reading right away!

Happy Friday everyone! For this week's arts trivia question, we ask: At what age did Misty Copeland, the first African American women to be promoted to principal dancer for American Ballet Theatre, begin dancing ballet?

Bidding closes at 5:45 for our school auction! Now is your chance for a Ryan Suter #20 Signed Hockey Stick!

Crosswinds Auction Spring 2017 Silent auction 'Crosswinds Auction Spring 2017' hosted online at 32auctions.

Check out the latest Crosswinds School alumni newsletter—and be sure to join us at the Crosswinds Community Showcase next Thursday!

Celebrate Crosswinds April 20 at the Community Showcase Crosswinds alumni are invited to join us on Thursday, April 20 from 4-6 p.m. for the third quarter Crosswinds Community Showcase. Attendees can enjoy student performances and check out student art work and projects that will be on display. There is also a silent auction for the evening, with proceed...

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Happy Friday! For this week's arts trivia question, we ask: What percentage of Minnesota citizens agree that the arts are "an important or essential part of the overall education of Minnesota children?" (Thanks to Minnesota State Arts Board for this factoid!)

Proud Crosswinds School alum? Let us know what you are up to by filling out our alumni survey below!

Crosswinds alumni survey Thank you for taking the time to respond. Your thoughts will be beneficial in helping promote Crosswinds and build our alumni network. In touch with your old classmates? Please share this survey and encourage them to fill it out at as well.

Because arts education matters for the state of Minnesota. Agree? Let your legislators and the governor know how you feel by telling them you support Perpich Center for Arts Education! http://artsmn.org/act/issues/

"When you ask the employers at huge corporations and technology companies what they need in their new employees, they want people who can communicate and learn quickly outside of their comfort zone, both traits fostered better by a liberal arts education than a solely technical degree.” Now, more than ever, jobs are in need of people who can think creatively. Explore how an arts-centered education at Crosswinds School can help YOUR child soar by calling 651-539-2600 and scheduling a visit today.

The ideal college education can yield rocket scientists who write poetry The liberal arts train students to thrive in subjectivity and ambiguity, a necessary skill in the tech world where few things are black and white.

For this Friday's arts trivia question, you may get a clue from the March Crosswinds School newsletter: What community event will our orchestra students be performing at tomorrow, April 1? (Hint: there will also be a Crosswinds booth at the event!)

Check out this The Huffington Post piece on the Crayon Collection, an effort that is bringing lightly used crayons to kids at schools that often lack funding for even basic supplies. Because as the author, Maika Koehl, states: "The arts should be a right, not a privilege."

Serving the Environment and Community, One Crayon at a Time It’s commonly recognized that in the United States, arts programs are among the first to be sacrificed when public education budgets are slashed. Deemed ...

The arts help ALL kids achieve. (Thanks to Minnesota Citizens for the Arts for sharing this fun fact from the Educational Theatre Association)!

31 Facts for 31 Days: Fact 29

Thanks to doctors from Woodbury Spine: Wellness Center who gave our staff free massages last week! We are all feeling refreshed!

Thinking about the Guillermo del Toro exhibit currently on display at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, this week for Friday arts trivia we ask: What del Toro film from 2006 featured Ofelia, who must complete three tasks in order to achieve immortality?

Guillermo del Toro: At Home with Monsters — Minneapolis Institute of Art Taking inspiration from Guillermo del Toro’s extraordinary imagination, this unique exhibition reveals his creative process through a collection of paintings, drawings, maquettes, artifacts, and concept film art, all culled from Bleak House, his creative haven and cherished home base located in Los…

“When you have a kid who keeps failing the regents and feeling like a loser and does a three-week arts program and passes it, that feeling of being defeated and the world is against you is washed away. That kid can be a productive member of the United States. They are no longer a statistic.”-actress Rosie Perez

Celebrities stress the importance of arts-based school programs Stars are calling for increased support of arts education in schools around the country

A great video about how arts integration can help even the shyest child open up and blossom, something we see every day at Crosswinds School!

How Art Education Can Open A World Of Opportunity [VIDEO] The book "Arts Integration: Teaching Subject Matter Through the Arts in Multicultural Settings" has chapters on how to teach reading, math, science, and social studies through art, music, dance, theater and media arts.

For this week's arts trivia question, we ask: How did the color green come to be associated with St. Patrick's Day (and yes, that is a green Chicago River meant to honor the holiday!)?

Trump Officially Proposes to Eliminate National Endowments for the Arts and the Humanities President Trump released a $1.1 trillion budget proposal completely defunding the National Endowment of the Arts and the National Endowment of the Huma ...

Check out this piece from The Hill that discusses many of the reasons why arts education is so important to our children's growth and learning—and tell us what benefits you or your student have discovered by learning in and through the arts!

Cuts to arts funding could be detrimental to academic achievement OPINION | Studies have suggested that increased years of enrollment in arts courses are positively correlated with higher SAT verbal and math scores.

There is a new exhibition by Minnesota artist Wing Young Huie in conjunction with the important and timely play by Jessica Huang,
The Paper Dreams of Harry Chin, at the History Theatre. Wing photographed and collected the stories of families and descendants of those affected by the Chinese Exclusion Act whose parents, grandparents, or great grandparents left China and entered the United States under a false paper name.

They were known as Paper Sons and Daughters. All of the people photographed are holding photographs from their family archives.

The exhibition will consist of larger than life photos on the outside walls of the History Theatre and an interactive display in the lobby, where audience members are invited to add their ancestral photos and stories, transforming the exhibition into a shrine of remembrance.

Those who came before us traversed borders, often hiding their true selves, even to those who loved them most, leaving a legacy of unknowing. What did our ancestors endure? How much are we a product of that endurance? What do we know of their struggle? Maybe they would have told us more if only we had asked. If only we had wanted to know more. Our memories are shaped by the images they left. Precious family photographs are, in essence, paper dreams.

The exhibition & play open this Saturday, March 18 with a 7:30pm curtain and run through April 9, 2017. Tickets: $15 - 40.

The Paper Dreams of Harry Chin | History Theatre

Students! Don't forget: We have the carnival after lunch tomorrow!

Check out this St. Paul Pioneer Press article about schools implementing the new English/Language Arts Standards. Crosswinds' Arts Integration curriculum has been an effective tool in building student achievement and success, while reaching state-wide standards.

Schools slow to implement Common Core standards, likely hurting achievement Six years after Minnesota signed on to part of the controversial Common Core national academic benchmarks, just one in six schools has fully implemented the new standards in English and language ar…