Crossroads School (Santa Monica, California)
Private, college preparatory school in Santa Monica, California, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences is a private/independent, college preparatory school in Santa Monica, California, United States. The school is a former member of the G20 Schools Group.
| Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences | |
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1714 21st Street , California United States | |
| Coordinates | 34°01′28″N 118°28′26″W |
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| Type | Private, college preparatory |
| Opened | 1971 |
| Founder | Paul Cummins, Rhoda Makoff |
| Head of school | Bob Riddle |
| Grades | K–12 |
| Gender | Co-educational |
| Number of students | 1,139 |
| Color(s) | Red, white, and blue |
| Athletics conference | CIF Southern Section Gold Coast League |
| Nickname | Roadrunners |
| Publication | Kollektiv (academic journal), Dark as Day (literary arts journal) |
| Newspaper | Crossfire |
| Yearbook | Crossroads Yearbook |
| Website | http://www.xrds.org/ |
History
The school was founded in 1971 as a secular institution affiliated with St. Augustine By-the-Sea Episcopal Church in Santa Monica.[1] Although the founders, and many of the school's original students, came from the former St. Augustine By-the-Sea Episcopal Day School in Santa Monica, Crossroads School has always been a secular institution. Crossroads started with three rooms in a Baptist church offering grades seven and eight, and an initial enrollment of just over 30 students.[1] The name Crossroads was suggested by Robert Frost's poem, "The Road Not Taken", in which Frost writes:
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.[2]
As St. Augustine's grew to junior and senior high school, the founders started Crossroads with a separate board of directors and separate campus, which eventually merged in the 1980s under the name Crossroads. Co-founder Paul Cummins became the first headmaster and served until 1995.[3]
In the media
The 2004 book Hollywood, Interrupted, by Andrew Breitbart and Mark Ebner, dedicated a large section to Crossroads; it depicted the school (and the celebrities who send their children there) in a negative light, focusing mainly on a handful of high-profile parents and "drug problems" stemming from the 1980s. The school was also featured in a May 2005 issue of Vanity Fair; like Breitbart's book, it also focused on the school's celebrity clientele.[1]
Elon Musk alleges that Crossroads teaches “full-on communism,” and blames his daughter's transition, alleged communist ideology, and decision to cut him out of her life on Crossroads in his upcoming biography.[4]
Notable alumni
- J. A. Adande, sports journalist[5]
- Maude Apatow, actress
- Sean Astin, actor, director and producer[5]
- Henry Baum, writer, blogger and musician[1]
- Michael Bay, film director and producer[6]
- Z Berg, musician[7]
- Jack Black, actor, comedian, and musician[1][8]
- Max Brooks, actor and author[9]
- Gary Coleman, actor, comedian, and writer[1]
- Austin Croshere, NBA basketball player and TV broadcaster[5]
- Baron Davis, NBA basketball player and TV commentator[5]
- Emily Deschanel, actress, director and producer[10]
- Zooey Deschanel, actress, model, and singer-songwriter[1]
- Alden Ehrenreich, actor[8]
- Maya Erskine, actress and TV writer[11]
- Zack Fleishman, professional tennis player[12]
- Robert Francis, musician
- Nicole Gibbs, professional tennis player[13]
- Lauren Greenfield, artist, photographer, and filmmaker[14]
- Petra Haden, musician and singer[10]
- Rachel Haden, musician[10]
- Tanya Haden, artist, cellist, and singer[15]
- Simon Helberg, actor, comedian and musician[16]
- Jonah Hill, actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and comedian[8][17]
- Oliver Hudson, actor
- Kate Hudson, actress, author, and fashion entrepreneur[18]
- Bronny James, basketball player[19]
- Brody Jenner, television personality, disc jockey and model[20]
- Jenni Konner, television writer, producer and director[21]
- Alex Kurtzman, film and television writer, producer, and director[1]
- Alexandra Kyle, actress[22]
- Zosia Mamet, actress and musician[23]
- Milo Manheim, actor[24]
- Shareef O'Neal, basketball player[25]
- Roberto Orci, film and television writer and producer[1]
- Gwyneth Paltrow, actress, businesswoman and author[5]
- Amy Pascal, business executive and film producer[1]
- Austin Peralta, jazz musician[26]
- Whitney Port, television personality and fashion designer
- Jack Quaid, actor[27]
- Jason Ritter, actor and producer
- Maya Rudolph, actress, comedian, singer, and voice actress[1]
- Tamir Saban (born 1999), American-Israeli basketball player
- Blake Schwarzenbach, musician[28]
- Evan Spiegel, businessman, co-founder of Snapchat[29]
- Dayna Tortorici, writer[30]
- Liv Tyler, actress and former model[31]
- Andrew von Oeyen, classical musician
- Gillian Welch, musician[1]
- Jessica Yellin, journalist[32]
References
External links
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