Crossroads School (Santa Monica, California)

For other schools of the same name, see Crossroads School (disambiguation).

Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences
Address
1714 21st Street Santa Monica, California
Information
Opened	1971
Founder	Paul Cummins
Head of school	Bob Riddle
Grades	K-12
Number of students	1,139
School Color(s)	Red, White, and Blue
Newspaper	'Crossfire'
Yearbook	Crossroads Yearbook
Website	http://www.xrds.org/

Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences is a K-12 independent, college preparatory school in Santa Monica, California, United States. The school is a member of the G20 Schools Group.

History

The school was founded in 1971 by Paul Cummins (an educator) as an effort in progressive private education.^{[citation needed]} Dr. Cummins went on to found New Roads School in Santa Monica, California. 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]

In the media

The 2004 book Hollywood Interrupted, by Andrew Breitbart and Mark Ebner (ISBN 0-471-45051-0), dedicated a large section to Crossroads; it depicted the school (and the celebrities who send their children there) in a negative light. The article focused mainly on a handful of high-profile parents and "drug problems" stemming from the 1980s.^[1] 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]

Notable alumni

J. A. Adande Sean Astin - Class of 1989 Michael Bay - Class of 1982 Elizabeth Berg Hahn-Bin Jack Black - Class of 1987[1] Ezra Levy - Class of 1990 Jake Busey - Class of 1989 Gary Coleman[1] Austin Croshere Baron Davis - Class of 1997 Emily Deschanel Zooey Deschanel - Class of 1998[1][3] Danielle de Niese Alden Ehrenreich - Class of 2008 Zack Fleishman Lauren Greenfield - Class of 1983 Tanya Haden - Class of 1990 Rachel Haden - Class of 1990 Petra Haden - Class of 1990 Simon Helberg[4] Jonah Hill[3] Kate Hudson - Class of 1997 Oliver Hudson

Brody Jenner - Class of 2001 Alex Kurtzman[1] Alexandra Kyle Taylor Locke Roxy Olin - Class of 2003 Roberto Orci[1] Gwyneth Paltrow - class of 1990 Amy Pascal[1] Austin Peralta - Class of 2009 Whitney Port - Class of 2003 Spencer Pratt - Class of 2001 Stephanie Pratt - Class of 2004 Jason Ritter[4] Maya Rudolph - Class of 1990[1] Blake Schwarzenbach Victoria Sellers - Class of 1981[5] Louie Stephens Earl Sweatshirt Andrew von Oeyen Natasha Gregson Wagner - Class of 1988 Joey Waronker Gillian Welch - Class of 1985[1] Nathan Wilson - Class of 1989 Jessica Yellin - Class of 1989[6]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k} DiGiacomo, Frank (2005-03-01). "School for Cool". Vanity Fair. 
2. ^ [1]
3. ^ ^{a b} The Nerdist Podcast #97, 16 minutes
4. ^ ^{a b} Lindhome, Riki. "Making It #1: Jason Ritter". Nerdist. http://www.nerdist.com/2011/07/making-it-1-jason-ritter/. Retrieved 26 July 2011. 
5. ^ Ebner, Mark. "Hollyweird High". Screenmancer. http://screenmancer.tv/atlarge/high.htm. Retrieved July 20, 2010. 
6. ^ Guthrie, Marisa (28 June 2011). [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jessica-yellin-named-cnn-chief-206222 "Jessica
   • Ezra Levy Class of 1989
   Yellin Named CNN Chief White House Correspondent"]. The Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jessica-yellin-named-cnn-chief-206222. Retrieved 6 July 2011. 

External links

• Crossroads School Website
• Summer at Crossroads Website