Crossland High School

WRESTLING CHAMPION GOING DIVISION ONE

Keevon Prather is an outstanding "scholar athlete" and lets put an emphasis on scholar. He is the number one wrestler in Prince Georges County, plays football, takes advanced placement classes and still finds a way to maintain a 3.0 (or better) grade point average. It's no surprise that several Universities are interested in Keevon. According to Coach Phillips - "Merrimac College, Virginia Union University, Missouri University of Science and Technology, North Carolina A&T, University of New Hampshire, University of New Haven and the University of Delaware are just a few of Keevon's choices. Coach Phillips also said "I think Keevon is going to choose the University of Delaware because they already have a jersey with his name on it." With support from his family and several applauding teammates and classmates, Keevon signed his letter of intent for the University of Delaware on February 1st. (caption by Mr. Navas, 1/31/2012)

Cameras roll for Crossland High students in first broadcast production

New TV studio designed to teach lessons beyond the classroom

by Erich Wagner, Staff Writer (Gazette.Net)

morrellbyrd Although Crossland High School 11th-grader Faithful Byrd has been reading the morning announcements for two years over the school’s intercom, she said she was both nervous and excited Tuesday morning.

The extra anticipation was because she was taking part in the inaugural television broadcast of the Temple Hills school’s daily announcements at its new television production studio.

“It was nerve-racking,” said Faithful, 17, of Suitland. “It was a new experience, so I was excited.”

The new studio is the brainchild of assistant principal Terence Taylor, who also teaches the associated broadcast media production course. Taylor, who in 2008 completed the construction of a similar facility at Central High School in Capitol Heights, said he had been lobbying for the studio since he joined Crossland High in 2009. (Click Here for the rest of the Story).

CHECKMATE - MORALES WINS

Congrats to Senior "Leonel Morales, 1st place" as he went undefeated in the 1st Annual Crossland Chess Tournament. In the championship match, Morales (right) defeated Senior "Emmanuel Hayes, 2nd place" for the title. Other notable games included sophomore "Malik Powell" who battled and was victorious against freshman "Onyemachi Azubuko" for third place. It was a fun evening and even Mr. Morales (Leonel's Dad) stopped by to show us where Leonel gets his talent from. A special thanks to all the players who participated: Mike Allison, Mazi Bowen, William Dolby, Windell Liu, Shawn Moses, Mr. Navas, Tulio Quevedo, and Carlso Salazar. (caption by Chess Sponsor: Mr. Raul Navas, 1/19/2012).

A Public School Leader’s Lesson in Creating a Culture of Excellence

Lindsey Burke January 3, 2012 at 1:00 pm

We’re all used to hearing about the public school that is underperforming. But there are, without question, pockets of excellence throughout the country. Prince Georges County, Maryland, has one such pocket in Crossland High School—a public school with a passionate and respected principal at the helm.

But it wasn’t always so. Less than a decade ago, Crossland was unsafe, underperforming, and shunned by the surrounding community. Parental involvement was low, and parents were even hostile toward school administrators and teachers. ( for more info click here)

Layout Designed by: Albert Taylor, January 5, 2012 - Crossland HS is recognized by the Heritage Foundation for being an excellent school!!!

Marching Band and Dance Team

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The Crossland High School Marching Band and Dance Team (The Cavaliers) will be attending Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Louisiana in February of 2012!!! This is the first time for any school in Prince George's County to participate in this incredible event. Our band and dancers will be marching in three of the largest parades that occur during Mardi Gras, NOMTOC, BACCHUS, and ZULU. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for these young men and women and they need your help. Hundreds of Thousands of spectators, residents, and visitors from around the world will gather to watch these parades......CLICK HERE TO READ MORE

(Caption by Principal Thomas 12/19/2011).

MSA Middle State Association of Colleges and Schools Unanimously votes full accreditation!!!!!!

Middle States Association (MSA) Chair, Betty Herring announced the great news on Friday, December 9, 2011 that Crossland High School is one of the best schools she has ever visited. The entire team unanimously voted full accreditation for Crossland High School. Niambi Stewart (Instructional Coordinator) and Chef Rolston Barthley (Culinary Arts) were lauded for their superior support. The entire MSA team was very impressed with the school's academic rigor and family like atmosphere. (Caption by Student Media Center Assistants Ronice Falwell and Deon Thompson, 12/9/2011)

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CROSSLAND

New website for the class of 2012!!!!! Click here or go to https://sites.google.com/a/pgcps.org/chs2012/ . New Senior Class Survey. Get your community service hours, learn about fundraisers find out what you need for graduation and more, because seniors...this is OUR year!!!!! (Caption and design by LaTanya Cobbs, Crossland High Senior, 9/6/2011.)


Last year the United States Department of Education asked the American Institutes of Research to put together an audio-video package of how Crossland helps students navigate the path to college. That package is now live on the USDE web-site "Doing What Works". Crossland is now being used as a model for the rest of the nation by the USDE on preparing kids for college. (Caption by Principal Thomas 6/15/11)
Video	Principal Thomas talks about the school's focus on academics. All students are expected to take challenging courses and go to college. We have had to convince our teachers that we have to teach our children how to be honors students. We have to teach them how to be AP [advanced placement] students. We have to teach them how to be IB [international baccalaureate] students. They haven’t had those experiences in the past - Click to see video
Video	Ms. Harmon, counseling department chair talks about the high school's process for scheduling students in the right academic classes to prepare them for college. When the students enter in ninth grade, the counselor is responsible to go to the eighth grade before they even come through the door and have articulation meetings with the parents and the teachers and the students. We do evening visitations, and then we go back and register the students. Click to see video
Video	Michael Richardson, high school teacher, explains the purpose of the College Summit class. We introduced College Summit in Crossland High School around 2006, and in the beginning we had about three or four classes of seniors that were taking this class. And this class is devoted to one thing; it’s devoted to making sure that all the seniors understand the college application process - Click here for video
Slide-Show	Crossland high school implements a variety of activities to foster students' interest in college, including advisories, college assemblies, Advanced Placement classes, student government, and a principal's leadership team. Listen to Shayla Brooks (College Summit Coordinator), Marrix Seymour (Smaller Learning Communities Manager), Niambi Stewart (Instruction and Testing Coordinator) and select senior students at crossland speak about what it takes to create a collegebound culture.

Are you aware that Crossland has a credit union located in the school? The credit union is run by the staff and students. Crossland's students, staff and parents can apply for membership to the credit union. It is sponsored by Transit Employees Federal Credit Union (TEFCU). Our branch is open on Tuesdays and Thursdays during lunch. Percys Felder is the Student Branch Director and her number is 202-528-7651 (TEFCU Website)

(Caption by: Latanya Cobbs and Ronay Gaddy)