The Crossway Community Blog
02/06/2012 - 6:49pm
The following is a Question and Answer with Matt Barry, the general manager at Westfield Wheaton. Westfield Wheaton is a community partner with Crossway Community. An open house and information session for the Community Montessori Charter School will be held at Westfield Wheaton on February 10th...
02/06/2012 - 6:11pm
The following is a Question and Answer with Ann Byrne, head of school and deputy director at Crossway Community Inc. Ann talks about the Community Montessori Charter School, which will open in September 2012. The Montessori philosophy is an educational approach developed by Italian physician and...
12/29/2011 - 2:15pm
Dr. Florence Kamm is the clinical director of the Family Leadership Academy at Crossway Community. Her clinical expertise has guided the Family Leadership Academy staff, as well as the teaching staff of the Crossway Montessori Programs. She has been an important contributor toward greater...
12/27/2011 - 11:53am
Community Montessori Charter School (CMCS), Montgomery County’s first charter school, will open in September, 2012 and, when fully enrolled, serve 180 children between the ages of three and nine. CMCS is seeking a founding Principal. A division of Crossway Community, Inc, CMCS will open with...
12/22/2011 - 3:05pm
Thank you to the many churches, organizations, and families for their donation of gifts and food for the Holidays. Their generosity will allow 60 current and alumni families in the Family Leadership Academy to enjoy a magical Holiday season! A particular thank you to Saint Mark Presbyterian Church...
12/22/2011 - 2:57pm
Baby Love, DC designated Crossway Community as its community partner for November and December 2011! On Saturday, December 10th, a large truck pulled up for the second time in 2 months, full of beautiful donated items for infants/toddlers/preschoolers.
12/22/2011 - 2:53pm
Over two hundred children, parents, grandparents, guests and volunteers made this year’s Festival of Lights one of Crossway’s most successful! Parent volunteers assisted faculty and staff to prepare the environment, contributed refreshments, and helped clean up at the end of the evening. A special...
12/22/2011 - 2:42pm
On Sunday, December 11, 2011 Eta Pi Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. led by Family Leadership Academy alum, Kemah Gbolokai, came to Crossway to host their Holiday party. They donated gifts for the families of Crossway’s Family Leadership Academy for the Holidays.
12/22/2011 - 2:39pm
Crossway Community hosted the first in a series of public educational lectures on Wednesday, December 7th. Over 130 people gathered to hear Dr. Steven Hughes, President of the American Academy of Pediatric Neuropsychology and Chair of the Association Montessori International, who illustrated how...
12/10/2011 - 11:20pm
Tuesday, December 6, 2011: We had a group of 12 volunteers here from Forest City Washington, a property management company that came to us through the United Way. The volunteers worked with the children in the Montessori school on crafts for the Festival of Lights on Friday. They also helped to...
12/10/2011 - 10:58pm
We had a wonderful crafts-making morning on Saturday, December 3, 2011 thanks to the generosity and graciousness of several members of the Washington Wellesley Club. They joined us and provided materials so that our Family Leadership Academy students—and a few of their older children—could fashion...
11/20/2011 - 9:41pm
Over 25 enthusiastic volunteers from Accenture visited Crossway on Friday, November 11th, for a day of service. They proved the adage "Many hands make light work" as they hung holiday lights and assembled trees for the Festival of Lights, organized closets and helped outside with grounds keeping....
11/20/2011 - 9:35pm
Baby Love, DC designated Crossway Community as its community partner for November and December 2011! On Saturday, November 12th, a large truck pulled up full of beautiful donated items for infants/toddlers/preschoolers. An added bonus was re-uniting with Joey Ketches who participated in Crossway’s...
11/20/2011 - 9:29pm
On Thursday, November 17th, Crossway Community hosted the 2011 Pre-School Fair organized by the Wheaton Area Moms (WAM). Over 27 schools participated including Crossway Montessori School. It was a great success and part of Crossway’s long-term partnership with WAM.
11/20/2011 - 9:24pm
Thanks to students at Stone Ridge School in Bethesda for their donation of food for Thanksgiving. Their generosity will allow 60 current and alumni families in the Family Leadership Academy to enjoy a delicious Thanksgiving dinner!
11/20/2011 - 9:16pm
Washington Adventist Nursing School students led by Family Leadership Academy alum, Tracey Ann Douglas, visited Crossway on Thursday, November 17th, for a day of service. They helped prepare for the Festival of Lights by making holiday ornaments for the Holiday Bazaar. And congratulations to...
11/08/2011 - 8:56am
Fifteen high school students from Maret School in the District of Columbia joined our Montessori students on Friday (11/4) to do art projects, take walks, and join in musical activities. The students also cleaned the garden tools to get ready for spring planting! At the end of the morning, the...
11/06/2011 - 8:37pm
For the past eight years, Crossway faculty member, Karen McNally, has been visiting Children's National Medical Center with her miniature pinscher, Banshee. Banshee loves being a therapy dog--and the children, many of whom have serious illnesses, love her! This year, Banshee was named the...
11/01/2011 - 10:28am
Over two hundred children, parents, grandparents, guests and volunteers made Thursday night’s Harvest Festival one of Crossway’s most successful! Parent volunteers assisted faculty and staff prepare the environment, contributed refreshments and supplies, and helped clean up at the end of the...
10/17/2011 - 6:44pm
On Thursday, October 13, 2011 we had 55 students from The Field School in Washington DC come to volunteer. The students did various activities around the campus and with the children. Some of their activities were: planting bulbs that they donated with the Primary children, making art projects...
Our United Way NCA Designation Code is 8218.
Our CFC Designation Code is 87873.
Awards and Honors
The Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater Washington is pleased to announce that Crossway Community, Inc., has been chosen by reviewers for the 2010-11 Catalogue from a field of nearly 250 applicants.
The Catalogue calls Crossway Community, Inc., "one of the best small charities in the Washington DC Region."
In the News
11/15/2011
