Houses
The student body of Crosswinds is divided into six houses. These houses are called Sun, Sol, Earth, Pangaea, Water, and Aquarius.
- Sun, Sol: As of 2012, The Sun and Sol Houses contain students in 6th and 7th Grade.
- Earth, Pangaea: The Sol, Earth, and Pangaea houses contain students in 7th and 8th grade. The students are sorted into their houses randomly.
- Water: The Water house contains students in 9th grade.
- Aquarius: Aquarius contains students in 10th grade.
Schedule: The Crosswinds calendar is divided into four quarters, and each quarter is separated by a month of break. The effect of this is that crosswinds is a year-round school, with school in June and July. Instead of a traditional summer vacation, Crosswinds students have the months of November, February, May, and August off. Students have the option to take elective classes called "intersession" during these break periods.
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Famous quotes containing the word houses:
“Midway the lake we took on board two manly-looking middle-aged men.... I talked with one of them, telling him that I had come all this distance partly to see where the white pine, the Eastern stuff of which our houses are built, grew, but that on this and a previous excursion into another part of Maine I had found it a scarce tree; and I asked him where I must look for it. With a smile, he answered that he could hardly tell me.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“I cannot go to the houses of my nearest relatives, because I do not wish to be alone. Society exists by chemical affinity, and not otherwise.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)