As an independent school, North Cross offers a broad educational experience and encourages students to follow their passions and perhaps develop new interests by participating in a variety of activities, including athletics and the arts.  We encourage our students to sign up, show up, have new experiences, develop new friendships as they develop new skills, and perhaps step out of their comfort zones as they display their talents on a court or field, or in a gallery or auditorium. We’re a facility-rich school with a broad array of athletic and arts programs to try.  

Our student athletes learn teamwork, personal responsibility, achievement, and they also learn through disappointment. Being on a team is important - after all, most people will be on some sort of team in their future, so working together is a life skill they’ll need.  And even if a student doesn’t make the starting lineup, they learn they can and will contribute.

The arts teach students innumerable lessons—practice makes perfect, small differences can have large effects, and collaboration leads to creativity. Art instruction also helps children with the development of motor skills, language skills, social skills, decision-making, risk-taking, and inventiveness. And because art is integrated into—and required at—every grade level at North Cross, students learn to appreciate the many ways in which they can express their creativity.