california crosspoint academy

California Crosspoint Academy (CCA) is a fully accredited preschool to 12th grade school in Hayward, CA. Our excellent academic track record makes us one of the top schools in the nation. Our well-loved Crosspoint Kids Preschool starts the journey and continues through our high school providing a seamless education. California Crosspoint Academy was established in 1979 as Chinese Christian Schools, an educational ministry of Bay Area Chinese Bible Church. Operating out of two small apartments in Oakland, CCA has grown and emerged today as an award winning, top private school in the Bay Area.

Our Environment

We welcome students of any faith tradition, race, or ethnicity who value learning and are ready for a comprehensive elementary school, and challenging middle school and high school experience. Our small private school, located on a beautiful modern campus, allows us to maintain both a highly supportive academic environment and a nurturing family atmosphere. Students come from Fremont, Hayward, Oakland, surrounding cities, and around the world to become part of this award-winning school community. Although we’re known for excellence in academics, our menu of extracurricular activities gives our students abundant opportunities to become well-rounded, productive and caring citizens.

Crosspoint Kids Preschool is a part of California Crosspoint Academy in Hayward, CA. California Crosspoint Academy received a calling from God to expand their current school to include younger children in order to serve Hayward and the surrounding area. Our Mission is to provide a loving, nurturing, caring, Christian environment for children to learn, discover, imagine and grow into the individual God has made them to be.

Pre-school

2 to 3 years old Program: 1 teacher : 8 students
Our two-year-old program provides a nurturing environment to introduce structured learning, along with independence. Our two’s program focuses on monthly themes, weekly letters, numbers, shapes and colors.

We incorporate fine motor and gross motor activities to build writing and cutting skills and strengthen physical development. Our young children will develop coping skills, ways to appropriately express their emotions and sharing/taking turn skills.

Preschool Program (3 years old – 4 years old) *must be potty trained
1 teacher : 12 students or 1 teacher & 1 aide : 15 students
Our preschool program, introduces children to writing and recognizing letters and numbers. Children will learn to form relationships, build responsibility skills, and continue to develop fine motor and gross motor skills. In our preschool program, children are given opportunities to make their own choices and form their own opinions. Our preschool program guides children to learn through hands on learning experiences in and outside of the classroom.

ELEMENTARY

Grades K to 5

CCA believes character development is just as important and valuable as academics. These two aspects are intertwined in our Elementary School program. These values inspire our teachers…

• …to instill in each student that they are a unique and valued creation of God. They want each child to know their identity is in Christ, is not defined by their outward appearance and skills, and has a calling in life.
• …to develop respect, responsibility, love for others, community, and team collaborations in all our students.
• …to teach each student to have a positive perspective on all aspects of life. They show students to view difficulties, weaknesses or poor results not as negative or failure, but as positive learning experiences and opportunities for personal growth.
• …to strengthen and build students’ skills and passions so that each gain confidence and are motivated to excel in every way. These students become responsible and take pride in their own schoolwork now, starting a solid path for future careers and responsibilities.

Our teachers cultivate an environment that fosters love for learning. This happens through modeling. In the classroom, teachers do not merely instruct using best practices, but model behaviors, skills and lessons that they desire the students to learn. These lessons come through hands on projects, inquiry-based reasoning, critical thinking assignments, as well as interactive and collaborative work.

Experiential learning of this kind is very important for elementary age children. Creative and imaginative elements of our curriculum using our technology and Maker Space resources are being integrated as well. Outdoor education and field trips are essential to experiential learning and are highly valued as part of our CCA education.

MIDDLE SCHOOL

Grades 6 to 8

Our Middle School program provides a multi-faceted educational experience. Faculty instruct the whole student in social, emotional, intellectual, physical, and spiritual elements through our academics, extracurricular activities, arts, music, sports, and spiritual enrichment. Our experiential approach to this well-rounded curriculum encompasses hands-on lessons, technology, the arts, outdoor education, and foreign language acquisition. Our focus is teaching middle school students to understand the Christian worldview through inquiry, collaboration, discussion, and engagement in academic subjects.

Our goal is to prepare the middle school students for the rigor of high school. Regardless of their academic level, our teachers and classes equip them to successfully transition. Math and language courses taken continuously throughout our Middle School program prepare our students to be on track or join advanced level classes as they begin high school. These provisions allow them to enter our high school program seamlessly.

Our passionate teachers know that the middle school years are also transitional years. Character development in these years is vital. Teachers develop a close relationship with both student and parent forming a supportive network for the student. Utilizing the middle school students’ enthusiasm, caring spirit, desire for collaboration, and growing independence, teachers apply these traits in an effective and meaningful way to teach responsibility, good habits, compassion, teamwork, self-advocacy, conflict resolution and more.

HIGH SCHOOL

Grades 9 to 12

California Crosspoint High School instills life learning in a challenging, individualized, and holistic environment.
Students are challenged to develop and deepen their existing interests as well as venture into new areas. Students are encouraged and supported to reach their full academic potential as well as becoming the person they are in Christ.

Customized class scheduling allows students to develop an individual learning plan to reach their goals. Our high school course catalog is broad and deep, including over 20 Advanced Placement (AP) and Honors courses, so we can meet the needs of all our students.

While academics encapsulate the core of their learning, we encourage students to be well-rounded. There are many opportunities to lead and participate in clubs that span a wide variety of subjects. Sports teams, Bible study, robotics, fine arts, drama, and our award-winning chorale are some of the avenues available to expand their education beyond the classroom. Field trips, college tours and internship opportunities richly deepen their knowledge with real-life experiences. Students learn how their interests and skills eventually transfer into majors in college, internships during the summer, and skills in the marketplace.

College counseling, which lays the groundwork for each student’s academic program, begins as soon as students enroll and is ongoing. We guide students as they consider colleges, prepare applications, and complete college essays, making sure they don’t miss important deadlines.