Oxford students need not wait for administrators and faculty members to encourage them to get involved. Some, like Toria Crichlow, conceive and develop their own opportunities for service. The middle school students of Crossroads are those who have great potential but could benefit from some special encouragement.
Students involved in Crossroads meet with their mentorees weekly for quality time and interaction.
Crichlow believes that the middle-school years are especially difficult for young people and deserve special attention. She points out that those years of early teenhood are indeed an important crossroad. Crichlow also believes that this age group is the most open to both positive and negative influences. The result is yet another Oxford initiative in community service. Crichlow suggests that the success of the program is due to the fact that student leadership is such a source of pride at Oxford.