Forward Together Campaign
Pathways to
Purposeful Futures
For more than 17 years, our faith-based, accredited, nonprofit school in South Dallas has said yes to students who have been told no at every turn. In addition to solid academic and life skills programming, our school offers them hope, faith and the respect of a community that believes in their inherent value and potential.
Now we are embarking on Forward Together, a capital campaign to transform the historic Phillis Wheatley School in South Dallas and increase the number of students we can serve.
With new purpose, Cornerstone Crossroads Academy scholars consistently complete high school and are equipped as resilient servant leaders in their communities.
Like our students, we are at a crossroads. With a move to the historic Phillis Wheatley campus, we can enroll and help more students graduate, plus extend much-needed resources to alumni. With our South Dallas community, generous donors and dedicated volunteers, we know we can move forward together to support youth on the path to a purposeful future.
95%
of Cornerstone Crossroads Academy graduates are working, in college or vocational school or are serving in the military.
More Students Need Our Help
Thanks to gracious donors like you, we purchased the historic Phillis Wheatley School campus in 2019 and began preparations to expand our impact.
13%
Dallas County students do not complete high school
YOUTH IN CRISIS
Youth who do not complete high school have few routes to achieve health and become financially stable.
Disproportionately, these students have experienced poverty, homelessness, violence or addiction and desperately need whole-person support and healing.
2,500 sf
Space for CCA to operate
TEMPORARY FACILITY
After 17 years of operation in a 1,500-square-foot single-room building where there was woefully insufficient space, privacy and security for our learning environment, Cornerstone Crossroads Academy moved into a transitional space on the Phillis Wheatley School campus.
While it’s only a temporary solution, this 2,500-square-foot modular building will almost double our classroom space and provide an opportunity to build relationships in the Wheatley Place Neighborhood while we raise the funds to restore the main building.
INSUFFICIENT SPACE
25
Students can be accommodated in our current facility
We consistently have a wait list of students ready to enroll but do not have the capacity for them in our current building.
Together, we can revitalize the legacy of the Phillis Wheatley School and be an integral part of the historic Wheatley Place neighborhood.
Cultivating Community: Moving Forward Together
A larger, well-equipped school will allow Cornerstone Crossroads Academy to accommodate more students, create a safe, professional atmosphere more conducive to learning, and expand post-graduate resources while strengthening ties between the community, students, supporters and volunteers.
Serving More Students, Changing More Lives
We will increase our capacity from 25 students to 40 and evaluate annual incremental growth. This intentional growth will maintain an 8:1 student-teacher ratio, ensuring focused, personalized attention for each scholar. We can also expand on-campus access to continued support for our graduates.
Elevating the Educational Environment
The fully renovated campus will provide a safer, more appropriate environment for school life, plus provide privacy for case management meetings and tutoring sessions. The campus will show scholars that their community believes in their potential.
Growing our Community of Support
We will have room to offer on-campus wraparound services, expand typical high school experiences, connect our scholars to the surrounding Wheatley Place neighborhood and create space to engage the broader community.