08/24/2026
✨ Student Spotlight: Makana ✨
Makana is a junior at the Crossing High School, and if you know her, you know she brings plenty of personality wherever she goes! She loves playing volleyball and soccer, is absolutely obsessed with Sprite 🥤, and tacos are her favorite food! 🌮 She’s also secretly a math whiz. 🤓➗📚
Makana joined the Crossing near the end of the 2024–2025 school year, and we have had the incredible privilege of watching her transform. Before coming, Makana struggled in public school, including frequent suspensions and fights, while also navigating significant mental health challenges. When she first arrived, she was extremely withdrawn and wouldn’t even look at people. But over time, we watched her begin to grow, gain confidence, and truly come into her own. Today, she is social, makes friends with everyone, and isn’t afraid to let her goofy personality shine! 🤪
Makana says the teachers at the Crossing have made the biggest difference because she feels that they genuinely love her, hear her, and see her. She hasn’t been to a mental health treatment center in a year and hasn’t been arrested in two years—two incredible milestones that speak to just how far she has come.
We are SO proud of Makana and the growth we’ve seen in her. We can’t wait to see what this next chapter holds and all that she will accomplish! Keep shining, Makana! We’re cheering you on! 💛👏🏼
If you know a student who’s struggling, check us out at www.crossingeducation.com