The platform

Aprender STEAM Campus: the official CROSS platform

All of CROSS's content —faith formation from PK to 12th grade and Olympiad preparation— lives in Aprender STEAM Campus, the official and 100% free platform for every Catholic school.

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Free for every Catholic school

The official CROSS platform, at no cost to your school

Aprender STEAM Campus is the digital home of CROSS. Any Catholic school can use it fully —curriculum, videos, assessments and Teacher Panda— completely free, with no licenses or installs.

✓100% free for Catholic schools
✓Bilingual Spanish / English
✓Nothing to install: runs in the browser
✓Built for modest phones
✓From preschool to 12th grade

The curriculum

Seven threads that form faith, spiraling from PK to 12th

CROSS formation is organized into seven modules that return each year with greater depth. It is a complete catechesis: Scripture, Creed, Sacraments, Morality, Prayer, Faith & Reason, and Service.

M01

Sacred Scripture

Know and love the Word of God: stories, psalms, the Gospels and their meaning for life.

M02

Creed

What we believe: God the Father, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit and the Church.

M03

Liturgy & Sacraments

The sacramental life: Baptism, Eucharist, Reconciliation and the other signs of grace.

M04

Moral Life

Living the good: conscience, virtues, the commandments and the dignity of the person.

M05

Prayer

Speaking and listening to God: the Our Father, forms of prayer and the interior life.

M06

Faith & Reason

Thinking the faith: philosophy, apologetics and the dialogue between science and faith (9th–12th).

M07

Service · CROSS

Faith in action: the Mission Post and preparation for the CROSS Olympiad.

A serious syllabus, anchored in the Church

Each unit is aligned to recognized frameworks of Catholic catechesis, not to a single book. This gives rigor, coherence and real progression from one grade to the next.

The route's first card is the full Curriculum Framework: scope and sequence, standards and sources, available so the school can verify coverage.

Reference frameworks

·Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC)
·Directory for Catechesis 2020
·USCCB guidelines
·7-thread spiral from PK to 12th grade

grades (PK–12th)

modules / threads

208

bilingual units

456

curated videos

Integrated sacramental catechesis

The route accompanies the key sacramental moments in the student's life, with explicit preparation in the appropriate grade.

3rd grade

First Communion

Eucharistic preparation: the meaning of the Mass, the examination of conscience and the encounter with Jesus in the Eucharist.

8th grade

Confirmation

The gifts of the Holy Spirit, the commitment of faith and adult life in the Church.

12th grade

Capstone · CROSS Olympiad

Faith put into service: the team mission project that crowns the formation.

The faith log

More than assignments, CROSS asks for witness. The log is the spiritual record of the student and the team: what is learned, prayed and served along the way.

In the Olympiad, each team keeps a 12-entry faith log that documents its process —not just the result— faithful to the motto: the question is not who won, but whom you served.

·Personal record of prayer and learning
·Team faith log (12 entries) in the Olympiad
·Evidence of the process, not just the product
·Accompanies the rubric self-assessment

AI companionship

Teacher Panda, the Socratic guide for every student

Teacher Panda is the Campus AI assistant. It does not hand over the answer: it accompanies with questions so the student —and the Olympiad team— reasons, goes deeper and grows in faith.