A vibrant learning community for grades 7 -12 in Westminster, Vermont, Compass is a small school dedicated to the success of every student.
The Coalition of Essential Schools : Common Principles
Founded in 1997 as an innovative educational option accessible to all, our founding principles continue to guide everything we do.
For nearly 30 years, we’ve enrolled students from the surrounding towns in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts.
Our small school is the perfect place to get inspired, take risks, learn from mistakes, get invested in your education, and be surprised by what you can do.
Developing strong thinkers, problem solvers, communicators, and collaborative workers with the ability to adapt to changing conditions — that's our goal for all Compass students.
“At Compass, I learned to think laterally rather than just straight forward. Not how to think outside the box, but use the box to get something else later.
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“Compass taught me to be self-directed, self-supporting, self- sufficient, independently curious, fiercely egalitarian, and sassy. This school, and the people I met there, changed my life.”
