Photo by Cara Tyrrell
Our 16 Compass juniors and seniors along with 3 teachers and 2 additional adult partners are heading to Spain today! We had a little community send-off for the students in all-school meeting today. (pictured)
Thank you to all that contributed for this program at our series of Bingo Nights and the Silent Auction!
Come to the School and meet the staff, the teachers and current Compass students with their families to learn about our outstanding high school and middle school programs. There are two dates in April with each offering a separate Compass experience.
The dates and details are listed below, and to Sign-up to attend one or both Open House events, click here or the button.
Saturday, April 1st -- Come anytime between 9am-12noon. Coffee/Tea/Pastries/Refreshments served. Tour the school, meet some teachers, and learn about Compass.
Thursday, April 8th -- Come anytime between 4:30-7:00pm. Dinner served!-- Soups/Bread/Desserts. Meet current Compass families, teachers, and students. Tour the school and learn about our programs.
If you have questions on the enrollment process click here, or email to info@compass-school.org.
If you won an item, it is available for pick-up in the Compass office. Remember too, you can always support Compass year-round by visiting https://www.compass-school.org/support. Contact us for more information at office@compass-school.org.
As a 501(c)(3) educational institution, The Compass School thrives on the support of our community to achieve its vision for establishing a learning-centered, personalized, flexible, and transformative school system.
This Tuesday March 21-- Compass students and teachers will attend a musical at Bellows Falls Opera House during school day
On Tuesday March 21 we will attend a special showing of the musical Urinetown presented by the Wild Goose Players at the Bellows Falls Opera House. The musical is the winner of three Tony Awards and two Obie Awards. A hilarious and touchingly honest musical satire, “Urinetown” occurs during a devastating water shortage brought on by a 20 year drought. The funny and entertaining show is also a dark eco warning of a dystopian future.
On Tuesday March 21 we will have a special school day schedule that will include brunch at 10am, then attend the show downtown at 11am, getting back to school for exploratory service groups and a 4pm dismissal.
Upcoming Schedule and Events:
March 21-- students will attend musical at BF Opera House during the school day
March 27-- juniors/seniors leave for their trip to Spain!!
April 8-17-- April vacation
May 17-19-- Spring school trips (middle school tentatively to Burlington; high school to Cape Cod).
Upcoming Lunch Menu:
Mon 3/20. Teriyaki Chicken
Tue 3/21 Brunch-Theater Trip
Wed 3/22 Shepherd's Pie
Thu 3/23 Baked Ziti
Fri 3/24 Pizza
Visit https://compass-school.betterworld.org/auctions/spanish-2023-fundraiser to make your first or final bid for the Spring Auction!
Thank you to all who worked on each Fundraiser for our Spain Trip including the Bingo Nights!
Kudos to all the many people who helped run these events and who donated to them! We are in good shape to send our group to Spain-- they leave on March 27th!
No power still at my house, and I imagine the same for some of you too…But we have power at school, so we should be set to have school tomorrow. Woo hoo!
And if you’ve been cooped up at home for a couple of days, come on out for a fun social evening of Bingo tomorrow night from 6pm-8pm!
WNESU has now completely canceled school for tomorrow, Wednesday 3/15, due to the snow, and all the power outages.
Compass— no school Wednesday 3/15!!
Stay safe and warm everyone!
Due to the incoming storm, WNESU has announced no school for Tuesday, AND a two-hour delay for Wednesday.
Stay safe, everyone, and enjoy the snow! (Spring will be here soon!)
(tomorrow) Tuesday March 7-- Town Meeting Day-- No School
Wed. March 8 -- 4th Quarter Begins -- Regular Wednesday schedule
Thurs. March 9 -- Winter carnival and variety show in the afternoon of Thursday March 9th (see details below!)
Fri. March 10-- Regular Friday school day
Thursday March 9th-- school day includes a winter carnival, followed by a variety show-- families invited!
This coming Thursday March 9th, we will finish our school day with winter carnival outdoor games (2:15 pm - 3:30pm) followed by a performance of the Winterm play at 3:30 pm, and an open mic variety show 4pm-5pm. The school day officially goes until 4pm, but we hope that lots of students can stay for the variety show until 5pm.
Families are invited to come to the play and variety show, and you are welcome to perform in the variety show open mic. Email Eric if you would like to get onto the open mic schedule.
Tentative schedule for Thurs. 3/9:
8:15am-2:10pm-- regular school day classes
2:15pm-3:15 pm-- winter carnival games
3:30pm-- Play performance (families invited if you can make it)
4pm-5pm-- Open mic / variety show (families invited if you can make it, and you are invited to perform)
Every year, 11th graders at Compass support their education by traveling internationally. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this will be our first trip since the Spring of 2019. Because trips like these are life-changing experiences, Compass is committed to offering this opportunity to all juniors and seniors, regardless of their ability to contribute financially. Staff, students, and families raise money to ensure that the trip is available to all.
Thanks to your support, in March 2023, the junior and senior class at Compass School will travel to Spain for 2 weeks. The students and teacher chaperones have chosen this destination based on research and have been working hard to plan an exciting and safe travel experience. This is a unique opportunity for our students to visit another country, learn to be travelers, and appreciate life in a new culture.
With this auction, bid for items from categories that include:
Sponsor a Cultural Experience
Books
Gift Cards
Jewelry Experiences
Health and Wellness
Art
Entertainment
Food & Wine
Fashion and more!
We are also doing a raffle for a African Drum, and for a Glass Blown Art Piece by Randi Solin.