Student Work

Five Vermont Students Earn National Recognition for Art and Writing Excellence

Submitted by Rick Gordon on Fri, 03/29/2013 - 5:30am

BRATTLEBORO, VT -- As the Vermont affiliate for the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) is pleased to announce that five Vermont students have been selected as 2013 National Award recipients. The students are among only 1,600 teens nationwide chosen to receive national medals by a panel of distinguished judges. Works were judged on originality, technical skill, and the emergence of personal vision or voice. Teachers of national winners were also recognized with awards.

Five Vermont Students Earn National Recognition for Art and Writing Excellence

Submitted by Rick Gordon on Fri, 03/29/2013 - 5:30am

BRATTLEBORO, VT -- As the Vermont affiliate for the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) is pleased to announce that five Vermont students have been selected as 2013 National Award recipients. The students are among only 1,600 teens nationwide chosen to receive national medals by a panel of distinguished judges. Works were judged on originality, technical skill, and the emergence of personal vision or voice. Teachers of national winners were also recognized with awards.

Compass Students Apply Learning to Real World Problems

Submitted by Rick Gordon on Fri, 02/10/2012 - 12:40pm

“How come we gotta learn this?” kids often ask of teachers in school. At Compass School in Westminster, Vermont, students get to apply their learning to real world needs during Community Service Winter Term.

2010 Science of the Mind Journal is now here!

Submitted by Beth White on Thu, 06/17/2010 - 12:14pm

We are delighted to announce that our 2010 Science of the Mind Journal is finally finished, printed, and ready for distribution! 

Community Service Winter Term 2010

Submitted by Rick Gordon on Wed, 01/20/2010 - 12:40pm

Winterm 2010!!!

Sarah's Transition to Compass School

Submitted by Beth White on Wed, 06/03/2009 - 11:30am

Transition from NMH to Compass by Sarah Lynde

Sitting in the cold library basement, surrounded by books I realize how ridiculous this is.
I eat my lunch down here.
I hate it down here.
But if I go up there, I am surrounded by pale faces peering into me like rabid dogs. 
Their beady eyes scan me and make me oh so vulnerable to their next moves,
The next attack is the worst of all.
It's when they walk by you like you don't exist,

Feeding the Community with Hope Winterm 2009 Journal

Submitted by Beth White on Fri, 03/27/2009 - 9:31am

Compass School and Our Place Drop-In Center Service Learning Project Journal entitled Feeding the Community with Hope, has been printed!

Science of the Mind Journal

Submitted by Beth White on Fri, 09/19/2008 - 10:58am

Science of the Mind JournalWe are delighted to announce that our student journal, Science of the Mind, is finally finished, printed, and ready for distribution!  In fact, it’s been so popular, we

A few questions in Science that are on the minds of Compass Middle School students.

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 09/11/2008 - 1:50pm

Inquiry or the desire to do, know or understand is the principal motivating force behind all learning.  A recent assignment involved each student identifying 20 science-related questions that they would really like to know the answers to.  Below is a small sampling of this extraordinary list of questions.

Why don't we feel the earth turning?

How do rainbows work?

Why do onions make us cry?

Where do ocean waves come from?

Are bubbles spherical?  If so, why?

What makes metal?