Compass Newsletter -- March 25, 2009

Middle School Trip to Sandglass Theater: On Friday, March 27, middle schoolers will head over to Sandglass Theater in Putney to meet Robert Karimi, the performer currently in residence there. We are incredibly lucky to have this opportunity to see part of Karimi's show, Self: The Remix, and to participate in a mini-workshop. Sandglass has kindly agreed to offer us admission to this event in exchange for a few Compass student and parent volunteers working at their Puppets in Paradise fundraising event on September 5^th and 6^th. Please contact Lauren (lauren@compass-school.org) if you'd like to fulfill some of your Compass volunteer hours by working at Sandglass Theater's wonderful event in September! Also, donations to Sandglass for Friday's performance would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Listen to Our Radio Appearance

Senior Annelise Kloster, parent Marshall Glickman, and long range planning director Rick Gordon did a terrific job representing Compass on the Steve West show on WKVT AM1490 last week. You can listen to the podcasts of the show on the WKVT website: http://1490wkvt.com/Podcasts/2416488

LAST CALL: Governors Institutes- Applications are being accepted for this summer's Governors Institutes. These are 1-week or 2-week summer enrichment programs open to high school students who have finished 10^th or 11^th grade. (Sometimes they accept 9^th graders.) We have had many students attend in the past and have always loved the experience. Great to have on the resume too! Programs are in Arts, Asian Cultures, Current Issues, Engineering, Information Tech., Math, and Science. Generous financial aid is usually available.  Application information available in the Compass office; applications due this Friday. See the Governors Institute website at http://www.giv.org/ .

Please return re-enrollment contracts for the 2009-2010 school year as soon as possible to secure your place at Compass. We are excited to be looking ahead to next year. 

Compass Open House this Thursday 3/26 at 7pm

Please encourage any interested students and families to come learn about our school.

Free dinner for kids (ages 9-18) every 1st & 3rd Wednesday of the month, 5:30-6:30pm, starting March 4, 2009. This event is being hosted by the Boys & Girls Club in Bellows Falls, 12 Church St.

Compass Film Festival - Thursday April 9^th 7pm

Mark your calendars for the annual exhibition of original student films created by our junior/senior film class!

Twelfth Night--12^th Night Rehearsal change -

Andy and Ron are extending Wednesday night's rehearsal until 6:00 for the entire cast.  We regret the inconvenience, but the moment is ripe for us to pull this play together.  Actors are in far better command of lines than last week, and it is a pleasure seeing the team pull together. 

Here is our amended schedule:

Wednesday, March 25 2:30-6 ALL CAST - THIS IS A CHANGE

Thursday/Friday, March 26-27 2:30-8 All Cast (Bring $5 for pizza)

Monday, March 30 - 2:30-6           All Cast

Tuesday, March 31 - 2:30-8 All Cast for Tech Rehearsal (Bring $5 for pizza)

Wednesday, April 1 - 2:30-6 All Cast

Thursday, April 2 - Two Compass performances with other guests - FREE EVENING

Friday, April 3 - NO SCHOOL - FREE DAY

Saturday, April 4 - Performance @ 7, All Cast Call @ 5:30

Sunday, April 5 - Performance @ 2, All Cast Call @ 1:00 Set strike and cast party immediately after final show.

Andy and Ron are optimistic about avoiding weekend rehearsals.  PLEASE REMEMBER TO REREAD EACH NIGHT AND DO NOT LOSE GROUND ON ...  lines - Lines! - LINES!!

Compass Student Art Work on display in Brattleboro

Check out the work of our students at the River Garden and at Vermont Country Artisans in Brattleboro. Shows open at this Friday's Gallery Walk, and will be up for the rest of the month.

Siena Education Student Visit

10 students from Siena College will be visiting Compass this Friday, March 27 as part of their semester long study of Compass. They have been doing a "Mission Audit" to evaluate how well we are living our values in our school program. They will arrive on Thursday for dinner at the school. We will cook together with them, and invite any students or families to join us for this shared meal. The college students will then sleep at the school and be able to snoop around before their official visit on Friday. Please try to join us about 6:00pm on Thursday to welcome these future teachers and their college professor.

12th annual Becoming An Outdoor Family Camping Weekend is coming up on May 29, 30 and 31, 2009 at Stillwater State Park in Groton, VT!
This year will feature over 50 workshops to choose from with 6 brand new workshops!
Download the complete brochure at www.uvm.edu/extension/outdoorfamily/

Vermont State Scholastic Chess Championships  Saturday April 11^th

Open to any interested student. For full details and registrations, visit www.vtchess.org

Wilderness First Responder Course-to be held at Marlboro College May 21-29. Contact Jim Nicholson at jnocholson1360@gmail.com  phone- 802-258-4699.

Upcoming Dates:

• March 26 - Compass Open House
• April 3 - no school-teacher inservice
• April 2,4,5 - performances of the Compass production of Twelfth Night
• April 9 - Compass Film Festival