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Compass Junior Class Traveling to the Dominican Republic

Submitted by Rick Gordon on Fri, 05/04/2012 - 6:09am

The whole 11th grade class from Compass School is off to the Dominican Republic (as I write) for cultural immersion, service, and direct experience with issues of social justice. Having studied a variety of topics around economic development, quality of life, and the effects of globalization on individual lives, the students in this class are ready to learn about these issues first hand.

Darn Pretty (TM) Knitting Needles Raffle for Junior Class Trip!

Submitted by Betsy Jaffe on Thu, 04/19/2012 - 9:56am

Darn Pretty (TM) Knitting Needles raffle tickets on sale to support the junior class trip to the Dominican Republic. This program is available to all students, regardless of ability to pay, due to the support of people like you! Take a look and buy tickets here:http://dyakcraft.com/

Major Capital Improvement Plans for Compass

Submitted by Rick Gordon on Thu, 04/12/2012 - 11:35am

Compass has big plans to make major capital improvements to the "Compass Campus." Much of the impetus for this work came from the Vermont Arts Council which recognized how well Compass intergrated arts throughout our curriculum. In discussing this, we recognized how we lacked a dedicated space for all this art creation and how much we could benefit from having a nice space to create, store, and display art.

As we looked at an arts addition, we have been led to considering our overall campus strategic plan. We have been wanting to improve the exterior first impressions of the school to reflect the quality of the learning inside the school. While we have made some improvements such as paving part of the driveway, building a storage shed, and adding a basketball court, we have been waiting on more significant changes to make sure we have a strong overall plan.

'Transforming School Climate and Learning: Beyond Bullying and Compliance' by Rick Gordon and Bill Preble

Submitted by Betsy Jaffe on Tue, 04/03/2012 - 11:19am

Published last summer, Transforming School Climate and Learning: Beyond Bullying and Compliance offers a roadmap

Compass College Acceptances

Submitted by Rick Gordon on Mon, 04/02/2012 - 9:59am

Once again this year, Compass School has a very impressive list of colleges recognizing our seniors with acceptances as well as significant merit based leadership awards. The list of colleges offering acceptances to Compass 12th graders include (among others): Bard, Bennington, California College of the Arts, Carleton, Clark, Colby, Eckhard, Gettysburg, Green Mountain, Ithaca, Juniata, Kalamazoo, Lesley, Lewis and Clark, Macalaster, Prescott, Savannah College of Art and Design, SUNY-Purchase, UVM Honors College, UNH, Ursinus, and Wheaton.