Activity Fees

The Activity Fees page is used for admission fees to special events, dues for student clubs, registration for contests, and special one-day passes. Please check all date and program requirements, because activity fees are non-refundable. See the Class Registration pages for all workshops and classes.

Image Product Grade Range Available Price Link Description
Available Sep 1, 8:00 am

Register here to participate in the afternoon session of the Homeschool Quads Chess Tournament on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, from 1:30 pm- 3:30 pm. There is a $15.00 entry fee for any player.
Available Sep 1, 8:00 am

Register here to participate in the morning session of the Homeschool Quads Chess Tournament on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, from 10:00 am- 12:15 pm. There is a $15.00 entry fee for any player.
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This is the fee for a Language Arts Skills Inventory with reading specialist Mrs. Vanlandingham. All new students who wish to be considered for enrollment in a Reading Rally language arts program must be assessed for level prior to registering. Mrs. Vanlandingham will advise families what level (Red-1, Green-2, Blue-1, Silver, etc) to register for.

Once a family has paid for a Skills Inventory, the specialist will be in touch about scheduling. Most assessments are held on  Monday or Friday afternoons. All assessments are held in person at Compass. Virtual assessments will not be offered.

The assessment is typically 20-30 minutes long for the child, with an additional 20-30 minute parent discussion. Students are given the Qualitative Reading Inventory (QRI) which takes into consideration the 5 Pillars of Literacy: Phonics, Phonemic Awareness, Vocabulary, Fluency, and Reading Comprehension. Within those categories, the QRI has more than 30 measures including vowels, blends, articulation, implicit and explicit questions, self-correction, and miscue analysis. Students will also be asked to write a brief retelling of a sample passage.

Parents will be advised which level Reading Rally their child should register for. Parents will not receive a detailed report but may take notes on the specialist's observations and recommendations. The assessment fee is non refundable if the family elects not to enroll in a Reading Rally class. Please note that 10 levels of Reading Rally are offered for Fall 2024, and the recommended level could be on a Monday or a Wednesday and may fall at a time that conflicts with other class preferences.
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This registration is for homeschooled students in northern Virginia (Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, Arlington, Stafford, and Faquier counties, or Alexandria, Falls Church, Manassas, and Manassas Park citities) who do not attend Compass. Register here to let Compass know that you are working towards the 2023-24 President's Volunteer Service Award or the American Citizenship Award. Compass will pay for all costs associated with the award, but there is a $25.00 Compass activity fee. Once signed-up with a paid activity fee paid, students will receive a discount code which gives them membership in Volunteer Scholars at no cost.
Add Fee for the design of your teen's transcript. Includes a 60-minute advising session where information is gathered on the homeschooled high school student. The homeschool family is responsible for bringing records of all completed and in-progress high school efforts. Prior to the meeting, families will receive a lists of suggested materials/records to bring for use in consolidating and clarifying homeschool experiences and crafting the transcript. In general, it will take the advisor 2 weeks to get a first draft back to the family. Then, another 30-minute advising session is suggested for review, questions, and comments. This fee includes a 2nd revision of the transcript and final submission to the family as a pdf.  Further updates will be billed at $100.00 per hour. Advising will be with Compass founder/director Jenny Grove-Bradshaw, who earned a College Admissions Specialist Certificate from the American School Counselor Association and a Certificate in College Counseling from the University of California San Diego.  The custom transcript design is for one high school student and the student's parent(s)/guardian. Once you have pre-paid for the service, you will be contacted to schedule at a mutually convenient time.