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Summer Spotlight: Spanish I

Trying to learn a foreign language for high school? You can't talk to your online Spanish computer program, textbook, or app! You need real people to practice speaking and interacting with! Spanish I is a conversation-focused, full-year beginner level high school Spanish course at Compass. Students will cover a full year of Spanish ... More

Teens Need More Screen Time!

Teens need more screen time? Yes, if your teen is coding! Teens who learn to code can break down a problem into smaller components and with the right skills, can single-handedly build creative, innovative technologies. If your teen is a musician, mathematician, poet, artist, or a linguist, enroll them in the in-person, hands-on AP Computer ... More

Summer Spotlight: Homeschool String Orchestra

Does your child play violin, viola, cello, or bass? Musicians are needed for the Compass Homeschool String Orchestra! Beginning and intermediate string musicians will develop ensemble skills and enjoy the experience of practicing, playing, and performing as a group! Orchestral repertoires are specially arranged to accommodate ... More

Summer Spotlight: NEW Bio-Chem Lab Program

There is some science you just can’t do at home! If you don’t have a spectrometer or spring scales in your kitchen, you may need to do homeschool science somewhere else! Compass has organized a unique opportunity for students to conduct biology, chemistry, and environmental science experiments in a university laboratory setting! ... More

Summer Spotlight: NEW! Masterworks: Literature Roundtable

Announcing a BRAND NEW class for 2018-19... Masterworks: Literature Roundtable Masterworks is a collegiate-level literature analysis and discussion class for advanced high school English students. Students will read and discuss influential works that contributed to world literature and society with "best-of" selections from the ancien... More

When Parents Don’t Remember Parabolas and Polynomials!

Mean. Median. Matrix. Multiplicative Inverse! Don’t let upper-level math scare you into sending your teen to public school! Compass has great options for math classes so you can keep homeschooling, and we can help with the hard stuff! Compass has full year courses in: Pre-Algebra Algebra I Geometry These small group ... More

Summer Spotlight: The Stock Market Challenge

How is your teen earning his/her high school credit in personal finance? Check out Compass's fall class, "Stock Market Challenge: Intro to Finance." This class is built around the Stock Market Game where student teams will compete to earn the highest returns on their (imaginary) money! Teens will learn about stocks, bonds, shorts, margins, ... More

Just 2 Months Left for President’s Volunteer Service Awards!

This summer are you working at a camp? Cleaning up a park? Do you like to help animals, support the elderly, honor veterans, fight hunger, care for children, or combat homelessness? Earn a Bronze, Silver, or Gold Medal doing just that! Compass is a certifying organization for the President's Volunteer Service Awards (PVSA). Established in ... More

Summer Spotlight: Environmental Science Class

A critical water shortage in Cape Town. Catastrophic flash floods in Colombia. Widespread wild fires in California. Want to understand these phenomena while learning about water quality, air pollution, and renewal energy sources? Take Environmental Science next year at Compass! Environmental Science is an interdisciplinary study ... More

Register for Fall Compass Classes! Discount Ends Friday, June 15

Registration for fall Compass Homeschool Classes is underway! Spaces remain in 60+ classes for students in PreK - 12th grade. New families are welcome to enroll! The 10% early registration discount expires at midnight on June 15, so register today! Look for innovative and interactive core, enrichment, and extracurricular classes for ... More