Celebrate the end of the homeschool year! Welcome summer! Say good-bye to current friends, and meet new ones who will be joining us in the fall! This event is open to anyone who attended Compass classes in 2024-25 and new families who have just registered for 2025-26 classes. RSVP on SignUp Genius to let us know you are coming:
Date: Thursday, May 22
Time: 12:00 pm- 4:00 pm
Location: Bready Park
Address: 814 Ferndale Ave., Herndon, VA, 20170
Meet-Up: Picnic Shelter and Playing Field
Compass has reserved facilities at Bready Park in Herndon to hold our annual Year-End Family Picnic and Park Day. This is an informal, casual drop-in event.
Pack lunch for your family, and join us for a group picnic followed by outdoor games! Following is an approximate timeline:
- 12:00 pm- 1:00 pm…Lunch
- 12:00 pm- 2:00 pm…Face Painting
- 1:15 pm – 2:30 pm…Field Day Games
- 2:30 pm – 4:00 pm…Free Play/ Snack Time
High school members of the Alpha Rho Honor Society and other Compass teens will run several traditional field day games such as sack race, tug-of-war, silly relays, etc., for kids ages 5+. Kids will rotate through the field day stations in age groups. Organized activities take approx. 1 hour, 15 minutes. After that, kids are free to repurpose the equipment, make up their own games, play, run-around, and enjoy the 2 playgrounds.
What to Bring:
- Picnic lunch and plenty of drinks/water for your own family.
- A snack to share (Kids are usually ready for snacks around 3:30-4:00 pm)
- —Last Name A-G: Savory Snack
- —Last Name H-M: Healthy Snack
- —Last Name N-Z: Sweet Snack
- Sports equipment & outdoor toys to share (bats, balls, gloves, soccer balls, footballs, volleyball, badminton, corn hole, frisbees, bubbles, lawn games, sand toys, squirt guns, etc.) Sidewalk chalk is not allowed. Please label everything that you bring
- Board games or card games for anyone who does not want to play sports
- Sunscreen, sunglasses, hat, and/or insect repellent
- Folding camp/sports-type chairs
Inclement Weather:
- In the event of a day-long, drenching rain and/or thunderstorms, this event will be rescheduled on a new date after confirming with the park authorities.
