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Countdown to Compass: Kick-Off Events

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Compass Classes begin in less than two weeks! There is still time to join us. Don’t miss our upcoming events designed to help you reconnect with friends and get acquainted with new families before the start of classes! Remember that the Back-to-Compass Swim Party will be held tomorrow, Thursday, August 28, from 1:00 pm- 3:00 … Read more

Claim Your Spot! 1-on-1 Learning at Compass

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Spots are filling for private music lessons, one-on-one tutoring, and individualized instruction at Compass! Contact Compass if… …you who would like to supplement your child’s homeschooling with daytime lessons in piano, guitar, drums, violin, cello, ukulele, flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, voice lessons, or songwriting. …your child would benefit from individualized instruction in math, writing, … Read more

Countdown to Compass: Kick-Up Events

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Compass Classes kick off in just 3 weeks! Don’t miss our upcoming events designed to help you reconnect with friends and get acquainted with new families before the start of classes! Please read more details and RSVP through our Sign-Up Genius links: Registration for classes is open and ongoing. Watch for future announcements about a … Read more

Give your child the Langauge Arts advantage they deserve

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This is the Final Call for the language arts assessment required for placement in a Reading Rally class. Individual assessments are being held the final weeks in August in preparation for fall enrollment. Sign up and pay for the assessment online ($125). If you are wrestling with reading, fighting over phonics, confounded by comprehension, or … Read more

We Teach Math So You Don’t Have To!

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Mean. Median. Matrix. Multiplicative Inverse. Parabolas and polynomials. Don’t let homeschool math scare you! Compass has a “solution” for you. If your student thrives with a live teacher, face-to-face explanations, and small in-person classes, we have math classes for you! Compass is offering eleven, year-long levels of math for grades 4 and up. These are … Read more

The Reading Recession: Get Help at Compass

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The NAEP’s 2024 bi-annual assessment, called the “Nation’s Report Card”, once again showed that the more than 2/3 of Virginia’s 4th and 8th graders are not meeting reading benchmarks! Only 31% of Virginia’s 4th graders and 29% of 8th graders were at or above proficient reading levels. That is an “F” on any grading scale. … Read more

Wish You’d Learned This in School? Your Teen Still Can

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Financing a motorcycle. Buying your first car. Comparing lease options on an apartment. Understanding your paycheck. Selecting insurance. Algebra meets adulting in Practical Math for Real Life. This class examines real-life scenarios and practices the math that young adults will need after graduating high school. Instead of working math problems in abstract exercises, students will … Read more

New Director of Homeschool String Ensemble

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Compass is pleased to introduce the new director of our Homeschool String Ensemble, Mr. John Kaboff. Mr. Kaboff is a distinguished cellist and educator based Vienna where he has been teaching youth at his academy, The Kaboff Cello School, since 1995. He has earned accolades for his teaching by numerous world-class cellists such as Yo-Yo … Read more

Fall Registration is Ongoing; Discount Ends June 13

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Remember, registration for Fall classes at Compass is open and ongoing for more than 200 classes for homeschoolers in PreK-12th grade. Registration is a-la-carte, and new families are welcome. Look for small group, hands-on, experiential classes in PreK-12th grade in: science, robotics, technology, coding, nature, math, reading, writing, literature, history, civics, French, Spanish, ASL, acting, … Read more