Compass Learning Center News & Information

We completed our sixth year in May 2018 with lots of extra service to those around us.  We look forward to the 2018-19 school year to continue giving back to our community!

2017-18 School year highlights include:

• Twenty students received their high school diplomas
• Planted 2 Pollinator Gardens with rain collection barrels
• Attended WE Day at the Xcel Energy Center
• Weekly service projects at Ney Nature Center
• Volunteered at Feed My Starving Children, Farmhouse Market and Cedar Brook Garden Center
• Alliance with the New Prague Green Team and planted organic seeds that produced over 800 plants
• Community Projects included: winterizing and then preparing gardens in spring for community members
• Awarded Outstanding Volunteer Award from Ney Nature Center
• Awarded 2017-18 Souther Regional Award from YES! Youth Eco Solutions
• Toured post secondary institutions and military options

2016-17 School year highlights include:

• Nineteen students received their high school diplomas
• Attended WE Day at the Xcel Energy Center
• Awarded a grant to build an Orienteering Course at the Ney Nature Center in Henderson
• Awarded a grant to build a Pollination Garden with Rain Collection at our new site
• Alliance with Ney Nature Center in Henderson
• Packed meals for Feed My Starving Children
• Service project to earn over $400.00 to be donated to Feed My Starving Children
• Community Projects: Raking/winterizing gardens for community members
• Toured post-secondary institutions and military opportunities

2015-16 School year highlights include:

• Six students received their high school diploma
• Attended WE Day at the Xcel Energy Center
• Sponsored a blood drive in New Prague
• Alliance with Ney Nature Center in Henderson - community service projects
• Alliance with the Mala Strana - volunteeering
• Alliance with Scott County - Adopt a Highway project
• Community projects:  raking leaves, winterizing gardens for community members
• Pack meals for Feed My Starving Children
• Volunteered at  Simpson House - raised money, prepared and served meals to the homeless
• Toured post-secondary institutions and military opportunities

 2014-15 Highlights:

• Twenty students received their high school diplomas
• Attended WE DAY at the Xcel Energy Center
• Guest speakers from Teen and Adult Challenge with special guests: WCCO who recorded the presentation!
• Co-sponsored a food drive for New Prague
• Raised money for WE DAYs international charity: FREE THE CHILDREN
• Raked lawns for local residents
• Service projects at Feed My Starving Children, Ney Nature Center, Cedar Lake Farm, Raven Stream Elementary
• Toured post-secondary institutions and military opportunities

2013-14 Highlights:

• Fourteen students received their high school diplomas
• Eighteen of our students survived a backpacking trip through the Minnesota River Valley.
• Service learning projects at Ney Nature Center, Cedar Lake Farm, Raven Stream Elementary, Mill Pond Senior Residence, & Feed My Starving Children.
• We toured 10 different post-secondary institutions.
• Nine students completed the Turkey Trot 5K at Dakota Fitness. 

2012-13 Highlights:

• Twenty-three students received their high school diplomas
• Service projects at Feed My Starving Children
• Toured several post-secondary institutions
• Guest speakers on various topics