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