Welcome
Compass Learning Center (CLC) provides a nurturing educational environment where students receive a positive, safe, and structured learning opportunity. High school student attending the CLC will have a sense of belonging and acceptance within a school environment that offers personalized instruction with staff that have a flexible approach to teaching.
Mission:
To engage and support students through high levels of learning in a non-traditional educational environment.
Purpose:
The purpose of the CLC is to offer a structured and consistent non-traditional educational setting that capitalizes on each student's individuality. The program focuses on three main areas: attendance, credit completion and post secondary plans.
Goals:
- To reach all learners on a daily basis - especially those who struggle in traditional schools.
- To offer personalized instruction with staff who have a flexible approach to teaching.
- To offer smaller class sizes and flexible school scheduling in a non-traditional setting.
- To allow collaborative programming with existing New Prague High School programs to develop individual instructional strategies.
- To hold students accountable for their educational achievement, thus empowering students to succeed.
- To involve both the student and parent/guardian in the educational process by keeping them informed through regular progress reporting and meetings with students.
Values:
- Respect diverse thinking
- Model appropriate, positive interactions
- Think globally
- Learn and apply supportive, interactive technologies
- Allocate time and support, using best practice research for our students and staff
Beliefs:
- All students can learn and are entitled to an opportunity for reaching their maximum potential.
- Students need to be present to learn.
- Learners need to be engaged in the development of their personal goals.
- Students need to identify their learning style, develop strengths, and learn to overcome weaknesses.
- Students need to have a supportive environment that encompasses academic, vocational, emotional, and interpersonal needs.
- All learners are responsible for creating a safe, positive, and respectful environment.
- There must be collaboration between family, student, and school.
- Students must have access to district opportunities.
- We must develop partnerships within the community to enhance student opportunities.
- The developments of habits lead to future success.
- Curriculum content must be relevant and rigorous.
- A smaller learning environment fosters a sense of belonging and leads to student success.
Highlights from Last Year:
2022-23 School Year highlights include:
- Twelve students received their high school diploma
- Service activities at the American Legion in New Prague and the Ney Nature Center in Henderson MN
- Volunteering in the New Prague community raking leaves for veteran and roadside cleanup
- Raising money for a cash donation and packing food for Feed My Starving Children in Chanhassen MN
- Post-secondary college visits to DCTC, St Paul College, MN School of Beauty, Hennepin Technical College
- Tours to By The Yard, Rio Grooming School, Dem Con
- Participated in Military presentations
- Related curriculum visits to the Guthrie Theater, Science Museum, Bell Museum and Como Park
Congratulations to Our Graduates:
2022-23 - Twelve students
2021-22 - Eighteen students
2020-21 - Eighteen students
2019-20 - Thirteen students
2018-19 - Twenty students
2017-18 - Twenty students
2016-17 - Nineteen students
2015-16 - Six students
2014-15 - Twenty student
2013-14 - Fourteen students
2012-13 - Twenty-three students
