The Compass School of Texas offers a robust core curriculum with a unique blend of the Reggio Emilia philosophy and project-based learning. Compass educators plan lessons designed with multiple lenses for each topic, guiding students to explore resolutions with data and their imaginations.
Language Arts
The Compass Language Arts program combines the essential and interconnected parts of language development: speaking, listening, reading, and writing. The students’ day begins with a unique provocation to spark learning and curiosity. Students use the provocations to share new ideas and engage in peer conversation to learn and ask questions. The program fully embraces the five pillars of literacy — phonemic awareness, systematic phonics, vocabulary, reading fluency, and comprehension.
Humanities
Students are encouraged to do the intellectual work of historians to unlock the knowledge of global eras and events through inquiry. By determining the meaning of an important idea or question for themselves, they are preparing to be active, engaged citizens. Students recognize the significance of historical occurrences, understand cause and effect, and synthesize information. Students learn from the past to understand the present through studying cultures, continents, geographies, geologies, people, and patterns.
Mathematics
Compass offers a conceptual approach to teaching mathematics. Conceptual learning in mathematics focuses on teaching math by uncovering and understanding why and how math works rather than telling students to memorize isolated facts and formulas. Daily, students problem-solve, develop sound reasoning, and communicate their mathematical thinking in written and oral forms. Students make connections between mathematical ideas and real-life experiences. Students work with manipulatives to bring concepts to life and deepen their understanding. Making connections between mathematical ideas and real-world applications, allows learning to go beyond the classroom, inspiring deeper thinking about the ways in which math impacts the world around them.
Sciences and Nature
The focus of the Compass science program is hands-on exploration. The campus and its natural beauty serves as a living laboratory. Students take on the role of scientist to plan and carry out investigations, solve problems, analyze and interpret data, construct explanations, and design solutions. These opportunities allow students to build fundamental concepts over time. Students develop an appreciation for the natural world and the connections within it.
Computer Science & Robotics
The primary goal of the Computer Science program is for students to fully understand the power of computers and how to become good digital citizens. As they progress through the program, the curriculum systematically adds skills and knowledge, equipping students to effectively and proficiently operate technology. Robotics is designed to promote creativity, collaboration and teamwork, and problem-solving skills through hands-on learning and real-world applications. Students study coding fundamentals, build simple machines, robot construction and testing, and produce team projects and challenges. They gain skills that enhance their ability to reason logically, troubleshoot problems, think creatively, and engage in innovation through the design and modification of robots.
World Language
The study of Spanish is an integral part of the Compass curriculum. Students learn through immersion in daily lessons. By learning to speak a new language, Compass students open windows to other people and cultures. Other languages are offered through the after-school enrichment programming.
Farm-to-Table & Mindfulness
Compass gives students the tools and skills to lead balanced and environmentally productive lives. Students learn about food and sustainability through interactive learning. Specifically, students learn how food is grown, nurtured, harvested, cooked, and served. Financial literacy is interwoven with the Farm-to-Table program, as students practice their entrepreneurial skills.
Physical Education
Compass physical education instruction is a comprehensive program designed to nurture an active generation. The program matches each grade’s physical and emotional developmental abilities to appropriately challenge them. The focus is on the process of learning and growing skills, rather than the product or outcome of performing the skill. The overarching goal is to teach activities that students can use to improve their health and personal wellness throughout their lives.
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