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Compass Connections

January 5, 2025

CompassConnections January 5, 2025

UPCOMING EVENTS

  • Teacher Work Day- Monday, January 6
  • 2nd Semester Begins- Tuesday, January 7
  • Theater Club- Thursday, January 9, 3:45-4:45 (Rm. 142)
  • First Semester Grades in HAC- Friday, January 10
  • First Responders Course Begins- Tuesday, January 14

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FIRST RESPONDERS COURSE - SIGN UP NOW!

Compass Academy will offer our First Responders class beginning in January with the first class meeting on January 14th. This class is taught in partnership with the St. Charles Police, TriCom Central 911 Dispatch, and staff from Delnor Hospital. Students will learn in depth about careers in this important fabric of our community and earn academic and elective credit.

Information about this course is linked HERE. To sign up for the course, students (while signed into their D303 Google account) must complete THIS FORM. This class is open to the first 20 students who register on a first-come, first-served basis. Please do not register unless you are certain you can fully commit to participating in this class since there are limited seats.


Ms. Ohlson will send out information to students and parents in the course the week of January 6th. The first class meeting is on Tuesday, January 14th.

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FIRST SEMESTER GRADE REPORTING

Grades for first semester classes will be posted in HAC on Friday, January 10th. As a reminder, when a student receives an APR (Approaching Competency), this may be due to: A) insufficient evidence, or B) the student having demonstrated growth but needing more time to demonstrate proficiency on all course competencies (the “not yet” concept).


  1. If a student has a grade of APR with a notation in Schoology of insufficient evidence, this means the student either did little or no work in the course or demonstrated minimal or no understanding of course competencies. In this instance, students may not continue to pursue credit in that specific course and the APR will stay on their transcript, counting not as a failure but as a course audit where some foundational learning may have occurred but for which no credit was earned (similar to an audit). Students with insufficient evidence will need to pursue that credit through a different seminar, by taking the same seminar again later, or through an independent study or independent student learning experience (ISLE).


  1. If a student has a grade of APR with a notation in Schoology of support needed or behind pace, this means that the student has been working toward demonstrating proficiency on course competencies, but that they need additional support and/or time to meet overall competency requirements for the course. In this instance, students will be granted up to one additional quarter to work on demonstrating proficiency and they will be required to attend one of the blocks of time aligned with our Students Working Academically to Make Progress (SWAMP) academic intervention: Tuesday and/or Thursday during Block E (3:45-5:45) or Wednesday morning from 9:15-11:15.

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STUDENTS MAY COMPLETE THEIR LUNCH ORDER FOR THE WEEK BY CLICKING THE BOX ABOVE AND MAKING THEIR SELECTION BY 9:45 A.M. THE FIRST MORNING OF THE SCHOOL WEEK.


Compass Academy students pre-order their lunch, so if your student plans to order lunch, please have them complete the form that is linked above. Students are always welcome to bring food from home, if they prefer. If your student may qualify for free or reduced lunch, please complete this form or have them get a paper copy of the form from the Compass office.

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DISTRICT 303 PARTNERS WITH GPS PARENT SERIES

District 303 is proud to partner with the Glenbard Parent Series (GPS) to offer our families broader access to information sessions and resources that support their child’s development.


For decades, GPS has been offering free programs that aim to empower and strengthen families, individuals and communities. As a partner organization, District 303 will support promoting upcoming programs and their importance to our local community.

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Sharon Stanley
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