Welcome to The Children's House and Compass Montessori Junior High!
Use this checklist to prepare for the first day of school:
- Follow our Back-to-School Orientation Day schedule
- Complete required forms and update family information in Ravenna (click on "Parents" and then "Forms")
- Prepare with items on our Student Supply List
- Order school lunch, Early Care/Friends Club, sign up for BATA, through Boonli (opens August 25)
- Read our UPDATED Family Handbook. (Learning how to navigate carline is helpful!)
- Involve yourself in the life of our school community, start here
- Build a habit of reading Waypoints, our weekly newsletter. (It is updated every Friday afternoon.)
- Sync our Calendar with your personal Google calendar
- Follow us on Facebook and Instagram and join our Facebook Community Page to share ideas, swap/sell items, and connect with other families
- Learn about MindUP, our new social and emotional learning program to help students better engage in learning, learn to self-regulate their behavior, and improve their attention skills and wellbeing.
- Check out our athletics and clubs webpage
- Junior High Calendar & Travel Schedule
- New! Elementary French: we are excited to welcome Virginie Kanner as our French Language Specialist! She will be introducing French language, geography, and culture to our 1st through 6th year learners.
- New! Theater Intensive, January 6 - 23! Drama Club meets Theater Week in this new immersive curricular program that will engage all Elementary students and result in a performance for families. Junior High students will participate in a collaborative theater intensive with local theater professionals.
For Nido, YCC, or Primary families:
- Complete the Health Appraisal Form with your child's doctor and upload to Ravenna
- If your child is new to our school or moving up to a new classroom, your child’s guide will call to schedule a home and a classroom visit
Please call the front desk at (231) 929-9325 with any questions that you might have.