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2025-2026 School Year

Back to school at the Children's House 2024

Welcome to The Children's House and Compass Montessori Junior High!

The Children's House and Compass Montessori Junior High LogoUse 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.
For Elementary and Junior High families: 
  • 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.