The Compass School, Ashburn Virginia

We can't wait to spoil our amazing teachers and staff this week!

Thanks to all of your donations, Compass Families, our Earth Day planting was a huge success! Bonus points for the perfectly-timed nature walk planned by our Nature Center classroom.

It was a beautiful day to be outside!

Thank you for the warm memories, Princess Anna!

In case the winter weather this morning didn't tip you off, the "Frozen" sisters are at it again! We look forward to welcoming Anna between 4-5pm on Friday afternoon for another wonderful visit from everyone's favorite princesses!

Our Think Tank friends are really representing neighborly feelings with their diorama in the plaza! Check it out during drop-off and pick-up.

We got some wonderfully warm hugs and wishing stars from our friend Elsa yesterday! We're so excited to see Anna in a few weeks as well.

Parents, if you got any great photos yesterday, we'd love to see them!

We had a fantastic night in at our biannual Parent's Night Out this evening! While this is only just one of the ways we show our gratitude to our families for their continuous support, we are also thankful that we are able to continue to offer these fun events for our students and their parents on a regular basis.

With Read Across America Day (3/2) falling on Lifetouch Picture Day last week, we postponed celebrating Dr. Seuss's birthday until today! We honored the importance of reading today alongside our friends at Waltonwood Ashburn with a fun zoom call, reading books and talking about our favorite stories!

It's a long way for Arendelle, but we're excited to host Queen Elsa and Princess Anna on Mar 15 and Apr 1 at Compass! Pick-up between 4-5pm on Mar 15 to say hello to Elsa and Apr 1 for Anna.

As we finish out February and Black History Month, this is a friendly reminder from our Sound Stage (JK/K) friends that, regardless what month it is, we all deserve respect, love, and equality!

Another productive teacher in-service day! One of our focuses today was the importance of process art in the classroom. Working together and looking to our peers for inspiration were great ways to enjoy the experience of open-ended art.

Taped toys are a fine motor activity that our Navigators loved this week! This activity encourages the use of muscles needed for writing, drawing, and grasping objects and we enjoy the pinching action of pulling at the tape.

Armed with all the ingredients needed for a perfect plate, our Inventor's Workshop friends created their own meal based off the book, "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" by Judi Barrett.

We passed the day celebrating Valentine's Day with friends and spreading the love! Have a wonderful holiday, Compass Families.

Learning about sea creatures, our Explorers enjoyed parallel play using a beautiful wooden busy board donated to our school! What a perfect addition to this month's lesson plan, helping our little friends hone their motor skills side-by-side.

Collaborative art and open-ended, or process, art are at the ❤️heart❤️ of our Reggio-Emilia philosophy, and our students are demonstrating it this week while they prepare our boxes for the upcoming Love Mail Station!

The Compass School, Ashburn Virginia updated their phone number.

The Compass School, Ashburn Virginia updated their phone number.

After reading "The Wish Tree" by Kyo Maclear, our Sound Stage friends (JK/K) were inspired to create their own, making wishes as they wait for their paintings to dry.

Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. today, our preschoolers showed off some silly faces as they worked on self-portraits in the mirror, using multicultural crayons, pencils, and markers.

Let it snow! The Compass School of Ashburn will open at 8:30am tomorrow Friday, January 7, 2022, in anticipation of another overnight weather storm. Be safe on the roads!

In an abundance of caution, The Compass School of Ashburn will delay opening until 8:30am tomorrow, Tuesday Jan 4, 2022. Thank you for your patience and understanding!

Happy snow day, Compass Families, from our snow angels to yours! There's nothing like a little bit of snow play to put a smile on our faces. This is a friendly reminder to be sure to send your child to school prepared with full winter gear (hats, gloves, snow bibs/pants, coats, etc) so we can get outside again tomorrow!

In anticipation of inclement weather tonight and tomorrow morning, The Compass School of Ashburn will open after a 2-hour delay on Monday, January 3, 2022, in order to ensure the safe arrival of staff and families. We will see you after 9am if you need to travel tomorrow! Stay warm. ❄️

It is the official first day of winter, and our Nature Center friends (Pre-School) can't wait for snow!

Happy baby shower, Miss Shannon (JK/K)! We can't wait to meet little Atticus in the new year.

We are so happy to support a good cause! We tasked our staff to donate a toy to a local organization as part of our all-month-long festivities and we are blown away by our teachers' and staff members' generosity this holiday season. 🤗💕

Happy Thanksgiving, Compass Families! Be safe and well this long weekend. We look forward to seeing you all again on Monday!

Yesterday, we celebrated the birthdays of Mickey and Minnie Mouse! It was so fun to dress up as some of our friends' favorite characters.

Honoring diversity and promoting kindness, we are proud to share these pictures of our odd socks today!

This month's school-wide provocation in our Atelier is the book Scribble Stones by Diane Alber! Scribble Stones is about a stone that is used as a paperweight, but it knows he/she has a bigger purpose. With the help of some scribble friends and creativity, the stone becomes a piece of art that brings happiness to others around the world.

We can't wait to see how our friends help bring such creativity and joy to their art!

We had so much fun at our virtual costume parade on Friday - check out some of our favorites! Hoping everyone had a safe and happy Halloween this weekend.

Another year, another pumpkin decorating contest! All of our designs were inspired and implemented by our students.

Which one is your favorite?

Thanks to the Two Smooth Dudes for parking their truck at Compass! Our teachers loved the gourmet tots, wraps, and salads for lunch today.

Fall is upon is in our Twos classrooms! We have enjoyed so many art, building, stacking, and counting activities using pumpkins, pinecones, wood slices, and fallen leaves this week.