Compass Community Collaborative School Fort Collins

Within minutes of yearbooks hitting campus last week, all sense of order disappeared 😄📖
Students took off in every direction in search of friends, favorite teachers, and anyone willing to contribute a memorable note.

“Never change.”
“Stay cool.”
“Have a great summer!”
“Remember that one time...”

A huge shoutout to our Compass Yearbook staff for creating a book packed with memories from the year. From Spirit Week and Ventures to field trips, competitions, performances, and everyday Compass moments, you captured the stories, friendships, and experiences that made this year special.

Now the pages are filled, the signatures are collected, and summer has officially arrived.
Have a great summer, Compass! ☀️✌️

By the end of May at Compass, things get a little chaotic in the best possible way.

Backpacks are half-zipped. Energy levels are questionable. Everyone is talking about summer. But before the school year officially wraps up, there’s one tradition students look forward to all year: Advisory Olympics!

Compass advisories are groups that travel through the ups and downs of the year together, celebrate wins, support each other, and build authentic connections. So when Advisory Olympics arrives, the competition gets serious.

For two days, students take on everything from engineering builds and scavenger hunts to athletic challenges and team competitions all across town. Every event calls for creativity, collaboration, problem-solving, and a little bit of chaos.

There’s cheering and even some trash talk. There are victories to celebrate and hilarious failures. And somehow, through all of it, the entire school community comes together in a way that feels uniquely Compass.

These are the moments students remember long after the school year ends.

The Compass Class of 2026 was made up of students who accomplished exceptional things, and senior Bryson is no exception ✨

During his Senior Defense, Bryson reflected on some of the experiences that shaped his high school journey and helped prepare him for what comes next.

One standout experience was competing in the national Future City competition, where students imagined and designed what cities might look like 100 years into the future. Bryson also shared how much he grew through his three years in the Loveland Police Department Explorer Program, where he developed leadership skills, responsibility, and confidence through hands-on experience and service.

On top of all that, Bryson challenged himself academically by completing multiple college courses while attending Compass.

And he’s already launching straight into his future: Bryson has been hired as a Park Ranger and is currently completing water certification training that will qualify him to work on, in, and around water, including safety, rescue, and resource management. He graduates on Saturday and starts his job immediately after!

Bryson, your work ethic, determination, and drive have amazed us. We are so proud of you and cannot wait to see where your path leads next.

The Compass Class of 2026 was filled with students doing remarkable things, and senior Bryson is no exception ✨

During his Senior Defense, Bryson reflected on some of the experiences that shaped his high school journey and helped prepare him for what comes next.

One standout experience was competing in the national Future City competition, where students imagined and designed what cities might look like 100 years into the future. Bryson also shared how much he grew through his three years in the Loveland Police Department Explorer Program, where he developed leadership skills, responsibility, and confidence through hands-on experience and service.

On top of all that, Bryson challenged himself academically by completing multiple college courses while attending Compass.

And he’s already launching straight into his future: Bryson has been hired as a Park Ranger and is currently completing water certification training that will qualify him to work on, in, and around water, including safety, rescue, and resource management. He graduates on Saturday and starts his job immediately after!

Bryson, your work ethic, determination, and drive have amazed us. We are so proud of you and cannot wait to see where your path leads next

🎓 Hats off to the Compass Class of 2026!

This weekend, our community gathered to celebrate 19 incredible graduates as they officially completed their Compass journey. This class has left a lasting mark on Compass.

A few highlights from the Class of 2026:

✨ 19 graduates crossed the stage
💸 $812,000 in scholarships awarded
📚 College acceptances include:

Cal Poly
Colorado College
Colorado Mesa University
Colorado School of Mines
Colorado State University
Fort Lewis College
Front Range Community College
Iowa State University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Montana State University
Oregon State University
Parsons School of Design
Pennsylvania State University
Purdue University
Santa Clara University
South Dakota School of Mines
University of Colorado Boulder
University of Colorado Denver
University of Denver
University of Montana
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
University of New Haven
University of Northern Colorado
University of Wyoming
Washington State University
Western Colorado University
University of Wisconsin

Waitlists at:
Stanford University
Carnegie Mellon University
Case Western Reserve University

To the Class of 2026: thank you for your creativity, leadership, humor, perseverance, and heart. We are so proud of the people you’ve become and cannot wait to see what comes next for each of you.

Go boldly. Stay curious. And remember you’ll always have a home at Compass.