Polar Bear Express
Updates for Week of September 4
Compass Rose Legacy
CRL Polar Bears do what's...
- Respect
- Ingenuity
- Growth
- Honesty
- Teamwork
Email: info@compassrosesa.org
Website: https://www.compassrosepublicschools.org/
Location: 3300 Sidney Brooks, San Antonio, TX, USA
Phone: 210-540-9265
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CompassRoseSA/
Hello Families!!!
Thank you, families and students, for all your hard work over this past week. Also, thank you for your flexibility as we are all learning together. Just a friendly reminder that we will not have school on Monday. Classes will resume on Tuesday. Have a great three day weekend.
Clear goals, full hearts, all in!
Brittany Thompson, Middle School Principal and Chris "Cliff" Claflin, High School Principal
No school on Monday!!! Happy Labor Day !
Biweekly Calls with the HS Principal, Mr. Claflin
Biweekly calls for September:
- Wednesday, September 9 - 4:30 - 5:30 pm
- Wednesday, September 23 - 4:30 - 5:30 pm
Contact List Reminder for the High School
- For concerns specific to a single classroom, remember to reach out to the teacher of your child's class. You can see all the teachers for your child's specific class on your child's Google classroom home tab.
- For behavior concerns, please reach out directly to our Dean of Students, Farris Thomas at either fthomas@compassroseschools.org or at 361-866-0299.
- For academic concerns, please reach out to China Cardriche, our Assistant Principal of Instruction, either ccardriche@compassroseschools.org or at 205-210-9091.
- For technology concerns, please reach out to Vincent Canales, Assistant Principal of Operations at (210) 254-3337.
- For general concerns or if you believe your initial concern was not adequately addressed, please reach out to Mr. Claflin at cclaflin@compassroseschools.org or at 210-430-9128.
Contact List Reminders For Middle Schools
- For concerns specific to a single classroom, remember to reach out to the teacher of your child's class. You can see all the teachers for your child's specific class on your child's Google classroom home tab.
- For behavior concerns, please reach out directly to our Dean of Students, Mike Osikoya at either mosikoya@compassroseschools.org or 210-374-4437.
- For academic concerns, please reach out to Monica Gonzalez, our Assistant Principal of Instruction, at either mgonzalez@compassroseschools.org or (210) 374-0715.
- For technology concerns, please reach out to Vincent Canales, Director of Operations at vcanales@compassroseschools.org or (210) 254-3337.
- For general concerns or if you believe your initial concern was not adequately addressed, please reach out to Mrs. Thompson at bthompson@compassroseschools.org or 708-829-6239.
Important Notice Regarding School Re-entry from Our CEO, Paul Morrissey
Please use the links below if you need tech support!
Compass Rose Tech Support Next Week
If you have a specific question about a class, please reach out to the individual teacher of that classroom. If you are having larger tech issues or need general help with the Google classroom platform please reach be aware of the following times each week you can get video support.
- Every day from 8:00 – 9:00 AM please click on this Google Meet link for tech support
- Additionally, we will have an afternoon support line each day from 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm at this Google Meet link.
Additional Support
Need tech support? Visit bit.ly/crpstechticket
Access our Communication Hub: bit.ly/CRparentchoice
Virtual Learning Resources: bit.ly/CRwelcome1
Virtual Learning information and help via: https://sites.google.com/compassrosesa.org/instructionalhub/virtual-learning
Tech support will be available on Saturday 10-3 at the following link: https://meet.google.com/dcd-whxx-eez
CR Legacy Staff Contact Information Sheets for Middle School and High School
Compass Rose Legacy Middle School Parent Meetings
Thank you to all who attended our parent meeting on Thursday. The middle school team will host our weekly parent meetings on Thursday from 6-6:45. This will be a place where you can get new information and ask any questions. The meetings will be hosted in both Spanish and English. Please see the links below for our Spanish and English parent meetings.
Date: Thursday, Sept 10
Time: 6p.m. - 6:45p.m.
English Parent Meeting Link
Brittany Thompson is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Brittany Thompson's Personal Meeting Room
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9384056724?pwd=Rjc5eEFyQm9zMHdZQU5NMi9EY2ZSZz09
Meeting ID: 938 405 6724
Passcode: 869268
One tap mobile
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+13126266799,,9384056724#,,,,,,0#,,869268# US (Chicago)
Dial by your location
+1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
+1 929 436 2866 US (New York)
+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)
+1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose)
Meeting ID: 938 405 6724
Passcode: 869268
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdqqePlBYS
Spanish Parent Meeting Link
Compass Rose Legacy MS Zoom is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: Compass Rose Legacy MS Zoom's Personal Meeting Room
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8715307185
Meeting ID: 871 530 7185
One tap mobile
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Dial by your location
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+1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)
+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)
+1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)
+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)
+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)
Meeting ID: 871 530 7185
Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kdcHjOTgmi
Reminder About MS Classes
Did your child outgrow their Compass Rose uniform from last year?
Compass Rose is accepting gently-used and clean, uniform items to share with families in need or for wardrobe emergencies throughout the school year. If you have any of the items below that you no longer need, please drop them off at the Compass Rose Legacy front office at 8005 Outer Circle Rd, San Antonio, TX 78235. M-F 8-4pm.
Accepting clean and gently-used:
-Blue uniform polos with CR logo
-Khaki bottoms, pants, shorts, skirts, etc. (all sizes welcome as we will now have elementary students)
-Compass Rose jackets
-Belts
If you are in need of uniform assistance, please call or text Ms. Cruz at 210-920-0445. Thank you to those that have already donated! Your giving spirit is very much admired and appreciated.
- Ms. Cruz
Legacy Middle School Grade Level Notes
5th grade notes
6th grade notes
7th grade notes
7th Grade Notices:
Hello parents!
Next week your scholar will have a math and science Bi-Weekly Assessment (BWA)!
You can expect your scholar to have ELA homework nightly. Homework assignments will be posted daily in Google Classroom streams.
Thanks!
-7th Grade Team
Building Update - Check out videos of the new building!
Covid- 19 Update from Principals
Please visit our website, https://www.compassrosepublicschools.org/ ,and click on the tab labeled "our plan for a safe return" to learn more information about our school reopening plan.
Check out Facebook each Thursday for a new video from Nancy Cruz, our family engagement specialist, with updates regarding our school reopening plan.
Please email bthompson@compassroeschools.org or cclaflin@compassroseschools.org if you have any questions.
Grades 8-10 Supply List
Revised High School Supply Lists
Please see below for a revised HS list if your child is participating in virtual learning.
- Required for in-person or virtual learners:
- No. 2 Pencils or No. 2 Mechanical Pencils [10-20]
- Blue or Black Pens [10-20]
- Highlighters [3-5]
- Notebook paper (wide rule)
- Composition notebooks [3] (college rule)
- Required for in-person learners in addition to the above:
- Face masks [if attending in-school learning] (1-2)
- Cloth or medical face masks
- Cannot contain or display inappropriate messaging
- Bandanas not allowed
- Notebook binders
- 2 1.5 inch ring bindersWipes
- Two notebook divider sets or at least 10 sections
- Optional for in-person learners
- Tissues
- Personal hand sanitizer
Grades 5-7 School Supply List
- Middle School Supply List for Grades 5-7 - All items will be kept by the student
- If your child will be going into 5th – 7th grades, these are the basic supplies we are asking families to purchase before the start of school on August 17th. Please note that we are asking families to purchase a fair amount of pencils and pens as students will not be allowed to share pens and pencils if we are holding school in-person. Whether we hold school in person or not, students will need or utilized these supplies to a degree via virtual learning.
- Supply List
- No. 2 Pencils or No. 2 Mechanical Pencils [10-20]
- Backpack( 5 inch binder will need to go in backpack)
- Blue or Black Pens [20-30]
- Notebook binders
- 1- 1 1/2 inch ring binder
- 1-5 inch binder
- Two sets of dividers with pockets ( These dividers will be used in the binders).
- Notebook paper
- 5 spiral notebooks to go into binder or 5 composition notebooks to go into pockets of dividers.
- Clear water bottle( if you would like your child to have a water bottle it must be clear)
- Face masks (1-2)
- Cloth or medical face masks
- Cannot contain or display inappropriate messaging
- Bandannas not allowed
- Optional, but encouraged personal items to be given to the school :
- Wipes
- Tissues
- Hand sanitizer
Uniform purchasing Information and expectations update
Uniform Reminder
The School Yard has uniform polo shirts available for Compass Rose Legacy & Ingenuity students. All students, whether they are engaging in online or distance learning are expected to wear and have a Compass Rose Legacy polo.
With safety being our top priority, we encourage you to purchase uniform items online and schedule a curbside pickup.
- The complete uniform line is available at: bit.ly/CRuniforms
- Legacy Polos: bit.ly/CR-legacy
- Ingenuity Polos: bit.ly/CRIngenuity
The middle school uniform guide can be found below!
Have questions?
Front Office - frontoffice@compassrosesa.org
Student Supports (Special Education, ESL, 504) - studentsupports@compassrosesa.org