A Word from our Principal, Janae Smith
Greetings to all of the Compass Charter Schools (CCS) of Los Angeles families!
As the holiday season is in full swing, I have many opportunities to express my gratitude and share my thankfulness. I am most thankful for our amazing families and our learning coaches and scholars’ hard work and dedication. As we navigate this “new normal” regarding the pandemic, my concern for our scholars’ success weighs heavy on my heart. Yet, in meeting and talking with many CCS LA families, I am comforted by the excellent examples of kindness, creativeness, and innovation that have risen from such a trying time. Our families are genuinely remarkable, and our scholars are finding many opportunities to celebrate their successes.
As this holiday season continues, I hope that you will find peace and joy while embracing those you love who are with you, and remembering those sweet memories of those who may not be; and connecting with those near and far to express gratitude and thankfulness. To quote A.A. Milne, “Piglet noticed that even though he had a very small heart, it could hold a rather large amount of gratitude.” May your hearts be full this holiday season and in the new year.
Our Compass Charter Schools of Los Angeles (CCSLA) supervising teachers (STs) have been busy these past few weeks. They have held over 100 connections meetings a week! Although we have had to move these virtually, Coffee with Compass has been an excellent time for families, teachers, and administrators to meet and get to know each other a little better. These virtual coffee sessions are also a perfect time for families to directly share any highlights and/or concerns with our Superintendent, J.J. Lewis. It has been exciting to learn about all that we have in common as educators, learning coaches, and parents.
Options STs and families enjoy using the new personalized learning plan (PLP) to review scholar academic progress. Our families have also provided beautiful projects and work samples to show their learning from home. The new ordering system, OPS, has proven to be a great tool in helping learning coaches and STs ensure that the best curriculum is provided to ensure academic excellence.
Our online STs have resumed Zoom learning labs, and scholars are engaging with their teachers and peers. Whether it is competing in a quizzes activity, collaborating on a group project, or listening to a guest speaker, our online scholars are actively participating in all of their sessions. Likewise, scholars are engaged in their new Accelerate Education courses and have effortlessly embraced the new system. Many online scholars have shared that, although the new curriculum can be challenging at times, they are learning a lot and enjoying being able to dive deeper into concepts and their learning.
CCS LA also had three delegates attend the Computer-Using Educators (CUE) conference. They learned about the newest web 2.0 tools to help their scholars in our online and options program. These fantastic delegates have been sharing all that they learned with the entire CCS LA team. Families should be on the lookout for these amazing web 2.0 tools being shared with them to best support their scholars and learning.
The entire team looks forward to families sharing many more successes throughout the 2020-21 school year!
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