Greetings World Compass Academy family,

As we start the new school year, I wanted to say a big thank you to everyone for their tremendous work getting the school started this year! With such a great team of staff, board members, and volunteers, the school is prepped and ready to keep their positive growth and energy rolling into the new school year.

I also wanted to pass along a few quick thoughts about starting a school year well. One key to a successful start for students is to remember that it takes focused skill and effort to listen and learn at school. This means that we need to remember to keep a good balance between play and work (which is especially challenging after a summer out of school). So don't forget to establish a good habit of working first and playing later (great advice that I have given to my new freshman daughter in college too)! Since research shows that it takes about 3 weeks to establish a habit, keep working toward your healthy school routines until they are established.

During the month of September, we have a school-wide focus on leadership. We are looking for students who are displaying the Cougar Essentials! When students are caught in the act of leadership, they will be rewarded with Cougar Cash. In turn, thanks to our PTO helping sponsor the "rewards store," our students will be able to redeem their Cougar Cash for fun prizes. Our Cougar Essentials challenge also extends to us as adults. We want to lead by example and be great role models of leadership for our students.

Thanks for helping us get off to a great start! I am looking forward to many more great starts for World Compass Academy!

Vision and Hearing Screenings.  Vision and hearing screenings have been completed! If your child did not pass the initial screen(s), he/she was re-screened. If your child did not pass the re-screen, you will be notified via email by  September 15th . If you do not hear from our nurse, your child passed the screens. State screens were for Kindergarten, first, second, third, and fifth grades.

Immunizations!  Immunizations are an important part of our children's health care, and Colorado law requires that children going to school be vaccinated to prevent vaccine-preventable disease.  To be in compliance with the immunization law, children must meet one of the following:

Students are required to have Tdap prior to entry into 6th grade. One dose of Tdap is required for 6th through 12th grades.  Our school nurse, Jenny Garland , will let you know if we are missing any immunization records for your child.

Exemptions. Students who have exemptions will be excluded from school if an outbreak of a specified common disease occurs.