An Afternoon with Dr. Shameka Stanford, Juvenile Forensic Speech-Language Pathologist
On Wednesday, October 16, COMPASS hosted Dr. Shameka Stanford from Howard University to provide an opportunity for COMPASS staff to…
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Dedication of John J. Lydon Help Fund
At the end of March 2019, John J. Lydon retired from COMPASS after serving the organization for 44 years. To…
Making Summer Gains
COMPASS provides a six-week summer school program for approximately fifty K-12 students. During each week, the students receive academic and social enrichment, clinical support, and the opportunity to explore a variety of educational opportunities throughout Massachusetts.
Graduation 2019: Years of Hard Work and Dedication
Graduation is a momentous occasion in any student’s life. For six COMPASS students, they have reached the moment where they can walk across the stage and accept their diploma.
Young Men’s Group: Respect, Acceptance, Consistency
In the spring of 2018, he (KJ) began working with Caseworkers Jaye Kincade and Kin’ta Johnson to form a young men’s group with COMPASS’ high school students. This group offers 7-10 young men a relaxed setting where they can openly discuss successes, challenges, hopes, and fears. Providing insight based on their own experiences KJ, Jaye, and Kin’ta engage with these young men in a very real and respectful way – which they receive in return from the young men.
We’re Here in Our 45th Year!
And we need your help celebrating! To celebrate our 45th year, we plan to keep doing what we’ve always done…
Read Across America Month
Schools around the country are organizing activities of this type to celebrate Read Across America week in a nationwide effort to promote literacy. The COMPASS School has been and continues to be invested in this initiative, and it is thanks to the teachers that the celebration has been such a huge success.
COMPASS Transition Announcement
We are writing to share the important news that after over 40 years in several different roles with COMPASS, our…
Kindness is Contagious
National Random Acts of Kindness Week (also called RAKWeek) is taking over COMPASS, with creative kindness ideas adding something sweet to our days. This national celebration encourages people to commit “acts of kindness” just for the sake of making someone’s day.