World Compass Academy engages and inspires learners in a safe, challenging, and individualized learning environment, which cultivates and fosters character, a lifelong love of learning, and the skills to engage in the global community. |
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Cougar Calendar Reminders
Blue: In-Person Students Green: Remote Students Black: All Students
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January 11-15
January 18
January 19
January 21
January 22
January 26
February 2
February 12
February 15
February 16
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Virtual Parent Teacher Conferences
No School Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Return to in-person (check your email for any updates or changes that may occur)
Spirit Wear Day Panera Bread 4:00pm-8:00pm
Open Enrollment for New Students Round 2 Begins
Kindergarten Graduation Pictures (morning)
Formal Uniform Day for Kindergarten Only
Formal Uniform Day
Board Meeting 6:30pm
No School Chinese New Year
No School President's Day
Mardi Gras
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Administrator Note
Dear World Compass Academy Community,
Welcome back, WCA! We are so happy to have everyone back after the holiday break. We hope you all had a wonderful holiday season. Remote learning is now operating full steam ahead, and we are excited to see all the great work our students do in this modality. As a reminder, we return to in-person learning on January 19, 2021. We are excited for that date and seeing our wonderful students again.
Please take the time to connect with your teacher(s) for conferences, and as always if you have any questions, comments, or concerns, don't hesitate to reach out to our teachers or administrative team.
Warm Regards,
Bethany, Krista, and Amanda
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Temporary Remote Learning |
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Parent information to assist with temporary learning January 5-15
Please contact your students teacher if you have any questions.
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Virtual Parent Teacher Conferences |
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Parent teacher conferences are scheduled January 11th-15th.
Please look for an email from your student(s) teacher(s) to sign-up for parent teacher conferences.
All parent teacher conderences will be virtual using Google Meets.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day (no school) |
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The 26th Anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday is celebrated on January 18, 2021. This day of service that celebrates the Civil Rights leader’s life and legacy. Observed each year on the third Monday in January as “a day on, not a day off,” MLK Day is the only federal holiday designated as a national day of service to encourage all Americans to volunteer to improve their communities. Please share with us your engagement and accomplishments in Dr. King's memory. |
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Support our PTO: Spirit Night |
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Need a break from cooking? We have a solution...
Please support our wonderful PTO at Panera Bread on Thursday, January 21, from 4:00pm-8:00pm.
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In order to keep our students in-person at school, please use the daily symptom screen and keep your ill children at home. If any of the symptoms are present, keep your student at home, inform the school of symptoms, and reach out to your health care provider about COVID-19 testing and steps for treatment. Symptom Screen
Do you wonder how covid is affecting our school? You can find weekly updates on the WCA COVID-19 Tracking Summary, located on the main page of our website, as well as under my page. COVID-19 Tracking Summary
At WCA we strive to provide our community with full transparency. The Colorado Department of Public Health & Education (CDPHE) lists outbreaks on the CDPHE website. It's updated each Wednesday after the weekly outbreak surveillance report is published. https://covid19.colorado.gov/covid19-outbreak-data
Stefanie Bender, BSN, RN, SSP-SN
School Nurse Consultant, World Compass Academy
Office 303-814-5262
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Important Remote Learning Information |
Attention remote learning families: We have created a facebook page just for you. Join here!
If you have additional questions, please reach out to your remote learning teacher. The Remote Learning Facebook group is not monitored for questions; please email remote learning teachers directly with questions. The purpose of the group is for social connection only.
Elementary: Dawn Morris (K-1), Keyan Boykins (2-3), Kristie Carney (4-5)
Middle School (6-8): Charity Bray (6th & Algebra 1), Katie Kohn (Geometry), Beth Moreau (5th & 7th), Joseph Scotten (Science), Lisa Geier (7 & 8 ELA), Andrea Peters (6th History) or Nicolas Hauser (6th ELA, 7 & 8 History)
Spanish K-3: Joyce Campino Hall
French K-3: Annie Maurice
Mandarin K-3: Yue Ling Yu
Spanish 4-6: Maura Gonzalez
Spanish 7-8: Maite Oluma
French 4-8: Kara Nikanorov
Mandarin 4-8: Rui Rui Zhang or Mike Stern
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Winter Campaign #wcaachievement |
Snap photos of your students in school uniforms doing remote learning or studying. Share them with us at
Please tag @wcacougars on Instagram or @worldcompassacademy on Facebook.
Use the hashtag #wcaachievement and thank you for sharing your WCA academic achievements.
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Online Additional Learning Resources |
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Here are some additional resources to help you keep your child's thirst for knowledge and desire to do activities thriving when doing remote schooling.
Stories in different languages
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2020-2021 School Calendar School calendars for the 2020/2021 school year have been posted to our website here.
Follow WCA on Social Media
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NONDISCRIMINATION NOTICE: The Douglas County School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, religion, national origin, ancestry, creed, age, marital status, genetic information, or physical characteristics, disability or need for special education services in admissions, access to, treatment of, or employment in educational programs or activities. The School District's Compliance Officer is Ted Knight, Assistant Superintendent, 620 Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, complianceofficer@dcsdk12.org, 303-387-0067. Complaint procedures have been established for students, parents, employees, and members of the public.
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2490 S. Perry Street
Castle Rock, CO 80104
Main Phone: 303-814-5200
Attendance: 303-814-5280
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