Compass Program

Compass Program Partnership

The Wayzata Education Fund partners with the Wayzata High School Compass Program to provide a profession based learning experience.

About

Compass is a profession based learning program for career focused juniors and seniors at Wayzata High School. Students who enroll in the program earn high school and college credit while exploring career paths and working side-by-side with professionals in the workplace. Courses are designed and taught in collaboration with business leaders in our community and faculty from North Hennepin and Normandale Community Colleges.

Our Partnership

WEF partners with Compass each semester to provide professional learning experiences. Read more about our project work below.

Learn more about Compass

Fall 2023

We partnered with four juniors from Graphic Communications to build out marketing materials, run our social media, and support the winter 2023 Highlight a Hero! Thank you Andrew, Rowan, Julia, and Nora!

Spring 2023

We partnered with three seniors to reimagine and project manage our Thank a Teacher program. They were to make the program more inclusive, catchy, and easy to implement before the launch of the spring cycle.

The result? Highlight a Hero was born. New name, new logo, new certificates. Thank you Lauren, Liv and Adi!

Lauren Atkinson, Class of 2023
Plymouth Creek Elementary, East Middle

“My favorite part of this experience was being able to help out my own community and recognize our hardworking staff! Building connection with the Wayzata Education Fund has been a truly amazing opportunity and I’m so thankful for it. Special shout-out to my french teacher Mrs. Stringer, who helped me grow throughout highschool and supported me till the end!”

Liv Gebhart, Class of 2023
Gleason Lake Elementary, West Middle

“I loved that through COMPASS and our charter project with WEF I was able to learn more about both the education field and the business world. I absolutely loved meeting and working with all of the different people that play such an important role in WEF, from parents to former educators. I am majoring in Elementary Education and hope to come back to Wayzata and teach in the Wayzata School District some day in the future!”