Compass Professional Studies

Students in our Compass Professional Studies program:

• Earn high school and college credit.
• Explore career paths. 
• Work side-by-side with professionals in the workplace.
• Get a sense of what employees do and what employers want.

Compass courses are designed and taught in collaboration with: 

• Business leaders in our community.
• Faculty from our college partners.

Working professionals help:

• Create the curriculum.
• Serve as guest instructors.

See Compass courses in the WHS course catalog

• Our program matches students with professionals in careers that interest them.
• The professionals agree to mentor a student for one semester (18 weeks).

Learn more about being a Compass mentor.

• We designed Compass to reflect the innovative and proven Center for Advanced Professional Studies (CAPS) learning model.
• We are a member of the CAPS Network.

Read about the CAPS Network