Blog
Updates and project stories from our team and committees.
On October 25, the student authors of Wings of the Hornet taught a free public workshop at Cupertino Library on how history research actually works — primary sources, a real wartime tally board, and a writing exercise for everyone in the room.
On October 25th, 37 volunteers came together for two hours to help restore and beautify Overfelt Gardens Park in San Jose, and to learn about the Chinese history and heritage it preserves.
Books, project displays, and a busy red-covered table brought CompassPoint Mentorship into conversation with the community at Day on the Bay on Saturday, October 17.
Leadership at CompassPoint is a set of things you do, not a position you hold — five small, repeatable practices any student can start on their first day.
On Saturday, October 17, CompassPoint Mentorship will have a booth at Day on the Bay in Alviso. Come and find us.
On Monday afternoon, seven CompassPoint Mentorship students walked into Sunnyvale City Hall and presented a year of financial analysis to the people who actually write the budget.
The CompassPoint Youth Committee met for the second time this season on Sunday morning — nine committees, one room, two hours, and a markedly more businesslike feel than the opening night.
On Saturday evening, twelve high school students sat down together for the first working meeting of Wings of the Hornet — a book about the airmen and aircraft of CV-8 and CV-12 in the Pacific War, researched and written by students.
We have a new partner. GR EDU Learning Center (谷雨中文学校) is joining CompassPoint Mentorship as co-host of our next park clean-up — and the pairing could not be better matched, because the park we have adopted is home to San José's Chinese Cultural Garden.
