Meet the Warriors

We Believe!

Compass Binghampton is small enough to become “family”, but diverse enough to introduce students to a variety of cultures from around the world. Compass-Binghampton is committed to the development of the whole child through rigorous academic instruction and social-emotional development to prepare students for life in high school and beyond. We believe through positive relationships and academic personalization that we can provide students with an environment that prepares them for the world of tomorrow. We hold the bar high for our students because we know that they can and will achieve it. We believe that it is our responsibility to support students to become the best version of themselves inside and outside of the classroom.

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THE WARRIORS

Hello Compass Binghampton Family,

Happy 2023 and Welcome Back to our second semester of the 2022-2023 school year. I am extremely excited to begin a New calendar year and continue this educational journey with you!
Parents, we need your assistance with a few reminders. Please ensure your child(ren) adhere to the following expectations to guide our 2nd semester together:

  • School Instructional time is 8:00 am- 3:30 pm
    ○ Breakfast begins at 7:30 am
    ○ Students are late at 8:05 am
    ○ After 8:30 am students must check in at Main Office (lower building) and bring the admit to the teacher
    ○ Parents of Chronically Absent or Truant will be asked to attend Mandatory Attendance meetings and students may need to participate in after-school detention to make up missing assignments
  • We are a Compass Uniform School
    ○ Students should wear the approved Compass uniform every day (unless participating in approved out of uniform days by Mrs. Asemota)
    ○ All pants (including PE jogging pants) MUST BE navy blue (Black is NOT a school color and is not allowed)
    ○ No stretch pants/tights, jeggings, jeans, yoga pants of any kind are allowed
    ○ Jackets with Hoods or hoodies are not allowed to be worn during the school day.
    ○ Beginning Monday, January 9, 2023. Students will be issued uniform violations which can result in After-School Detention
  • Cell phones are a great communication tool for students to utilize to contact parents after school. However, due to several instructional interruptions caused by the unauthorized use of cell phones, we are implementing an additional safety protocol to our Cell Phone policy for our 5th- 8th-grade students. Cell phones were to be turned off and placed in the student locker every morning and remain there for the day. Students are now asked to turn in their cell phones to their homeroom teacher to be placed in their assigned cell phone cubby. Students can pick them up at the end of the day.
    ○ If students are found with their cell phones, they will be confiscated and returned only to the parent. After the second incident, students will be asked not to bring their phones to school.
  • I want to personally thank our students who demonstrated the Warrior Way throughout the 1st semester. Being Joyful, Supportive, Respectful, demonstrating Courage, and Wisdom to make the right choices. This second semester, student misbehavior and negative interactions will result in mandatory:
    ○ counseling session(s), parent meeting, after-school detention, overnight suspension, and then Out of School Suspension.
    ○ Parents, please continue to speak with your child about being their best self and representing you well at school.

Compass Binghampton are WARRIORS!! With a warrior mindset, we do not quit! We do whatever it takes to complete the mission and obtain the goal. As Forbes said, “it means we are willing to invest in as many hours necessary to learn and understand what it means to be the Best student, educator, aide, counselor, instructional leader. Our goal this year continues to be WE will be a WARRIOR STRONG FAMILY! We won’t quit! We will work TOGETHER to overcome any and all challenges and adversities. TOGETHER, we will utilize our strengths while refining our weaknesses to be the best version of ourselves and the school community.

Thank you for a great 1st Semester! Let’s make our second one even better! If you need to reach me, contact the school secretary or share an email to basemota@compassmemphis.org.

Thank you. Let’s go Warriors!!

Sincerely,

Barbara Asemota, Principal

Contact Info

901.866.9084

2540 Hale Road, Memphis, TN 38112

School Hours: 8:00am – 3:30pm

Aftercare: 4:00pm – 5:30pm

Resources

Our Team

High Expectations, Lifelong Success

Compass-Binghampton is committed to the development of the whole child through rigorous academic instruction and social-emotional development to prepare students for life in high school and beyond. We believe through positive relationships and academic personalization that we can provide students an environment that prepares them for the world of tomorrow. We hold the bar high for our students because we know that they can and will achieve it. We believe that it is our responsibility to support students to become the best version of themselves inside and outside of the classroom.

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Scholars

13:1

Student-Teacher Ratio

K-8th

Grade

Curriculum

Our goal is to equip students with the tools they need for success in college, and beyond. As a charter school, we have the freedom to select a curriculum that allows us to do just that. For grades K-5, we work with CKLA English, Ready Math, Inspire Science and Studies Weekly Social Studies. For grades 6-8, we offer Wit & Wisdom English, Ready Math, iScience and McGraw Hill Social Studies. All grades participate in Spark P.E. and Flex Art.

Extracurricular

We believe a world-class education is more than just academics. Compass-Binghampton has a focus on music and we are proud to host Prizm. Prizm is a music organization that brings talented violin, trumpet, and flute players to Binghampton to teach our 3rd - 6th graders how to play instruments. We also offer Young Vigaros which is a 3rd - 5th grade girls group, U.G.I.R.L. Inc. Gifted Girls Club for 6th - 8th grade girls and Creativity Club which is a 5th - 8th grade yarn craft club.

Extended Hours

As a convenience to our families, we offer After care to all students for a minimal charge. After care hours are 4:00pm - 5:30pm (Monday - Friday).

Curriculum

Our goal is to equip students with the tools they need for success in college, and beyond. As a charter school, we have the freedom to select a curriculum that allows us to do just that. For grades K-5, we work with CKLA English, Ready Math, Inspire Science and Studies Weekly Social Studies. For grades 6-8, we offer Wit & Wisdom English, Ready Math, iScience and McGraw Hill Social Studies. All grades participate in Spark P.E. and Flex Art.

Extracurricular

We believe a world-class education is more than just academics. Compass-Binghampton has a focus on music and we are proud to host Prizm. Prizm is a music organization that brings talented violin, trumpet, and flute players to Binghampton to teach our 3rd - 6th graders how to play instruments. We also offer Young Vigaros which is a 3rd - 5th grade girls group, U.G.I.R.L. Inc. Gifted Girls Club for 6th - 8th grade girls and Creativity Club which is a 5th - 8th grade yarn craft club.

Extended Hours

As a convenience to our families, we offer After care to all students for a minimal charge. After care hours are 4:00pm - 5:30pm (Monday - Friday).

Academics

Passion For Teaching

Compass teachers know their content backwards and forwards and are passionate about preparing Memphis youth academically and in character for college and lifelong success. Our teachers enjoy and benefit from our intentionally small school settings, which will help them to develop trusting, positive relationships with their students and colleagues.

Service Learning

In the Community

Service-learning projects provide students with opportunities to apply newly learned knowledge and skills in real-world contexts, further cementing their understanding and giving their academic learning relevant purposes. Service learning serves as the intersection of our academic excellence and values-based character education pillars—bringing content, concepts, and skills gleaned from both to life through hands-on, tangible experiences.

Our Service Partners