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The 39th Annual Violence Prevention Day and COMPASS School Graduation were held on May 27, 2026 🎓 Thank you to our community partners for helping create an unforgettable experience for the students, staff and friends who joined us✨

Here are just a few of the many special moments captured by Ebacher Photography 📸

"COMPASS School Speech-Language Pathologist Rachel Norton, SLP '21, says some literacy challenges are related to different trauma stressors students are experiencing outside of school."

Read more about Rachel's journey pursuing her doctoral degree in the MGH Institute of Health Professions' Brain, Education, and Mind (BEAM) Lab where she is working to improve learning outcomes of students with trauma and learning disabilities:

https://www.mghihp.edu/news-and-more/news/phd-student-working-improve-learning-outcomes-students-trauma-and-learning-disabilities

PhD Student Working to Improve Learning Outcomes of Students with Trauma and Learning Disabilities Rare is the person who can simultaneously impact an organization both at the direct-care and administration levels.Rachel Terra Norton is one of those people.

✨ If you missed our April 2026 Newsletter, you can view it now through the link below -- read about COMPASS advocating in D.C., our School's Summer Program and how to host a donation drive ✨

April 2026 Newsletter ➡️ https://conta.cc/4d3FPxi

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