COMPAS strengthens communities and individuals in Minnesota by engaging them through creative experiences. Since its inception in 1974, COMPAS has become one of the most active community arts organizations in the nation. COMPAS works with well over 33,000 K-12 students each year and more than 65,000 total participants of all ages.
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Even before COMPAS was a full-fledged organization, it was sending writers into schools. Work began during the 1967-68 school year as T he Art of Poetry. In time, the program became known as Writers & Artists in the Schools (WAIT S). Today the program is known as Creative Classroom. Programs occur in over 100 schools each year, providing services in a wide range of literary, visual, musical, performing and cultural arts. T he work included in this 44th anthology edition a fire, a river, a window represents the inspired collaboration between eleven COMPAS Teaching Writers, hundreds of classroom teachers and thousands of students across Minnesota.
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COMPAS MAKING CREATORS $15.00 Literature/Anthology
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l�I 2022-2023 Selected Works from the COMPAS Creative Classroom Program