EnCompass Academy will celebrate the beginning of the 2026–27 school year and its new home at First & Calvary with an Open House and Ribbon Cutting on Tuesday, August 25, from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. at 820 E. Cherry Street. Guests are invited to tour the new space, meet members of the EnCompass Academy team, and learn more about the students, families, and community we serve.

A new year. A new home. The same mission. At EnCompass Academy, our work has always extended beyond the students in our classrooms. As a private school with a public purpose, we are committed to strengthening our community by increasing understanding of how to effectively support learners with a wide range of strengths, backgrounds, and abilities, including students who are gifted, neurodivergent, have learning disabilities, or have experienced adversity.

Our move also brings new neighbors and more ways to learn, serve, and connect. EnCompass Academy already works with Missouri State University through service learning and other opportunities, and we are excited to deepen those relationships while continuing to build connections with OTC, Drury University, Evangel University, area public and private schools, businesses, and other future professionals. College students and faculty are especially encouraged to attend the Open House and learn more about opportunities to observe, serve, and learn alongside our team.

We are equally excited to get to know our new community neighbors and businesses. EnCompass Academy provides personalized professional learning in trauma informed practices and disability support, with practical strategies that can help businesses, schools, nonprofits, and other organizations better support the children, families, employees, customers, and community members they serve.

For the Wayfinders, this move is about more than a new building. It gives us new opportunities to connect what happens inside our classrooms with the larger community around us, and we are excited to see what grows from those relationships.

We hope our new neighbors, families, students, community partners, and supporters will join us on August 25 from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. and help us kick off this next chapter.

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