Dear Supporters and Friends, Like many people, we often wonder these days if our world can meet the grave perils that now face us. This question takes on real urgency as distrust, violence and despair seem to threaten at every…
Dear Supporters and Friends, We are excited to share with you the short video linked above, a testament to the importance of compassion in the work we do at SPIRIT SERIES. We are reminded in this holiday season that facing…
This winter/spring in Maine, the first 500 students — grades five through ten — completed our new positive core values and 21st Century skills curriculum: SpiritCorps. They began their journey by viewing personal video stories of challenge and triumph from…
Only by working together toward a common goal can we actually tend to the spirit of our communities and ourselves. This is the promise of #SpiritCorps, which begins with short video stories of personal challenge and triumph from SERIES staff…
Bringing SPIRIT SERIES online has opened wonderful possibilities, among them the chance to actively partner with leaders from the cultural traditions we celebrate. This summer, two elders of the Lakota nation lent their talents and perspective to the online presentation…
This summer’s newsletter featured the pilot of our program adaptation for distance learning: On Screen. Since then, over 400 students in 28 cohorts have met the SPIRIT SERIES challenge on Zoom. Our thanks to the partner educators in greater Los…
For those looking to fully engage students and build community online this fall, we may be able to help. In May, as a response to Covid-19, we launched a bold experiment: taking fifth, sixth, and seventh grade participants in each…
Our ambitious Maine 5000 initiative, serving 5,000 students annually in 50 partner schools by September 2022, recently received a huge boost — a $75,000 grant from Jane’s Trust. This support will help scale the program in 2018, serving 1,300+ students…
Thanks to the generosity of nearly 70 donors, SPIRIT SERIES met the full $100,000 challenge match from the National Endowment for the Humanities in only four months rather than 18, as originally planned, accelerating the launch of program services in…
We are very proud to introduce the two newest members of the SPRIT SERIES board: Brenda Rodriguez and William Fay. Each brings a unique perspective and skill set critical to our growth, and we feel truly fortunate that they have…
