SPIRIT SERIES is designed as an immersive, 15-hour literacy and values in-school adventure. Unlike other arts-related curricula, the SERIES is best delivered in 15 consecutive school days–one hour per classroom, per day, This intensive approach creates optimal conditions for full student engagement.
“There is not a single student in my class who did not cheer when I announced that SPIRIT SERIES would soon begin!”
— Jessica McFerren 5th Grade Teacher, Mar Vista Elementary
Program participants must study, co-write, stage, and perform an inspiring one-act biographical play for family, teachers, and peers in just 15 hours, over the course of three short weeks. The stakes are high. The demands are extreme. The material is rigorous, often several grades above student reading levels. Every step is a challenge. And yet, time and time again, these challenges are met–fulfilling the SERIES promise: to teach wisdom as well as knowledge, and build character as well as academic skills.
