With two highly memorable pilot residencies now completed in San Francisco, our first year in Northern California has been an unqualified success. And our footprint is already growing in the region. SPIRIT SERIES plans to serve 500 students in six partner schools from San Francisco to San Jose during the 2018-19 school year and is about to hire a gifted Northern California Program Manager: Rajiv Shah.

After 18 years, SPIRIT SERIES is now on the threshold of making its primary mission a reality: to advance a new transformational paradigm in K-12 education. This summer we will launch a major initiative — the SPIRITWORKS Teacher Certification Program — a robust 60-hour professional development curriculum built around the SPIRITWORKS training model, currently in use by SERIES staff and

With the events of this past year, many have concluded that our nation is hopelessly divided. We at SPIRIT SERIES have a different perspective, on the frontlines of a generation grappling with what it means to grow up in 2017. Whether it’s the girl on the autism spectrum celebrated by her classmates for taking on the lead role, or the under-performing seventh grade class defying all expectations with their comprehension of Greek philosophy. We are inspired by these young people, even as we seek to inspire them. Their compassion, resilience, innate curiosity and joy hold the promise for a brighter future, even as we share with them vital life lessons from the past.