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…
November 29, 2019 Dear Supporters and Friends, This year has been like no other in our memory: Covid-19, school closures, economic hardship, social justice reckoning and political division. Amid the crisis, we at SPIRIT SERIES see a way forward. A…
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…
