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…
For well over a decade, SPIRIT SERIES has prospered under the exemplary leadership of Board Chair, John McPherson. John continues to serve as a Trustee and is thrilled to introduce his successor, new Board President and prominent film producer, William…
To make the SERIES’ inspiring one-act biographies available from coast to coast, we have begun adapting our drama-based curriculum for use by classroom teachers. The first two SERIES titles slated to go On Screen—Seeking Socrates and Song of Sitting Bull—are…
Dear Supporters and Friends, For those still wondering if we can ever fully regain that sense of connection and community lost in the pandemic, we have some good news: over 2,000 students in 17 schools across Los Angeles had a…
Things are heating up in Maine! Our recent partnership with the Maine Department of Education has definitely sparked demand for the SERIES, promising to bring our programming to 12,500 students in 100 new partner schools statewide over the next three…
Spirit Series has been awarded $500,000 by the Maine Department of Education in a $1,000,000 initiative to bring Series programming to 12,500 students across the state over the next three years. Our first statewide partnership—driven by the Series’ strong alignment…
Dear Supporters and Friends, Our schools have become front page news across America. Unfortunately, most of that news is not good: students suffering from pandemic-related learning loss and Social Emotional trauma, school board show-downs over mask mandates and Critical Race…
Dear Supporters and Friends, 2021 was destined to be a milestone year for SPIRIT SERIES long before any of us had heard of Covid-19. This spring the SERIES commemorates its 20th anniversary! We have taken this opportunity to reflect upon…
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…
