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The what, why and how of SPIRIT SERIES — from its 2001 founding in Southern California through the pandemic challenges overcome by the program two decades later. 

Heartfelt stories of Courage, Gratitude and Mindfulness from 2021 middle school students in Maine

Richard, let’s start with your story. We’d love to hear how you got started and how the journey has been so far.SPIRIT SERIES began out of personal tragedy. When my daughter was 10, we lost her Mom to cancer. So…

Richard Strauss founded Spirit Series in 2001 and serves as National Executive Director, while Leslie is National Co-Director. Their program brings drama-based learning to children in grades four through eight. They discuss with Heath the origins of the program, how…

How SPIRIT SERIES reinvented its hands-on drama-based programming to online delivery during the COVID school closures.