Social Mechanics

Students apply their deep listening and empathy skills to design a school-wide inclusion campaign or classroom standard, designing collaborative action items.

Students engage in active empathy and narrative exchange, analyzing how personal experiences and cultural backgrounds shape our perspectives of shared environments.

Students explore the concept of the cultural iceberg, distinguishing between visible elements of culture and deep, invisible values, to recognize the richness of identity.

Students learn to set healthy boundaries, navigate peer pressure, and establish what authentic trust looks like in real-world friendships.

Students analyze their digital footprint, discuss modern social media pressures, and learn how to align their online actions with their offline values.

Students explore their personal identity, core values, and what healthy masculinity looks like in their daily lives.

Focuses on creating a sustainable positive culture through daily small actions, prompting students to track their leadership and reflect on how positive behavior spreads. Features read-and-respond profiles of real student leaders.

Students explore what it means to be a 'shield' for peers in middle school rather than a passive bystander or an instigator. Features narrative read-and-respond case studies on standing up to social exclusion and rumors.