Stories that Soar! High is now available to high schools across the country!
High school students everywhere are adapting and performing original stories written by elementary school students in their community.
Now, YOUR school can join this award winning program that fosters creativity, collaboration, and community engagement.
What is Stories that Soar! High?
Stories that Soar! High is an innovative, devised theatre project that provides high school drama students with service-learning opportunities as they collaboratively create an original theatrical production based on student stories from a neighboring elementary school.
This win-win-win project impacts young writers and high school students through literacy and story telling, while school districts benefit from meaningful interactions between students.
Why Bring Stories that Soar! High to Your Community?
By licensing our curriculum, your school district benefits from:
- Creative Exploration and Theatre Skills: High school students flex their creative muscles, taking on the roles of actor, director, playwright, and technician.
- Collaboration and Work Readiness Skills: High school students develop essential collaboration skills, learn to solve problems creatively, and manage a complex project from start to finish, building work readiness skills beyond the stage.
- Social-Emotional Learning: High school students gain deep empathy as they engage with the thoughts, feelings, and perspectives of young children through the sharing of stories.
- Enhance Literacy Skills: Through the recognition of their stories, elementary students are motivated to practice writing and self expression without the pressure of grades.
- Community Engagement: This project strengthens bonds between high schools and elementary schools, celebrating the voices and creativity of their community.
Join the Stories that Soar! High Movement
Our licensed curriculum includes detailed lesson plans, resources, and tiered one-on-one support to help you successfully implement the program from start to finish. This program fits within a semester and is easily incorporated into your existing theatre arts curriculum.
Bring Stories that Soar! High to your school.
Literacy Connects is thrilled to announce the STS! High Scholarship Fund!
This fund provides financial support for high schools with the greatest need who are eager to bring the Stories that Soar! High experience to their communities.
Full and partial scholarships are available for the Fall 2025 semester.
Want to help bring the magic to communities across the US?
