HOPE ON THE RIZE

I am.

K–8 classroom learning experiences that integrate writing, science, storytelling, and creative expression, helping students discover voice and agency through film, poetry, science, and story.

The foundation

voice

Transforming students’ relationship to learning.

Hope on the Rize is designed around the student’s access point, not adherence to a single way of learning.

Pseads works alongside teachers to shape original, standards-aligned lessons around classroom needs. Unexpected stories, poetry and reflective writing, cosmology and ecology, embodied practice, and creative expression give students multiple ways into academic content and multiple ways to discover what they can do.

History of Hope on the Rize
Student Poetry
4–10 weeks
Program duration
1 visit/week
60-minute sessions
18–35
Students per class
100%
Program renewal over 11 years
HOW A SESSION MOVES

Story → Opening → Expression

01

Story

Every lesson begins with a story or idea that creates curiosity: Einstein as violinist, Apollo 8, the evolution of the universe, ecology, identity, memory, and the unexpected.
02

Opening

Conversation, science, poetry, movement, and reflection create room for each student to find an authentic access point into the subject.
03

Expression

Every session generates something: a reflection, conversation, new question, poem, film, science project, anthology, classroom redesign, or community work.
04

Real-world culmination

Poetry cafés, film festivals, learning expos, and student showcases invite families, educators, and administrators to experience what students have created.

WHAT STUDENTS PRACTICE

Learning becomes exploration, not obligation.

Unexpected stories that spark curiosity

Poetry and reflective writing as an equalizer

Cosmology and ecology that connect students to the natural world

Embodied, reflective practices

Creative expression bridged to academic content

“It empowers students and has them embrace the way that they see the world is unique and valuable and needs to be heard.”

English Department Chair, Veteran Educator

3,000+

students reached annually through Pseads’ proven classroom foundation.

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