High School Programs
In High School, students are learning to become independent and empowered adults. SCT believes an arts integrated curriculum can support young people on this journey.
Spotlight: Creative Drama for Mental Wellness
9th - 12th | 60 Minutes per Session | Workshop & Residency | 2 + Session Workshop Series
This program is designed to bring students and their teachers together in an immersive learning environment that is brave, active, and community focused. Guided by SCT Teaching Artists, participants engage in creative play to strengthen trust and collaboration, and then focus their energies inward using structured activities that encourage self-reflection. Research has shown that young people gain social-emotional skills when knowledge is embodied through practice. Creative Drama for Mental Wellness bridges theatre education with evidence-based strategies in SEL to help students develop self-awareness and make positive choices in addressing their mental health needs, even in situations that are unjust or outside of their control. These concepts are rehearsed using role play exercises within the safety of the classroom so that they develop confidence to advocate for themselves when faced with challenges in the real world.
Additional Curriculum Options
English Language Arts
9th – 12th Grade | 120 Minutes per Session | Workshop & Residency
Bring Shakespeare to life for your students! ‘All the world’s a stage’ with this immersive workshop experience that combines fun and games with trivia, acting, and collaborative storytelling to deepen knowledge about the Bard. Students explore the play of your choice while combining knowledge about Elizabethan theatre with an opportunity to try fundamental acting skills. Get ready for a highly hilarious time! Note: This workshop is 2 hours and tailored to the play that your Shakespeare unit explores.
9th – 12th Grade | 60 Minutes per Session | Residency Only
Let’s ignite the power and magic of creativity through the journey of the hero! Students will learn the fundamentals of playwriting; structure, plot, character development, and dialogue through creative exercises that ignite the imagination and explore how these ingredients created everlasting heroes like Harry, Frodo, Luke, Tris, and Katniss. We recommend a residency of 5 sessions for optimal student success.
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9th – 12th Grade | 60 Minutes per Session | Workshop & Residency
If telling your truth and expressing yourself fills your soul with music, then get ready to explore the art of Spoken Word, a form at the intersection of poetry and hip-hop.
Poets are first and foremost storytellers, who add in sleek rhymes and clever intonations to bring their words alive. Students will learn how to craft their own poems and practice performing them for a group of their peers.
Social Justice/Social Studies
9th – 12th Grade | 60 Minutes per Session | Workshop & Residency
The Dairy of Anne Frank is studied world-wide as it documents the sobering true story of eight people living in hiding during Nazi-occupied Holland in World War II, as seen through the eyes of 13-year-old Anne. Her words reach out to us over the generations, inspiring us to never forget, to never give up on the power and goodness of the human spirit, and to always “fill life with living.” This workshop explores these historical events while teaching the importance of empathy, advocacy, and disruption of othering in today’s society. If selecting a residency, we recommend 5 classes for optimal student success. Inspired by the production, The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett.
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9th – 12th Grade | 60 Minutes per Session | Residency Only
When the U.S. government forces Japanese-American citizens into incarceration camps, many Japanese-Americans must face difficult truths about the idea of home. One young person’s struggle to understand a society allowing mass discrimination against its citizens poses questions as urgent today as they were in the past. This workshop explores these historical events while teaching the importance of empathy, advocacy, and disruption of othering in today’s society. We recommend 3-5 classes for optimal student success. Inspired by the Journal of Ben Uchida: Citizen 13559 adapted by Naomi Iizuka.
9th – 12th Grade | 90 Minute Session | Workshop Only
Explore interactive arts activities that empower students to reflect on their own identities while celebrating themselves and each other. This workshop is best as a preparatory introduction to engaging in anti-racism and anti-oppression work on individual and collective level.
9th – 12th Grade | 90 Minute Session | Workshop Only
Do you know your voter’s rights or about the restrictions in the United States? Come together as a class to discuss voter myths, empower political voice through theatre games, and reflect on how to remain a civically engaged individual. Students will use what they have learned, discussed, and experienced to create short responses in order to debunk common voting myths, and express the importance of voting to their peers.
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Theatre Arts
9th – 12th Grade | 60 Minutes per Session | Workshop & Residency
In this fast-paced, creative environment, students learn the fundamentals of improv beginning with the all-important adage “yes, and…”. From there, they will practice creating stories without scripts or rehearsal using a wide variety of improv techniques, formats, and games.
9th – 12th Grade | 60 Minutes per Session | Workshop & Residency
Collaborate and strengthen skills while focusing on the fundamentals of acting: objective, conflict, and tactic. Each workshop or residency experience will be tailored to the grade and experience level of the class.
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9th – 12th Grade | 60 Minutes per Session | Workshop & Residency
Learn the essential moves and skills for on-stage combat, including convincing falls, slaps, and other fight moves in a safe environment.
9th – 12th Grade | 60 Minutes per Session | Workshop & Residency
Challenge your students to become the next generation of theatre educators by learning how to develop and instruct their own Story Drama lesson plan for kindergartens. Mentored by one of our Story Drama experts, high school students will focus on a popular children’s book, while learning the ins and outs of classroom management, inspiring imaginative play, and creating kinesthetic learning opportunities for their lesson. This residency will culminate in groups instructing their lesson in a kindergarten classroom and reflective evaluation with our mentoring Teaching Artist.
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