GRiTspark - GRiT Curriculum For Middle School
The Foundation of Relational Intelligence Starts Here.
Middle school is where identity forms, emotions intensify, and students begin shaping who they might become. GRiTspark gives them the tools they should have learned years earlier — tools for belonging, confidence, emotional regulation, peer conflict, healthy decision-making, and resilience.
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GRiTspark Builds the Skills Middle Schoolers Need Most
- Teaches how the brain learns and how mindset, focus, and rest shape success.
- Builds grit through curiosity, productive struggle, habit-building, and follow-through.
- Strengthens emotional regulation, impulse control, and the ability to pause before reacting.
- Develops relational intelligence: empathy, optimism, listening skills, and self-awareness.
- Helps students navigate friendships, conflict, and communication with confidence.
- Reframes mistakes as data and teaches responsibility, resilience, and recovery.
What GRiTspark Teaches Middle School Students
GRiTspark introduces students to the same Compass they’ll use in high school and college, building a shared language across your entire school ecosystem.
Relational Intelligence (Ri)
Students learn to understand themselves, read others, communicate clearly, solve conflict, and build healthy relationships using tools like the 5 Voices, support–challenge framework, and team dynamics.
Why it matters: stronger peer connections, fewer conflicts, and better classroom culture.
Identity & Self-Leadership
Students discover who they are, how they think, and how they make decisions under stress — then learn to lead themselves through mindset, language mastery, values, and internal drivers.
Why it matters: improved behavior, greater accountability, and stronger self-direction.
Emotional Regulation (Ei)
Students learn the neuroscience of stress, focus, and decision-making, gaining tools to regulate emotions, recover from setbacks, and stay composed under pressure.
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Why it matters: fewer emotional blowups, calmer classrooms, and healthier coping skills.
Habits, Systems & Follow-Through (Si)
Students build the routines and internal systems that turn goals into consistent action through habit science, journaling, reflection, and accountability.
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Why it matters: improved academics, stronger attendance patterns, and long-term student agency.
"GRiT has made a measurable impact on our students’ mental well-being. We’ve seen stronger resilience, better attendance, and fewer behavior issues. GRiT gives students the tools to understand themselves and navigate real-life challenges."
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Carrie Nitz
Dean of Students/Mental Health Navigator
Read The Case StudyWhat’s Included in the GRiTspark Curriculum?
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Full Semester Curriculum
A complete, ready-to-teach middle school curriculum that builds foundational skills in emotional regulation, identity awareness, resilience, and healthy communication — all through simple, engaging lessons built on the neuroscience of learning.
Teacher Playbook & Training
A train-the-trainer model that equips educators with step-by-step guidance, implementation tips, and relational-intelligence-based teaching strategies, making the curriculum easy to deliver in advisory, SEL blocks, or core classes.
Data & Reflection Tracking
Built-in reflection tools and student-friendly check-ins that give your team real insight into emotional growth, classroom climate, and early indicators of student well-being across the semester.
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A Simple, Fast Implementation Timeline
GRiTedu is designed to launch quickly — without creating more work for your teachers. Most districts are fully up and running in 30 days or less.
Week One
Kickoff & Curriculum Setup
Your school receives instant access to the full GRiTedu curriculum, teacher playbook, and onboarding guidance. We meet with your admin lead to map the rollout and answer implementation questions.
Week Two
Teacher Training
Teachers complete our train-the-trainer onboarding using short, practical modules rooted in neuroscience and classroom-ready strategies. Everything is built to minimize prep time.
Week Three
Classroom Launch
Teachers begin delivering lessons with ready-made slide decks, activities, and scripts. GRiTedu requires less than five minutes of prep per session, and support is available any time.
Week Four
Monitor Progress &Â Â Outcomes
Admins and teachers use GRiT’s built-in reflection tools and progress trackers to monitor skill development, emotional stability, and classroom culture. Adjustments are simple and supported.
Ready to See How GRiT Can Support Your Middle School?
GRiTspark is more than a curriculum it’s a neuroscience-backed framework that helps middle school students build the self-leadership, emotional stability, and clarity they need to thrive beyond graduation.
If you're exploring ways to support student mental wellness, equip students with real-world decision-making tools, or bring a results-driven SEL framework into your school, we’d love to walk you through what GRiTedu can offer.
Use the form to request more information, preview materials, or connect with our team about bringing GRiTspark to your middle school.
