Watch as Mid-Pacific middle school students, with the help of their teacher, listen to their families and use learned digital storytelling skills to build empathy and share amazing stories of human connection before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mid-Pacific’s middle school program embeds social-emotional learning into academic programming because students develop socially and emotionally at the same time they are growing academically. Social-emotional learning teaches students how to manage emotions, and how to establish and maintain positive relationships. Through the Digital Storytelling class, Mid-Pacific seventh and eighth graders learn important skills not just for the moment, but for life.