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Now scheduling North Texas school residencies

Dance to Success for schools

Students learn the steps. Then they start showing up differently.

Dance to Success brings the Dancing Classrooms model into North Texas schools. Students learn social dance during the school day, and the lessons ask them to pay attention, take turns, and work with a partner.

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20 school-day lessons
10 typical weeks
5th focus grade
DFW North Texas focus

For principals, counselors, PTAs, and districts

Built for the way schools actually work.

A good enrichment program still has to fit the calendar, the room, the staff, and the budget. We help schools think through those pieces before anyone has to make a commitment.

What students practiceStarting, listening, changing partners, recovering from mistakes, and trying again.
Low campus liftWe talk through scheduling, group size, space, and funding before launch.
Something families can seeWhen a celebration fits the schedule, students get to show what they have learned.
Dance to Success students practicing together Dance to Success classroom moment

How schools say yes

Start with fit, then work out the details.

Most schools need practical answers first: which students, what space, what schedule, and how the cost could work.

Start with your school

Check campus fit

Talk through the 5th grade schedule, space, student count, timing, and who needs to be in the loop.

Sort out funding

Look at school, PTA/PTO, district, grant, sponsor, or donor options.

Build the schedule

Match the 20 lessons with the school calendar and teaching artist availability.

Let students show what they learned

When the calendar allows, the residency ends with a celebration for classmates, staff, or families.

CASEL social and emotional learning framework wheel
Dancing Classrooms model North Texas delivery

Network foundation

A national model with local people in the room.

Dance to Success brings the Dancing Classrooms approach to North Texas campuses. The CASEL language fits because the room asks students to manage themselves, notice a partner, make choices, and stay with the group.

Classroom readyDesigned for school-day instruction, not a one-time assembly.
SEL alignedThe skills show up in the dancing, not only in a classroom conversation.
Locally deliveredNorth Texas teaching artists work directly with schools here.

Choose the right path

Start with the path that fits why you are here.

Schools come first. Sponsors and donors help more campuses move from interested to scheduled.

Schools

Bring the residency to campus

For principals, counselors, PTAs, and districts who want to see if this could work at their school.

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Sponsors

Help a school say yes

Cover a class section, a campus pilot, or part of the cost for a school that is close.

Sponsor a residency

Donors

Give to the program

Give through the Dance to Success Givebutter campaign and help pay for lessons at school.

Donation options

Ready to explore fit?

Start with the school, 5th grade, and the timing.

You do not need everything figured out. Tell us what you know, and we will help sort out the next practical step.

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"The change is not just that students learn dances. It is that they start noticing each other differently."