what others are saying
"The ELAvate program encourages students to be their true and authentic selves. The students love the journals, and SELLA has helped them become more self-aware."
ELIZABETH SOLLITTO
SEL Teacher, New York
"ELAvate fosters a learning environment of empathy and compassion. These are two words my second graders can describe in great detail thanks to this awesome curriculum!"
RACHEL BARKER
Elementary Teacher, Ohio
"We love how ELAvate coordinates with the standards, so you don’t feel like you need another program on the side.”
JULIE KNAPKE
Teacher, Ohio
"Caring teachers and Ripple Effects can have a profound and positive impact on the lives of students, caregivers, and teachers. As I work with K-12 educators across the region I have seen the impact of Ripple Effects in helping students find the grit and determination to stand tall against the demoralization of the home environment in which they have been born. "
DR. DESSIE BOWLING
Director, KY
“I didn’t want to suspend the students, but they needed something. My buy-in started when I heard the kids using the language of the program throughout the school, then I knew something special was going"
District Counseling Coordinator
Rural District, TX
"Ripple Effects is really awesome because it’s learner-directed, so students can direct themselves to topics that are important and personal to them. Having a program that students can actually utilize without the teacher mandating the lesson (though important at times) is also important so that they can explore topics meaningful to them. "
Miyoshi Knox
AUSL Turnaround Principal at Stagg
Student Feedback on Magna
"I really like the feedback it gives me when I submit my work, it's insightful and allows me to know what I would need to change or add to get the full point."
"Definitely the feedback, because it explains what I got wrong clearly and I understand my error."
"I like how it broke down each part of the FRQ that we needed to complete to help me structure my response better."
"The formatting of the questions makes it easy to write the response in small increments, which is helpful because it makes writing an FRQ feel less daunting."
News sources
"𝘐𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦," Daigneault told the student reporters. "𝘐𝘧 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘺, 𝘪𝘵 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢 𝘣𝘪𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 '𝘏𝘦𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳.'"
Thousand Oaks High School paper
December 2025