Game On Nation's improv-driven "Level Up" program to expand to seven Manatee middle schools after pilot data

May 6, 2026

The Manatee County School Board heard a presentation May 5 on Game On Nation's Level Up improv-based social-skills curriculum, which staff said reduced D's and F's in pilot classrooms and will scale from three to seven middle schools next year (about 22 sections, 440 students).

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Erin Watson, director of programs for Game On Nation, described the nonprofit's Level Up curriculum on Tuesday during a Manatee County School Board workshop and urged the district to expand the improv-based classes that staff say helped participating middle school students.

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