About

Circle Class is a welcoming place for trans and cis girls and gender fluid kids 11 – 13 years old to learn about their whole bodies in relation to themselves and the natural world.

Our spring semester Circle Class will focus on our bodies, on everything related to sex and sexuality, on cycling, on pregnancy and pregnancy prevention, on navigating interfacing with medical practitioners, on straight, trans, and LGBTQ lives, and on internet safety.

Students help create our curriculum, and will help lead it. We’ll make sure we focus on the topics that most interest us.

As always, we’ll add some extra weekend days for students to lead us in baking (so fun!), in conversation about books we’re reading, and we likely will have a film night.

All this cool stuff happens on zoom, so Circle students can join us from everywhere!

Also:

WiseBodies is hosting two in-person dances this semester! The first will be on March 11th, in a very cool place near Hillsdale NY, and will be a magical alternative to Valentine’s Day dances. The second will be our annual Pom Pom Prom, in June!

This semester WiseBodies again is offering a class for queer teens. If you know someone who might be interested, learn more here.

Teachers

Brianna Pope

Brianna Pope (she/her) is passionate about creating safe spaces and encouraging creative learning in nontraditional classrooms. Over Summer 2022, she taught a collegiate level course (via zoom) in a global classroom with students aged 7 to 26, connecting stories from the Eastern to the Western Hemisphere, and balancing time zones. Prior to that, she served as Pre-K teacher assistant and Summer Camp Coordinator for Berkshire Community Center. She has worked in private homes, as both a nanny and special needs educator. She is also a playwright, fiction writer, and pop culture enthusiast. She is a political studies and modern literature graduate of Bard College. Brianna is made up of California sunshine, sarcasm and abundance, naps, and text love letters with her sister.

Isa Coffey

Isa Coffey (she/her) spent the last four decades doing these good things (some, but not all, at the same time): being an out lesbian; helping women have safe abortions; teaching teens, kids, and adults sexual health and wellbeing; founding and running a cervical cap fitting site; leading classes in sexuality in public and private schools; gaining her RN; being a labor and delivery nurse and a homebirth doula; growing medicinal plants and making plant medicine; birthing and raising two sons; caring for honeybees; surviving brain injury.

Thirteen years ago she dreamed into and birthed WiseBodies, a school in which all humans can come together in safety and joy to recognize sexuality as a force for good, a way to connect fully within the natural world, and a magical pathway toward moving into wholeness.

Location

We will meet via Zoom so students can join us from anywhere!

Dates & Time

We'll meet on Wednesdays, from 4:15 - 5:45 pm. March 1st - May 31st, with no class April 5 or May 24th.

Registration + Cost

The semester cost is $360 - 600 for 12 classes. We ask that families make a commitment to attending classes for the full semester. Payment plans and partial scholarships are available. Priority given to Black, Indigenous and People of the Global Majority.

Please email wisebodies@wisebodies.org for more info.