The Real Game Series™ (TRGS)
Testimony
Here's what a Superintendent of Schools says about TRGS...
Testimony
Excerpts from "The Real Game Series™
Here are some statements made about TRGS within the last year from several sites in California:
“The school climate has gotten better, our academic performance has gotten better and I think it all relates to us providing a connection for kids to the school.”
Michael B. Stevens, Past Principal
Lee Junior High School, Woodland, CA
“They get very excited about who they are, what they’re learning about, the potential that they may have. A lot of kids have a great idea or think they have an idea about what they may want to do, but until they get into the activities of The Real Game do they actually see how it can be put together.”
Michael Gangitano, School Counselor
Lee Junior High School, Woodland, CA
“The way we can tell positive results are happening in the classroom is that kids are working together, kids are making progress, kids are learning about the link between the things they are learning in school now and the things they’re going to use later in work.”
Lisa Guillen, Career/School Counselor
Crossroads Employment Services, Sacramento, CA
“The way this game and the materials really help, I think, is to help the kids see what real life is going to be 5, 10, 15 years from now when they are, not actually in a school setting, learning, but hopefully, lifelong learners.”
Panna Putnam, Middle School Coordinator
Yolo County Office of Education, Woodland, CA
“It can serve as an inspiration for higher learning.”
James Rumsey, Parent
Lee Junior High School, Woodland, CA
“The materials are very easy to use. You can really pick and choose to make it suit your curriculum and the time you have to spend on it. And my feeling is that any of it is better than none of it. It’s just a tremendously self-guiding, self-tutorial game.”
Jan Hill, Teacher
Redwood Middle School, Napa, CA
“This is life, this is what happens when you become a grown up and she even told me she goes ‘Mom, I didn’t know it was so hard to be a grown up.’ You know, this is life stuff. She realized that you just don’t go out to the backyard and pick the money off the tree, you know, you have to work really, really hard, so, I just thought that was the greatest thing I ever heard.”
Shari Cearley, Parent
Lee Junior High School, Woodland, CA
“I just think it’s a good game because instead of having the teachers lecture us and tell us what we need to do, this is more something where we can find out for ourselves that we have to do this to succeed in life and get a good job.”
Natalie Hurley, Student
Redwood Middle School, Napa, CA
“It’s totally hands on and it shows you about what, you know, what life’s like and how it’s not always easy to get a job and how you have to write a resume, go to college and, you know, just try your best and I think everyone should learn that.”
Taylor Fugit, Student
Redwood Middle School, Napa, CA
“I find that attendance goes up when we are playing The Real Game. If a child is absent I actually get a phone message on my voice mail service that says, “What did I miss? Please have it ready for my parents to pick up in the front office” They don’t want to miss.”
Jan Hill, Teacher
Redwood Middle School, Napa, CA