Character Playbook

Character Playbook is a national partnership between United Way Worldwide and the National Football League to bring character education into schools. The digital education program, powered by EVERFI, trains students on how to build and maintain healthy relationships during adolescence and into adulthood.

Shortly after Character Playbook’s national launch in 2016, the Carolina Panthers teamed up with United Way of Greater Charlotte to kick off the program at more than a dozen sites within Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools and Cabarrus County Schools. The program since has expanded to more classes in existing schools as well as other schools in the Charlotte region.

Alexander Graham Middle School
Carmel Middle School
Cochrane Middle School
Coulwood STEM Academy
Francis Bradley Middle School
Governors Village STEM Academy (Upper)
James Martin Middle School
Northeast Middle School
Northwest School of the Arts
Quail Hollow Middle School
Randolph Middle School
Ranson IB Middle School
Robert F. Kennedy Middle School

Harris Road Middle School
Mount Pleasant High School
Mount Pleasant Middle School
Winkler Middle School

Kannapolis Middle School

Union Academy

“Middle school is such a critical age for children, because these students aren’t babies any more, but not yet adults. We as educators have to make a conscious effort to continue building character education before they enter high school.”

Tonya Faison, Principal at James Martin Middle School

CHARACTER PLAYBOOK LIVE

To kick off the third year of Character Playbook in our region, more than 1,000 students gathered for a live digital Q&A with Carolina Panthers player Torrey Smith.

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MENTAL WELLNESS BASICS

In the Charlotte region, five schools were the first to implement Mental Wellness Basics, a digital learning program designed by EVERFI to help educators incorporate mental wellness topics in their classrooms, grades eight through 10.

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