Mr. Funt's Circus in the Classroom program combines performing arts, physical education, and character building to give students a unique learning experience. The program began based on the work of Reg Bolton, an Australian circus performer turned educator, who found that using the skills of the circus, including clown, he was able to reach and engage children in school with much more success by using circus to develop the skills of Individuality, Safe Risk Taking, Teamwork, Aspiration, Imagination and Play. Circus in the Classroom has borrowed from the scientific research of Ringling Brothers’ Circus Fit program, Social Circus, and Holistic Circus Therapy, and Dr. Stuart Brown to provide students with a valuable experiences that go beyond just the learning of the skills themselves. In the class we focus on acrobatics, juggling, walking globe, slack line, rola bola, clown, and more.