ethanschoonover, For several years I worked as tech director at a local Seattle girls middle school where I also taught coding &, eventually, D&D.
I started off with an #RPG club of 6 girls that grew until, within 3 years, we had a third of the school in RPG clubs. I ran classes based on #DnD, we had RPG summer camps. It was a blast.
Doing some file cleanup just now and I found this audio we recorded for a podcast where some 6+7th graders intro'd their characters (level zero! because I ran it very old school).