FRIENDS OF BARACK OBAMA MALE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

STUDENT ENRICHMENT As part of the extended learning exploration, students are challenged with a rigorous academic curriculum focusing on student-core academics, brotherhood, character, service, citizenship, and a standard of excellence. Student enrichment opportunities include participation in local and national programs in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math), college tours, cultural immersion, and leadership development. Students are equipped with tools that empower them to become the next generation of leaders, change agents, future husbands, fathers, and role models in their community Extended learning through early exposure to real-world experiences helps to foster academic success by helping young men to pursue their passions and develop a growth mindset that will enable them not only to dream but to achieve those dreams through tenacity and self-motivation.

Sustaining and expanding program enrichment is essentialthat it gives our young men the opportunity to explore new areas of interest and develop the necessary skills to prepare them for the workforce of tomorrow. Eighty percent of the young men served come from socially under-resourced households in Dallas. Program enrichment provides strategies and tools to enrich the development of the students and facilitate generational change so that generational poverty can be eliminated through education. A variety of strategies are put in place to break the cycle of poverty and to help students reach their full potential through extended learning programs. Through these efforts students can grow academically, socially, and emotionally. Furthermore, students are given equitable resources through state-of-the-art tools, software, equipment, and additional technology.