COVID laid bare the inequities in education and how equitable opportunities are so dependent upon parental background, wealth and access to resources. True to our “set of the sail” philosophy, we seamlessly shifted to a virtual platform to deliver year-round programming in 2020, including one-on-one academic coaching, mentoring, real-world experiences […]
Our 2019 year-round programming for our BOSS participants includes one-on-one academic coaching, mentoring, real-world experiences and opportunities for advocacy and service. Highlights have included the following: • Saturday sessions on each of the 6 BOSS Pillars (Economically, Mentally, Physically, Socially, Emotionally and Spiritually BOSS); • Regular, one-on-one academic coaching in […]
Our 2018 year-round programming for our BOSS student-athletes and their non-athlete peers included weekly one-on-one academic coaching, mentoring, real world experiences and opportunities for advocacy and service. Please enjoy this Google photo gallery that captures some of our “off-season” engagements. Highlights included: • Saturday sessions on each of the 6 […]
This past BOSS Saturday, our students were joined by Gentlemen Under Construction founder Christopher Jolivette who shared tips his insight and tips to help the boys better manage their hygiene, their expectation and their own personal responsibility around personal hygiene. Chris played high school basketball but chose the US Navy […]
The pursuit of our dreams is about embracing possibilities and choosing to accomplish more in our lives. Whether personal or professional, when we set goals and begin on the path towards reaching them, we’re truly forging our own growth. With that thought in mind, our BOSS student-athletes were treated to […]
As part of our new partnership with Innovos Robotics, we spent last Saturday at the College of Business on the Long Beach State campus exposing our student-athletes to the world of robotics…. how to design, build and program robots to compete in FIRST Robotics Competitions. First is an organization that […]
Imagine students not missing assignments! Through the unique Do and Due system, we began the process of helping students control their schedules instead of their schedule controlling them. They learned techniques on how to properly and effectively use our unique Do and Due agenda to plan their day, week, and […]
BOSS student athlete Jakob Brannon, a 7 th grade student-athlete (soccer/track) at Newcomb Academy in Long Beach and BOSS founder Everett Glenn were among the 4 mentoring pairs selected by the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation as winners of the 4th Annual Mentoring Road Trip […]
Our 1st BOSS™ Weekend, a celebration of the power of sport to change live and the annual fundraiser for “BOSS” was a huge success. BOSS is the signature program of ESP Education & Leadership Institute, and a year-round, multi-year “process” that uses sports to get young men to NOT focus […]
Using the FDIC’s comprehensive financial education curriculum “Smart Money for Young People”, we have covered the first 5 modules of a 12-lesson curriculum designed to help young people enhance their financial skills and create positive banking relationships. The table below illustrates the topic and learning objectives for each of the […]
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