Our Program
Project Greer Street, an award-winning program, has a profound and comprehensive impact on its participating students by utilizing a unique curriculum for each year of high school that provides a special pathway to create options for success.
It is a one-of-a-kind proven transformational academic enrichment program that utilizes a bold new approach and framework to promote high achievement among African American high school males by cultivating an academic and educational ecosystem and eliminating roadblocks to their success. The high-touch, four-year pipeline program ​starts during the first month of high school with the selected cohort of
students and concludes once each student makes a final college decision.
The program features a series of bi-weekly in-person classroom sessions conducted during the four-year period. The areas of focus and instruction are:
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Creation of an Ecosystem for Academic Success
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Educational Competitiveness
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Leadership
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Self-Esteem
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Individual Accountability and Responsibility
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Personal Maturity
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Written and Oral Communication
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Ambition and Work Ethic
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Professional Advancement
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Perseverance and Resiliency
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College Preparation
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Employment and Internships
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Contemporary Challenges and Obstacles
IN-PERSON CLASS SESSIONS
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Bi-weekly in-person classroom sessions
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Engaging and thought-provoking Socratic methodology with a focus on critical thinking, proactive problem solving, and the keys and tactics for academic and professional success
EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT & RESOURCES
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Academic guidance and counsel
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Intensive writing instruction
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Oral presentation/public speaking development
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Personal/professional development
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Facilitation of academic tutoring
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Development of interviewing skills
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Extracurricular activities
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Consistent student/parent meetings
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Standardized test preparation
HIGHER EDUCATION
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Comprehensive consultative services for college application process
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Comprehensive consultative services for college scholarships
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Review and analysis of college financial aid offers.
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College visits and final evaluation
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Consultative services for college considerations and finalattendance decision
EXPERIENTIAL OPPORTUNITIES
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Guest speakers
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Business field trips
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Cultural experience activities
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College Visits