Mentoring
Champaign-Urbana One-to-One Mentoring is an esteem-building program that unites one mentor with one student. They meet for approximately 40 minutes a week during the school day on the school campus. This partnership allows students and mentors to talk, read together, play games, work out in the gym, and participate in other activities to build and increase self esteem. Other mentoring programs include the TALKS Mentoring Program, Sankofa Pride, Man-Up, YWA (Young Women Aware), and Lead 4 Life.
STEM
Our STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) classroom partners with WOLFRAM Research to provide authentic learning and problem-solving when it comes to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math! Students learn how to code, create, and collaborate.
Enrichment
Our Literacy, Music & Performing Arts teams are top notch and have engaged or exposed our students with professional musicians such as: "Black Violin" members, Will Baptiste and Kevin Sylvester, composer Todd Stalter, author visits by Rick Riordan and Sharon Flake, partnered with the Krannert Center in various ways, arranged for student artists to participate in the Boneyard Arts Festival, among other enriching experiences.