| The Saturday Leadership Academy is a nine week intervention Program, followed by a lifelong Citizenship Mentoring Program. The academy is designed to motivate young men of middle to high school age to achieve a higher level of success in school and as citizens.
During the Intervention Program (the first nine weeks) the young men are required to attend and participate in mentoring sessions from 9:00am-12:00pm each Saturday morning. The parent or sponsor is required to attend the orientation and participate in the evaluation of the student’s behavior.
After completing the Intervention Program, the students will enter the Citizenship mentoring Program, which is a life-long mentoring program designed to help the students mature into productive citizens. A mentor will be assigned to the young men that complete the Intervention Program. The mentors will continue to work with the young men making available to them the resources of the 100, to include scholarship funds for college.
Students must apply and be accepted into the program. Young men released from DJJ will get priority consideration when they apply to the academy. There will be two classes held on Saturday’s during the Intervention Program, one class of middle school age young men, and another class of high school age young men. There will be 15-25 young men in each class.
The program is hosted at the Hayward Career and Technology Center. All sessions are held at this facility.
Admission Criteria for Lunch Connections Program
To be a participant of the Lunch Connection, you must:
- Be hard working.
- Write a letter if intent.
- Be on a grade level of “C” or higher.
- Be on a behavioral level of “2” or higher.
- Have 45 or more days left on commitment.
- Be recommended by social work, operations, and education.
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