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Expose Excellence assists in advocating for the youth by accessing educational resources and overcoming barriers to enrichment opportunities. The intention of the Expose Excellence Youth Outreach Program is to ensure that youth have the skills, knowledge, and support needed to encourage self-efficacy and a sense one belonging in their community. These top important goals drive our programming: to help youth achieve healthy lives, succeed academically, and acquire the life skills needed to prepare them for adulthood. The Expose Excellence Youth Program strives to establish partnerships with Fort Bend schools, churches, and local community organizations to reach all youth and provide the services needed.
All programs are not one size fits all. In order to make the greatest impact, youth programs must fit the needs of the student demographic and environment. The programs and curriculum we provide are created to be tailored to specific groups with specific needs. They can be offered in school, after school, and in some cases over the weekend.
Positive youth development programs strengthen young people’s sense of identity, belief in the future, self-regulation, and self-efficacy as well as their social, emotional, cognitive, and behavioral competence. Youth enrichment programs often provide the skills and education that is not normally included in the school curriculum. These programs also have the potential to prevent substance use and violence behaviors that contribute to risky behaviors and are associated with improvements in academic performance. In Expose Excellence Youth Program we want youth to be able to interact with each other while learning a new skill in areas that interest them.
Today’s youth will be the future leaders of tomorrow. The Expose Excellence Leadership Program provides youth with necessary skills, experiences, and exposure to the qualities and characteristics needed to become adult leaders. According to the NCWD (The National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth), the definition of youth leadership is:
(1) “The ability to guide or direct others on a course of action, influence the opinion and behavior of other people, and show the way by going in advance”
(2) “The ability to analyze one’s own strengths and weaknesses, set personal and vocational goals, and have the self-esteem to carry them out. It includes the ability to identify community resources and use them, not only to live independently, but also to establish support networks to participate in community life and to effect positive social change”
Students in the leadership program will tap into their inner leader and get to use these skills among their peers, friends, and community.
Program Structure
Outcomes and Expectations for Students
Students who participate in the Expose Excellence will be able to:
The transition from 8th grade to 9th grade can be very difficult and adapting to a new environment is not easy. The anti-bullying program is specifically designed for 8th grade students who will be entering high school and for 9th graders who have just entered high school. This program provides the students with the education to help raise awareness to the risks of bullying and create effective solutions. Students who participate in this program will have the tools needed to intervene in the bullying done middle school as the older kids, and be able to stand up for themselves and for others.
Program Structure
Outcomes and Expectations for Students
Students who participate in the Expose Excellence will be able to:
Art education connects students with their own culture as well as with the wider world. Students in the EEYP Art Exploration Program will be able to develop their artistic self-expression by participating in sessions focused on different forms of art each week. They will learn about drawing, painting, photography, musical elements, and performing arts. Students will explore art through fun and educational activities, while working on a final art piece to display at the closing exhibition of the program. Special guest artists will give professional and knowledgeable insight to help the students with their artistic ability and creative expression.
Program Structure
Outcomes & Expectations
Students who participate in EEYP’s Art Exploration Program will:
The Expose Excellence Youth Program Journalism Academy aims to provide students with the knowledge and skills needed in the field of journalism. Students will learn how to write effectively and
with purpose. Students will understand different types of writing and why it is used. Participants in the program will be given writing tasks weekly, a broadcasting assignment and will be given a final project that will include their writing samples.
Program Structure
Outcomes and Expectations
Students who participate in the expose excellence youth program journalism academy will be able to:
If you are interested in bringing Expose Excellence Programs to your school, please contact Juno Okoro at [email protected].
