1. LYA Cluster Schedule for 2015-2016
1. September 12
 What is an Achiever?
 Elevator Speech
 Boys’ and Girls’ Empowerment
2. September 26
 What is a Community?
 How Do We Fit in our Community?
 Boys’ and Girls’ Empowerment
3. October 10
 Define Leadership
 Intro to Public Speaking 101
 Boys’ and Girls’ Empowerment
4. October 24
 Public Speaking 201/301
 Speeches and Practice with Families (Feed Back)
 Boys’ and Girls’ Empowerment
5. November 14
 How to Study/What are Good Study Habits?
 Transition from MS to HS
 Boys’ and Girls’ Empowerment
6. November 21
 123 College (For parents and 11th and 12th graders)
 What Have You Learned about Study Habits?
 How Can Transitions Help?
 Boys’ and Girls’ Empowerment

2. 7. December 4
 How to Start Your Own Business
 What Does Your Future Look Like
 Boys’ and Girls’ Empowerment
8. December 19
 Christmas Social at the ARC
 Invite a Friend
 Sponsor 5-10 Children for Christmas
9. January 9
 Understand Your Brand
 Work on Business Plan
 Boys’ and Girls’ Empowerment
10. January 23
 Roll Out Your Business Plan to Group
 Business Fair
 Boys’ and Girls’ Empowerment
11. February 5
 How to Interview (101-Soft Skills)
 Break MS and HS up to Start Introduction to a Resume
 Boys’ and Girls’ Empowerment
12. February 26
 Real Life Interviews and Feedback (2-3 Minutes per teen)
 Feedback on Resumes
 Boys’ and Girls’ Empowerment

3. 13. March 12
 College Readiness
 What Does it Look Like?
 Is it For Me?
 Technical Schools
 Trade Schools
 Boys’ and Girls’ Empowerment
14. April 9
 College Readiness 202/303
 Financial Aid
 What’s Real and What’s Not
 Boys’ and Girls’ Empowerment
15. April 23
 How To Balance Life
 My Timeline
 Boys’ and Girls’ Empowerment
16. May 7
 Intro to Racial Equity
 Monopoly Game
 Boys’ and Girls’ Empowerment
17. May 21
 How Do I Put All This Together?
 What Does the future Hold for Me?
 How is my Timeline Going to Look?
 Boys’ and Girls’ Empowerment

4. Important Dates:
1. LYA Christmas Social- December 19
2. MLK Breakfast- January 19
3. MLK March- January 19
4. NCYAG- February 11-14
5. LYA Leadership Series- Oct. 22, Jan. 28, and April 21)
6. LYA College Day- TBA
7. LYA Banquet- TBA
8. EOC-TBA