1. Academic Achievement
To instill in at-risk youth that they are capable of high academic achievement.
To increase resources available to at-risk youth to enhance their ability to become life-long learners.
To intervene in the lives of at-risk youth by providing them with the skills and tools needed to reach their highest academic potential.
To foster in youth the interest and the motivation to remain in school, graduate and go on to college.
To provide opportunities and encouragement to parents to become involved in their childrens learning process.
2. Cultural Enrichment
To improve the quality of at-risk youths extracurricular activities and integrate those activities closely with academic goals.
To expand opportunities for at-risk youth to interact positively in different environments and situations.
To enhance excellence through the understanding and acceptance of diversity.
To provide positive role models aiding at-risk youth in gaining a strong sense of self-worth.
3. Personal Development and Welfare
To provide at-risk youth with rewarding experiences during which they can practice self-control, leadership and communicating.
To facilitate the development of constructive mentoring relationships between the at-risk youths and positive role models.
To create a safe and supportive learning environment for at-risk youth.
To provide high quality programs that support the academic, creative, personal and social development of at-risk youth at they grow toward adulthood.
To provide positive experiences in group participation and opportunities to build leadership skills.
To provide ways for at-risk youth to contribute to their community.
To intervene in the lives of at-risk youth in order to provide them with alternatives that lead them away from crime and violence.
To provide opportunities for regular physical activity of our at-risk youth.
To decrease the prevalence of youth obesity thereby decreasing the social discrimination endured by our overweight youth.
 4. Career Development
To develop the ability of at-risk youth to effectively communicate with others in a positive manner.
To prepare at-risk youth academically and socially so that their access to college and their potential for success in college is increased.
To prepare at-risk youth for different career opportunities that await them once they graduate high school.
To support at-risk youth and advise them how to overcome obstacles in order to reach their career goals.
To provide the tools to at-risk youth that are necessary for them to be successful professionally.
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