The Young Achievers
Program seeks to develop and encourage excellence in young men who are in their
junior and senior years of high
school. It encourages students to go to college
and provides support in the form of mentors and enrichment activities to assist
them to build self-confidence, hone their academic skills, focus on college
readiness and develop the life skills they need for success in college and
beyond. This photograph shows chapter members and Young
Achievers at one of the program's monthly workshops.
Chapter members, members
of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity, school administrators
and community role models work together to conduct workshops on
topics like personal and career goals, college planning, college essay writing
and interview skills, and time management skills.
The
workshops provide opportunities for discussion, learning and
networking that can address the Achievers' needs. In this
picture, parents of participants in the Young Achievers Program are shown
speaking to the chapter regarding the efficacy and value of the
program.
Services to Support Male High School Students in Achieving Excellence and to Encourage Young Children to Read  Working
with the Omicron Psi Phi Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity and New Rochelle High
School in New Rochelle, NY, the Young Achievers Program provides support
to male high school students in the form of mentors and enrichment activities.
This photo, which was taken at one of the program's workshops, shows the
Achievers, members of a career awareness panel, New Rochelle High School
administrators, chapter members, and members of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.  The Young
Achievers Program assists participating students to prepare for applying to
college. As part of that preparation, the program arranges for the Achievers to
attend
the annual college fair held locally in the Westchester County Center.
Prior to attending the fair, students are oriented so they can take
maximum advantage of the opportunity to learn about a variety of colleges. This
picture shows two of the Achievers interacting with a college
representative.
The Young Achievers Program aims to help participants build self-confidence
and self-esteem, and develop life skills necessary for success
in college
and beyond. To this end, one of the program's workshops focuses on appropriate
clothing for various types of occasions and settings.
Major department stores
send representatives who demonstrate how appropriate clothes can
contribute to how a person is perceived and therefore to their success. This
photo shows two presenters at a Dress for Success workshop.
In addition
to opportunities to learn skills, the Young Achievers Program also aims to
provide workshops that offer networking opportunities. One of the most popular
workshops is devoted to increasing participants' awareness of careers,
including those in STEM professions. This picture
shows a panel where a
psychologist, a music executive, a judge, a West Point cadet, and a biologist
discussed why they chose their careers
and how they prepared for them.
This
photo shows participants in the Young Achievers Program listening intently at
a career awareness panel presentation. Annual Karolyn Thomas Book Fair
The
chapter's book fair is offered in partnership with the Theodore Young
Community Center. The fair offers free
books to children in order
to encourage reading and provide materials so children can
practice their reading skills,
and to help develop children's love of
books. Children are given a set amount of play money that they can use to
"pay" for the books they select. Math skills come into
play as the children select a book and then calculate how
much of their play money they still need
to "spend". This photo shows members of the chapter
preparing the tables
of books for the fair.
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