Key success pointers for the YWLA program:
Focused on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), the Young Women’s Leadership Academy offers a rigorous education curriculum, with a broad range of electives that includes the arts and humanities.
The school also focuses on leadership and health and wellness, developing confident, college-bound students and emphasizing critical reading and thinking.
Selection is based on a student’s driving desire to succeed.
Rigorous PSAT and SAT prep reduces test-taking stress and makes for high test scores.
YWLA’s College-bound Advisor identifies college opportunities and vital funding.
The bar is high and students, 65 percent of whom are economically disadvantaged, find the demanding curriculum requires making academic achievement their priority.
Even during the summer break, students carry a challenging load of reading and enrichment study.
Goal setting skill and empowerment to speak out are as vital to success as math and science days, field trips to universities, academic enrichment and parental involvement.
