Leadership and Character Development

FAME Academy

The FAME Academy is a rigorous 3-year pipeliine program designed to provide promising African American students with limited financial resources the acdemic resources and opportunities needed to succeed at challeging educational institutions. The FAME Academy works closely with middle school students as they complete an accelerated academic curriculum during a 6-week summer program with Saturday […]

Middle Warriors at Pittsburgh Arlington PreK-8

The Middle Warrior program is a hybrid between the elementary afterschool model and the Warrior program. The middle school students are supported with their academic studies for 90 minutes per day and spend the remaining 90 minutes reading, mentoring and tutoring our elementary students at their school’s afterschool program. This program operates directly in the […]

Middle Warriors at Pittsburgh Arsenal 6-8

The Middle Warrior program is a hybrid between the elementary afterschool model and the Warrior program. NLA partners with Bloomfield Garfield Corporation to provide programming at Pittsburgh Arsenal. The middle school students are supported with their academic studies for 90 minutes per day and spend the remaining 90 minutes reading, mentoring and tutoring our elementary […]

Middle Warriors at Pittsburgh Morrow PreK-8

The Middle Warrior program is a hybrid between the elementary afterschool model and the Warrior program. NLA partners with Allegheny Youth Development to provide programming at Pittsburgh Morrow. The middle school students are supported with their academic studies for 90 minutes per day and spend the remaining 90 minutes reading, mentoring and tutoring our elementary […]

Middle Warriors at Pittsburgh Schiller

The Middle Warrior program is a hybrid between the elementary afterschool model and the Warrior program. NLA partners with Allegheny Youth Development to provide programming at Pittsburgh Schiller. The middle school students are supported with their academic studies for 90 minutes per day and spend the remaining 90 minutes reading, mentoring and tutoring our elementary […]

Middle Warriors at Pittsburgh Westinghouse

The Middle Warrior program is a hybrid between the elementary afterschool model and the Warrior program. NLA partners with Mt. Ararat Community Activity Center to provide programming at Pittsburgh Westinghouse. The middle school students are supported with their academic studies for 90 minutes per day and spend the remaining 90 minutes reading, mentoring and tutoring […]

NLA Warriors Program

The Warriors Program is designed to build interest in reading and STEM and to significantly increase the reading proficiency of elementary students who are behind a grade level. Supervised by certified teachers, high-school students form one-on-one reading partner relationships by mentoring elementary students through two hours of reading, literacy and STEM activities each day. All […]

Listen UP Pittsburgh Neighborhood Classic Debate

This tournament style debate will teach our teens critical thinking and public speaking skills to make them empowered members of their community. The skillsets they learn through debate can be used to transform the world around them and generate solutions to problems plaguing their communities. We encourage creativity and innovation and this debate allows teens […]

K.E.Y.S. to the Promise (Knowledge and Empowerment to Yield Success)

K.E.Y.S to the Promise utilizes dialogue, multimedia, performing and fine arts, and practical application lessons in small group settings to help to develop daily living skills to increase the personal potential of youth in order to strengthen the fabric of the individual, family, and community in present and future economies. This program builds character development, […]

Leadership Extension—Pittsburgh Allegheny 6-8

The Leadership Extension Program is formulated to encourage girls to develop self-potential and values, relate to others and contribute to society. Offered in a safe, all-girl environment, Leadership Extension is delivered by a leadership facilitator, employed by GSWPA, twice a week during the academic year with occasional after-school sessions. Leadership Extension is girl-led and incorporates […]