GUIDE RIGHT: KAPPA KAMP
Kappa Alpha Psi ® Hosts Kappa Kamp Mentorship Program at Paul Quinn College By Maurice West
K appa Kamp is Kappa Alpha Psi's ® summer enrichment program, which provides students, ages 12-16, with the opportunity to acquire productive life- skills through intensive workshops and learning through structured activities. Students choose from a selection of academic/entrepreneurship based classes and sports and enrichment classes offered. Kampers also attended a variety of cultural and recreational activities, field trips and educational lectures. Work, fun and more, all take place within a safe, professionally designed and supervised setting. The Kappa Kamp curriculum is geared to: • Provide college readiness, business development and enrichment activities for program youth • Motivate students to seek higher levels of achievement • Expose students to activities rich in cultural information and experiences • Develop students’ reading, writing, and speaking skills while involved in each camp • Provide experiences that focus on science technology and survival
• Allow campers to make friends from around the world in a structured, safe environment • Provide a spiritual faith-based atmosphere for human growth and development • Provide character education and citizenship in an ethical environment Fundamentals of Leadership & Entrepreneurship The Fundamentals of Leadership & Entrepreneurship (FLE) track is a two-week immersion into the nuts and bolts of the business world by challenging the students to create a viable business. Kampers will be taught the fundamentals of leadership, entrepreneurship, marketing, accounting, operations, and organizational behavior, while coming to understand the integrated role these functions play in every successful endeavor. Leadership will be taught from the perspective of servant leadership. Additionally, they will be separated into teams and will generate their own business ideas. The Kampers will submit these ideas in the form of business plans and prototypes. The team with the best plan will receive a
monetary prize. The Principles of STEM The Principles of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) course is designed to introduce Kampers to STEM related studies and learning experiences in order to inspire their interest in STEM fields. In keeping with the Kamp’s focus on moving the Kampers from theory to application, each of the Kamper’s group projects from FLE will include a STEM component. The program features presentations on financial literacy, dress and style, legal issues, bullying and community awareness along with healthy eating. Since its move to Dallas, the Kamp improved many of its metrics. For example: • 650 Kampers attending from an average of 23 states during the past four years. Last year, Kappa Kamp served 110 young men and their families • 27 Kampers completed college
admissions applications and applied for scholarships. Five students are
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