From The Fire
The Program
PROGRAM DATES
FireHood Weekend Intensive Program (No Essay)
8 & 9 Grade Weekend Intensive Program*
10-12th Grade Two-Week Program
N/A For 2022
July 16-17, 2022
July 10-22, 2022
N/A For 2022
Application Deadline: July 1, 2022
Application Deadline: July 1, 2022
*Scholars who previously attended their 8 – 9 Grade Weekend Intensive Program maybe eligible to attend their 10 – 12 Grade Two Week Program.
Program Features:
Leadership Development and Success Preparation
- Leadership
- Emotional Intelligence
- Planning Process
- Goal Setting & Accomplishment
- Critical Reading
- Critical Writing
- Critical Thinking
- Social Awareness
- Team Building via Project Based Learning (PBL)
- Motivational speakers and thought leaders
- Financial aid and scholarship boot camp
Coaching & Mentorship
- The Coaching & Mentoring model are embedded in all instruction
- Mentor/mentee relationship will be built during and after the program
- Coach/Coachee relationship will after the program
- Coach/Mentor training will be provided before the execution of our Programs
- Peer mentoring instruction will be provided during the Alumni Program
Rites of Passage Program
- Assists scholars with social, communal, cultural, and self-development.
- Experiential activities involving mental, physical, and emotional trials and challenges.
- Closing Ceremony marking passage into young manhood.
Recommended Reading
☆ The Book of Proverbs, The KJV Bible
☆ Before the Mayflower Lerone Bennett, Jr.
☆ Up From Slavery Booker T. Washington
☆ The Souls of Black Folk W.E.B. DuBois
☆ The Miseducation of the Negro Carter G. Woodson
☆ The Autobiography of Malcom X Alex Haley & Malcom X
☆ The Autobiography Martin Luther King, Jr (Edited by Clayborne Carson)
☆ How To Be An Anti-Racist Ibram X. Kendi
☆ Between The World And Me Ta-Nehisi Coates
☆ Think and Grow Rich A Black Choice Dennis Kimbro
☆ 37 Things Every Black Man Needs To Know Errol Smith
☆ Solutions for Black America Jawanza Kunjufu
2022 Tuition and Fees (Financial Aid Is Available On a Case By Case Basis via Application, Contact Us For Information)
- $100 FireHood Weekend Intensive Program, June 24-26, 2022
- $349 8 & 9 Grade Weekend Intensive Program, July 16-17, 2022
- $599 10-12 Grade Two-Week Program July 10-22, 2022 ($499 If you Previously Attended a FTF 8-9 Grade Program)
- Application deadline for all programs is June 15, 2022
Scholars Are Encouraged to Use The Attached Fundraising Packet
Admission Criteria and Checklist
Participants are selected on a competitive case by case basis. A qualified application includes the following components:
- Completed and submitted online application by June 15, 2022
- 2.7 GPA preferred
- Recent high school/school transcript
- 1 Page Essay (On one of the following topics)
- What person in your community has made a positive impact and how has that individual inspired you? or
- Describe two creative activities that could help make your community a better place.
*Essay Not Required For FireHood Program
*Those Who Previously Attended FTF 8-9th Grade Program Will Review/Update Their Previous Essay
Space is limited so please APPLY EARLY!