THE SBU ACADEMY

The SBU Academy provides a pathway from middle school to high school to college to careers for primarily first-generation and immigrant youth. The program keeps youth on track academically and supports their mental and physical wellbeing by combining competitive soccer with academic enrichment, college prep, mentoring, leadership development, and youth and family support services. All student-athletes train and compete with one of ten travel soccer teams, while attending at least two afternoons or evenings of classroom-based programming each week. This includes afterschool tutoring, boys and girls discussion groups, high school preparation, math and English groups, SAT preparation, and college prep mentoring for high school seniors. Throughout the year, youth participate in college trips, service projects, leadership activities, and team-building events often. During the summer, most participants attend the five-week, full-day Summer Soccer Scholars program.

188 Youth Served, Ages 11-19