Youth Enrichment Offerings
through our Youth Empowerment Program (YEP)
Stronger Together Now has been approved to provide enrichment programs for SBCUSD for the next five years!
Enrichment program offerings are available through EXL.
Enrichment program offerings are available through EXL.
STN offers a variety of engaging offerings that focused on a wide range of topics:
- Ball Above All: basketball drills & skills
- Art, music, dance, & DJ mixing
- Workforce skills: barbering, cosmetology
- Screen-printing, heat press merch & art
- Socio-emotional support centered on self-love
- Entrepreneurship, start-ups, & how to run a business
- Nonprofits & community outreach
- Black History & Juneteenth-centered events
- Social justice & civic duty: how to show up at the local level safely
- Chase Your Dreams: financial literacy workshops
Enrichment offerings are typically adopted through EXL and provided in a 6–8-week series. Topics are also available through assemblies; the costs range depending on the topic, audience size, length of assembly, and number of attendees. Please reach out directly for examples of standard assembly proposals. STN is happy to meet with you to discuss your school’s needs, budget, and desired outcomes.
The Barber's Club
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This barbering series is led by Markie from The Barber's Club in DTSB and is meant to be a 6-8 week offering for high school students. Roll-out begins at Arroyo Valley High School on 1/14/2025. Finale will include a competition that involves school admin, staff, and students!
BARBERING BASICS
Students receive instruction on theory and barbering practices. Topics include the following
barbering basics:
HAIR CARE
Hair care is an essential part of barber training. Many students go on to build a career focusing
only on hair care services including haircuts and styling. Students learn a broad range of
techniques and barber services. Training includes:
FACIAL HAIR AND SKIN CARE
Beard and mustache shape, style, and grooming. Skincare lessons help barbers learn how to get
a better shave, improve skin tone, and reduce signs of aging. Topics include:
BARBERSHOP MANAGEMENT & COMPETITION
To prepare students for the professional workforce, business skills include how to provide
excellent customer service to clients, encourage repeat customers, comply with regulations and
more. Topics of study include:
BARBERING BASICS
Students receive instruction on theory and barbering practices. Topics include the following
barbering basics:
- Barber history
- Terminology
- Types of hair
- Tools and their uses
- Infection control
- Customer service
- Bacteriology
HAIR CARE
Hair care is an essential part of barber training. Many students go on to build a career focusing
only on hair care services including haircuts and styling. Students learn a broad range of
techniques and barber services. Training includes:
- Haircuts
- Hairstyling
- Shampoo
- Hair coloring
FACIAL HAIR AND SKIN CARE
Beard and mustache shape, style, and grooming. Skincare lessons help barbers learn how to get
a better shave, improve skin tone, and reduce signs of aging. Topics include:
- Shaving and shaping (mustache and beard)
- Facial hair design
- Scalp massage
- Skin diseases and conditions
- Electricity and light therapy
BARBERSHOP MANAGEMENT & COMPETITION
To prepare students for the professional workforce, business skills include how to provide
excellent customer service to clients, encourage repeat customers, comply with regulations and
more. Topics of study include:
- Sales and marketing
- Business
- Professional ethics
- Equipment care
- Infection control and safe work practices
- State and local laws
BALL ABOVE ALL
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Stronger Together Now aims to enable, educate and empower youth through connectedness, inclusion, and collaboration. We want to team up with the schools to express the value of education, sports, and the entrepreneurial spirit.
One of STN's popular basketball assemblies focuses on the Triple Threat. It is meant to connect the "triple threat" position in basketball with the social-emotional learning concept of stop, think, and act. By effectively conveying this connection, we empower students in their daily lives, as well as on the basketball court. Imagine a basketball player standing in the triple threat position: feet shoulder-width apart, knees bent, ball held at chest level. In this stance, the player has three options: 1) pass, 2) shoot, or 3) dribble. Each option requires quick thinking, strategic decision-making, and decisive action. Similarly, in life, we often face choices that demand careful consideration before acting. It's about taking a moment to assess the situation, gather information, and consider the potential consequences of each choice. Want to see an example of us in action? Basketball Above All Assembly at Ramona Alessandro Black History event at Arroyo Verde Elementary |
RediscoverU Teen Series
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Now, teens can be led in a self-love series that was originally provided to women in the City of Lancaster by STN board member and founder of RediscoverU, Amber Beaugard.
Schools may choose as a series of six assemblies throughout the school year, or as one full-day workshop, depending on the vision and budget. Series of six assemblies:
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Carousel Creatives
DJing
Beat Making 101
Freestyle Dance
Student Learning Outcomes:
1. Understand a DJs role and knowing your audience.
2. Understanding the history of DJing and Hip-Hop’s influences
3. Respect the equipment and instructor's time.
4. Learning the technical skills needed to create a mix
5. using a Pioneer REV1 Controller
6. Understand patience and being attentive to details
Beat Making 101
Freestyle Dance
Student Learning Outcomes:
1. Understand a DJs role and knowing your audience.
2. Understanding the history of DJing and Hip-Hop’s influences
3. Respect the equipment and instructor's time.
4. Learning the technical skills needed to create a mix
5. using a Pioneer REV1 Controller
6. Understand patience and being attentive to details