OUR MISSION
The mission of Stimulating Minds through Entrepreneurship and Leadership (SMEL) is to introduce the forces of entrepreneurship by exploring creative thinking, critical decision-making, and unconventional methods.
Through leadership, entrepreneurs will explore ten principles that will propel high self-esteem, confidence, and autonomy to be recognized change-makers and community leaders. We are confident that our revitalized change-makers and community leaders will be successful entrepreneurs and inspire many others to step out on faith.
OUR VISION
SMEL will concentrate on improving learning deficiencies within our children through enhanced and innovative Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics comprehensive activities. We will continuously provide emotional and physical supportive services. Our empowered staff will achieve such results through investing their skills and time into each child enrolled in our programs.
SMEL will continue to enrich the parents of our children by providing job-readiness programs and supporting higher education mobility. Lastly, our administration and leadership team will ensure that three goals are met daily - one, staff and participants are safe; two, motivate through productive leadership; and third, everyone have fun.
OUR SERVICES
QUICK GLIMPSE AT SMEL
56.4%
of our participants are in middle school
Data as of August 6, 2024
55.7%
affirm there's an academic connection to Math
89.8%
would recommend this program to other students
18
92%
believe our programming activities are time well spent
65%
rate the overall quality of the program as "Exceptional"
100%
of our programming occurs during day school
FROM A SMELION'S PERSPECTIVE
DISCLAIMER: Students were asked ten questions about their experience in SMEL programs. No student was coerced into answering a question in favor of bettering SMEL.
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DISCLAIMER: All projects and initiatives are solely lead by students with a specific desire to address a problem of their interest. No student was coerced into pursuing a specific topic.