Sister Circle is a dynamic and inclusive female empowering group committed to uplifting, supporting, and celebrating girls from all walks of life.  Our group acts as a safe space where girls can freely express themselves, share their experiences, and embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery. We embrace diversity and honor the unique stories, backgrounds, and perspectives that each member brings to the collective.

An Academic Team is a group of students who come together to participate in various academic competitions, challenges, and tournaments. These teams are typically formed within educational institutions such as schools, colleges, or universities. The primary purpose of an Academic Team is to foster intellectual growth, promote teamwork, and engage in friendly competition while representing their institution.

Members of our Academic Team were chosen based on their academic prowess, critical thinking abilities, and subject expertise in specific areas such as math, science, literature, history, or general knowledge. This team comprises of students from different grade levels, allowing for a diverse range of perspectives and skills.

Robotics teams are groups of individuals who come together to collaborate on the design, construction, and programming of robots. These teams typically consist of students, mentors, and sometimes industry professionals who share a common interest in robotics and engineering. The primary goal of a robotics team is to participate in competitions, where they showcase their robots' capabilities and compete against other teams.

Our Robotics Team inspires our students to be science and technology leaders and innovators by engaging them in exciting mentor-based programs that build science, engineering, and technology skills, that inspire innovation, and that foster well-rounded life abilities including self-confidence, communication, and leadership. 

Our integrated African Centered Education curriculum is firmly planted within the concept of African Rites of Passage. The primary goal is to facilitate our children’s knowledge and understanding of self – who they are and what they are about – the purpose and meaning of their existence as they progress through life. The goal then is to provide African-American students with the tools and skills with which to minimize the forces that seek to destroy them but at the same time, allow them to achieve self-respect, self-discipline, physical, academic, mental, and emotional success based on the principles of Kwanzaa, the Nguzo Saba. Coupled with the Ma’atian virtues, the focus of values includes responsibility, decision-making, problem-solving and Conflict Resolution. Although it's instilled in every student in every grade, our 8th grade students participate in an in-depth class throughout the school year. We then culminate the teachings with a Rites of Passage Ceremony.

Rooted in the music and dance of Africa, our African Drum & Dance programs are designed to educate and empower.  We love African drumming and dancing, as it promotes cultural diversity and confidence through self-expression. We know that this music and dance has the capacity to transform every child’s life.

Each month, Garvey teachers choose one student from their classroom to be the Student of the Month representative.  Students are chosen based on various characteristics or actions that make them candidates. Students are recognized during Harambee and receive special gifts for their hard-earned work.

The Heidelberg Arts Leadership Academy (HALA) is a free in-school or after-school arts education program designed to empower students in grades 4 through 12 with the tools they need to become active change agents in their community.

Garvey Girls is focused on the well-being of girls of color. Garvey Girl’s mission is to educate and empower Black and Brown girls by encouraging self-acceptance while cultivating social, emotional & intellectual well-being through our enrichment programs.

LitClub is an in-depth literacy and empowerment program run once a week after school in small groups. LitClub members and their mentors come together in each session to share stories, build community, and develop as resilient changemakers and leaders.

Girl Scouts unleashes the G.I.R.L. (Go-getter, Innovator, Risk-taker, Leader) in every girl, preparing her for a lifetime of leadership—from taking a night-time hike under the stars to accepting a mission on the International Space Station; from lobbying the city council with her troop to holding a seat in Congress; from running her own cookie business today to tackling cybersecurity tomorrow.

Big Brothers Big Sisters has operated under the belief that inherent in every child is incredible potential. As the nation’s largest donor- and volunteer-supported mentoring network, Big Brothers Big Sisters makes meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers (“Bigs”) and children (“Littles”), ages 5 through young adulthood in communities across the country. We develop positive relationships that have a direct and lasting effect on the lives of young people.