Game Plan Academy (GPA)
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“Developing & executing the right game plan is the key to performing
successfully in academics, athletics,&the game of life.”
www.GamePlanAcademy.com
Noble Cause: The Mission
• GPA provides professional, personalized academic, athletic, and mentorship services to Sacramento high school students who normally would not have access to these resources.
Inequity: The Challenge
• The achievement gap continues to grow between high-income high school students and students at low-income high schools.
• Students at high-income schools have access to youth enhancement services.
• Students at low-income schools lack access to youth enhancement services.
• Access to these services improves performance athletically, academically, and co-curricularly.
Social Innovation: The P3 Response
• Provide students with youth enhancement services to empower them to pursue their educational goals and attend college.
• Private/NonProfit/Public Partnership (P3)– Private: Academic Impact, The ESM Group
– Private: Going Vertical, Carmazzi Air Academy
– NonProfit: Education NOW!
– Public: Hiram Johnson High School, Mayor Kevin Johnson, and Sacramento Unified School District
Private: Academic Impact
• Ai provides students with academically rigorous tutorial services for all subjects.
Private: The ESM Group
• ESM Group provides students with strategic college counseling and test prep services.
Private:AVD’s Going Vertical
• AVD provides athletes with professional strength, agility, and power training.
Private:Carmazzi Air Academy
• GioCarmazzi provides students with personalized quarterback training.
NonProfit: Education NOW!
• 501(c)(3) with the charter to fund scholarships for low-income, college-bound high school students and to provide assistance to local educational programs in Sacramento that support and empower low-income students through access to mentorship services.
• Director: Billy Downing, founder of ESM
• GPA established as Education NOW! program.
Public: Hiram Johnson High School
• HJ is a low-income, inner-city school that fits our target population perfectly.
• Coach / AD: John Fleming donated facilities.
Public: Sac. Unified School District
Public: Mayor Kevin Johnson
Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson Speaks at GPA
1st GPA Academy*
• Eight weeks, each Sunday from 10:30 AM –2:30 PM, during March, April, & May– 1.5 hrs. in the classroom: SAT test & college prep
– 1.5 hrs. on the field: football skills & conditioning
– 1.0 hrs. for lunch and motivational guest speakers
• 40 student athletes from 15 lowest-income / performing schools in Sacramento– Coaches nominated players; players filled out
essays; and, we reached out to players’ families.
Student Application Essays
Classroom
Classroom
Football
Football
Football
Football
Football
Community Service
Community Service
Motivational Speakers
Motivational Speakers
Graduation Ceremony
Graduation Ceremony
Graduation Ceremony
Reflections
• JohnathanBrisco: Today I learned about patience. It is an aspect of life. I also learned that I should wear legging because it was cold. I learned that you have to adjust your weight when you do routes that you have to make sharp turns or stops. I learned to look the same from the beginning to the end of a route. I learned to stare down a DB at the high school level. I had to put trust in my hands. I learned that my time management skills need to improve. I learned about a few negatives in my life that cause me to have poor communication skills and poor time management. I learned that I am coachable academically and on the field.
Reflections
• Keith Flowers: I learned what benevolent means. I also learned about a nice quote and it says, “When love fails, at least be cordial.” –Kurt Vonnegut. Today I also learned about how to understand people and to improve your own people skills. Today during the football portion I learned to stay low on my breaks when running my route.
Next Steps: Game Plan
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Game Plan: The Stretch
Thanks
Charles says, “GPA is Awesome!”