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Course Topics: Level I

The following lists the course content for each weekly workshop. Level II covers similar content areas as Level I but goes into a deeper dive into each topic with advanced curriculum and discussion.

Fall Semester

  • Vision Drives Performance

  • Open Your Eyes, Open Your Mind

  • What You Say is What You Get

  • Broad Comfort Zone = Room to Move

  • Goals Keep You Growing

  • Work Smarter

  • How Money Works

  • Coaching Up to Play Up

  • Life Tracks

  • Be The Architect

  • Banking, Credit, Debt, Loans And Grants

  • Teamwork Wins

Spring Semester

  • Foundational Mindset

  • Grit and Resiliency

  • Problem Solving

  • Investments, Interest, Contribution, Compound Interest

  • Business Communication 101

  • Practice and the Power of Habits

  • Leadership Traits and Values

  • Business Styles

  • Accountability

  • Taxes

  • The Four Agreements

  • Role Models and Goodbyes

Course Topics: Level II

Level II covers similar content areas as Level I but goes into a deeper dive into each topic with advanced curriculum and discussion.

Fall Semester

  • Vision Drives Performance

  • Open Your Eyes, Open Your Mind

  • What You Say is What You Get

  • Broad Comfort Zone = Room to Move

  • Goals Keep You Growing

  • Fail Smarter

  • How Money Works

  • JM Coaching Up to Play Up

  • It’s All About Sales

  • Battling Indecision and Uncertainty

  • Banking, Credit, Debt, Loans And Grants

  • Teamwork Wins

Spring Semester

  • Foundational Mindset

  • Hope and Optimism

  • Adaptability and Contingency Planning

  • Investments, Interest, Contribution, Compound Interest

  • Impeccable Business Communication

  • Procrastination and Follow Through

  • Intentional Living

  • Business Styles

  • Critical Thinking of Digital World

  • Taxes

  • The Four Agreements

  • Paying it Forward and Goodbyes

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FIELD TRIPS

Youth Champion student cohorts gather together six times throughout the year in-person for team-building retreats as well as career exploration field trips designed to expand their horizons and begin to identify their strengths and interests. Excursions include visits to healthcare facilities, veterinary clinics, communications and marketing panel discussions, STEM career explorations, movie studios tour, career networking panel, tours of local government offices, trade career day, among many others. Adventure Days are interactive experiences modeled after corporate team building and leadership retreats, helping students to overcome fear and harness their internal strength. Experiences include a ropes course which will challenge students and push their boundaries.

Fall Semester

September 21, 2024 - Welcome + Leadership Training

October 19, 2024 - Ropes Course

November 16, 2024 - Career Panel

 

Spring Semester

February 1, 2025 - Junior Achievement's Finance Park (Sponsored by Maureen and Mike Mekjian)

March 1, 2025 - Education After High School

March 29, 2025 - Networking Day

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SUMMER BOOK CLUB

Looking for a way to grow with like-minded peers over summer? Our book club reads several short books and typically meets 4–5 times throughout summer.

Just like our internship, participants get paid based on their investment in the experience. Students dive into sharpening their skills and character with books that allow them to reflect on their own behavior and habits. It’s not just about the books; it’s about the connections they make and the ideas they exchange with the facilitators and their peers.

STUDENTS WE SERVE

Youth Champions has grown tremendously over the past six years and has served more than 1,125 students from the following 60 high schools to date:

Animo Inglewood Charter High School • Animo Ralph Bunche High School • Arcadia High School • Burbank High Schools • Cerritos High School • City Honors Preparatory High School • Compass Charter School • Downey High School • Downtown Business Magnet High School • Dr. Maya Community High School • Esperanza College Prep • Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High School • Flintridge Preparatory School • Foshay Learning Center • Fountain Valley High School • Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School • Gabrielino High School • Girls Academic Leadership Academy • Gretchen Whitney High School • Hart High • Harvard Westlake School • Humanitas Academy of Art and Technology • Huntington Beach High School • Huntington Park Institute of Applied Medicine • Immaculate Heart High School • James A. Garfield High School • Jordan High School • Linda Marquez Libra Academy • Lindbergh Senior High School • Los Altos High School • Lowell High School • Mark Keppel High School • Mary Star High School • Mount Carmel High School • Northwood High School • Options for Youth Pasadena • Options for Youth Public Charter • Orthopedic Hospital Medical Magnet High School • Oxford Academy • Palos Verdes Peninsula High School • Phineas Banning High School • Port of Los Angeles • Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts • Redlands East Valley High School • Roosevelt High School • Sacred Heart High School • Sage Hill School • Santa Ana High School • South East High School • South Gate High School • South Hills • South LA Prep High School • Tesoro High School • Trabuco Hills High School • Troy High School • USC Hybrid High • West Ranch High School • Western High School • Woodbridge High School • Woodrow Wilson High School

Animo Inglewood Charter High School

Animo Ralph Bunche High School

Arcadia High School

Burbank High Schools

Cerritos High School

City Honors Preparatory High School

Compass Charter School

Downey High School

Downtown Business Magnet High School

Dr. Maya Community High School

Esperanza College Prep

Felicitas and Gonzalo Mendez High School

Flintridge Preparatory School

Foshay Learning Center

Fountain Valley High School

Francisco Bravo Medical Magnet High School

Gabrielino High School

Girls Academic Leadership Academy

Gretchen Whitney High School

Hart High

Harvard Westlake School

Humanitas Academy of Art and Technology

Huntington Beach High School

Huntington Park Institute of Applied Medicine

Immaculate Heart High School

James A. Garfield High School

Jordan High School

Linda Marquez Libra Academy

Lindbergh Senior High School

Los Altos High School

Lowell High School

Mark Keppel High School

Mary Star High School

Mount Carmel High School

Northwood High School

Options for Youth Pasadena

Options for Youth Public Charter

Orthopedic Hospital Medical Magnet High School

Oxford Academy

Palos Verdes Peninsula High School

Phineas Banning High School

Port of Los Angeles

Ramon C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts

Redlands East Valley High School

Roosevelt High School

Sacred Heart High School

Sage Hill School

Santa Ana High School

South East High School

South Gate High School

South Hills

South LA Prep High School

Tesoro High School

Trabuco Hills High School

Troy High School

USC Hybrid High

West Ranch High School

Western High School

Woodbridge High School

Woodrow Wilson High School

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