This continuum begins with adults in charge, to community speakers and to the students themselves. In addition, the high school boys serve as mentors for the middle schools boys and ultimately the middle school students will serve as mentors for elementary students, thereby, establishing a continuum that addresses the five social indicators as well as other areas such as increased cultural awareness and building self-esteem. The groups major emphasis is placed on developing critical thinking skills or survival skill training. Promoting students to critique speakers, documentaries and field trips forces students to think critically about issues that affect their lives presently and in the future. Each May a banquet is held to honor the speakers who have made presentations.
Students organize and conduct the banquet.
Student entertainment has been featured in the program that primarily focuses on the goals and objectives as well as social indicators and the Nguza Saba . A Kwanzaa Man of the Year award is given to the student who exemplifies what we are attempting to achieve. In conclusion, the Brothers of Kwanzaa is a collaborative effort by a few who felt that the worst thing we could do as educators is nothing at all. We are aware that we do not have all the answers, but we have taken the approach that our collaborative efforts can make a difference in the destructive pattern that we are currently witnessing. It is, also, our belief that these young men come to our school seeking avenues of success that must be cultivated, if they are to become successful in life.