Centennial High School

ABOUT

REAP provides year-round leadership development programs targeting low-income and culturally diverse youth, designed to break cycles of educational inequity and create avenues to college and career. REAP accomplishes this through promoting positive school and community engagement, fostering civic involvement, developing leadership potential, cooperative management (conflict resolution), and encouraging innovative entrepreneurial thinking.

PROGRAMS

Solutions – Solutions is a student-driven leadership program fostering civic engagement, health, business, education, and entrepreneurship. Led by our Youth Essentials Coordinators (YECs), this 10-month program focuses on school success, college readiness, and community leadership. Open to all students, Solutions emphasizes positive behavior, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Renaissance - Renaissance is a leadership development program designed to meet the academic and social needs of young males of color. Our approach addresses the unique cultural and gender-specific needs of these students. Our vision is to affirm the positive identity and self-worth of young males of color while fostering leadership potential through peer mentoring, civic engagement, business innovation, and public speaking.

Reflections – The Reflections program aims to positively impact student behavior and school climate by promoting equitable discipline practices. This program provides a classroom space where students can develop cooperative management strategies (conflict resolution), respectful communication, and an understanding of the link between positive behavior and achieving educational goals. It sends a clear message to students: "You Belong Here."

Young Entrepreneurs Program (YEP) - The Young Entrepreneurs Program (YEP) is a year-round program that is creating opportunities for young entrepreneurs to unleash their innovation and explore ways to create their own wealth to become self-sufficient. The program supports students in providing them opportunities to apply the skills they learn in a professional world through the lens of entrepreneurship.