DELTA ACADEMY/DELTA GEMS
PROGRAM INFORMATION

Dr. Betty Shabazz Delta Academy
Catching the Dreams of Tomorrow, Preparing Young Women for the 21st Century The Delta Academy was created out of an urgent sense that bold action was needed to save our young females (ages 11-14) from the perils of academic failure, low self-esteem, and crippled futures. Delta Academy provides an opportunity for local Delta chapters to enrich and enhance the education that our young teens receive in public schools across the nation. Specifically, we augment their scholarship in math, science, and technology, their opportunities to provide service in the form of leadership through service learning, and their sisterhood, defined as the cultivation service learning, and maintenance of relationships.

Delta GEMS (Growing and Empowering Myself Successfully)
Building upon the premise on which Delta Academy: Catching the Dreams of Tomorrow was created, Delta GEMS is a natural outgrowth and expansion for the continuation of our successful program implementation. Delta GEMS provides the framework to actualize those dreams through the performance of specific tasks and development of a ‘can do’ attitude in high school girls ages 14-18. Our goals for Delta GEMS are:

Δ To instill the need to excel academically;

Δ To provide tools that will enable our girls to sharpen and enhance their skills to achieve high levels of academic success;

Δ To assist our girls in proper goal setting and planning for their futures – high school and beyond; and

Δ To create compassionate, caring and community minded young women by actively involving them in service learning and community service opportunities.

The Delta GEMS framework is composed of five major components (Scholarship, Sisterhood, Show Me the Money, Service, and Infinitely Complete), forming a road map for college and career planning. Topics within the five major components are designed to provide interactive lessons and activities that provide opportunities for self-reflection and individual growth.