The Young Leadership Program at The Island School (formerly the Young Men's Leadership Program) has expanded its focus to include young girls and boys in the South Eleuthera community. The Young Leadership Program is an extracurricular mentorship program at the Cape Eleuthera Island School dedicated to the success of young men and women in South Eleuthera, The Bahamas.

This funding will continue to support engaging the young people in underserved communities in South Eleuthera with the opportunity to develop important life skills, through targeted, experiential learning at The Island School. 

Through this program, young men and women are supported to become leaders in their communities by building grit, determination, self-awareness, leadership, and conflict-resolution skills. Participants receive mentorship twice a week to support their academics and engage in activities to build character development. Recent highlights from the program include:

• Positive character traits workshop with opportunities to reflect on personal behaviors
• Goal planning for educational engagement and achievement
• CPR and AED certification completed by all
• Social emotional learning utilizing hip-hop to express emotions
• Discovering scuba diving
• Mentorship focused on future career interests and emotional regulation
• A decrease in behavioral disruptions during and outside of programming
• Physical challenges including run-swims, bicycle riding, basketball games, exercise drills
• Increased group GPA average