The mission of the L3 is to cultivate student leaders who are mindful of community, empowered for service, and prepared to pursue post-secondary educational endeavors. This program provides students with the necessary skills to be successful in all facets of their lives and have control over their future.
L3 On Campus
EKO is now on the campus of 6 Orange County schools. We are proud to announce that our new L3 class will be on the campus of 3 of those schools.
This class provides students with the necessary skills to be successful in all facets of their lives and have control over their future. This class will encompass weekly lesson plans that include social issues, ethical dilemmas, public speaking presentations, movie segments, leadership principles and current events. These lesson plans have been carefully put together by the EKO staff, along with the help of amazing community leaders and educators.
The L3 class includes a 30-week curriculum, along with the planning of 3 school wide projects. Participants will go through leadership training, character development, life skills and team building classes and workshops.
L3 class participants (20-30 students per campus) will be hand selected by school administration and teachers, with input from the EKO Staff. Some schools hand pick class participants based on the populations in their school, such as students from at-risk communities, incoming impressionable freshman, upperclassmen showing leadership potential.
The Chosen 1s & G-Rated
The Chosen 1‘s (TC1s), consisting of 20 young men along with G-Rated, consisting of 20 young women are teenagers in middle and high school that live in or attend church or school in central Florida. The nine-month leadership initiative can be broken into three components.
1) Leadership Development:
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6 Weekly leadership classes that include topics such as Biblical Finances, Defining Manhood/Womanhood, Christ-centered Leadership, Money Management and Goal Setting Principles
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Character building workshops
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Overnight lock-ins
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Field trips businesses to meet with company owners and/or members of the executive leadership team to gain exposure to possibly be inspired to pursue new career paths.
2.) Service:
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Each participant and their mentor will participate in bi-weekly community service projects throughout central Florida
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Participants will plan and develop its own community service project that serves the town of Eatonville.
3.) Academic Advancement
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Each participant maintains a 3.0 gpa
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Registering for the SAT and ACT test at the beginning of the Initiative
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Attend EKO’s week long college tour