Esp Education and Leadership Institute

BOSS Camp to include facility rental, meals, field activities, counseling and mentoring. BOSS Camp is an intense 2-week experience that begins BOSS year-round programming every summer. Boys learn about the BOSS process of leadership development take numerous field trips Microsoft, SpaceX, Port of Long Beach, Lakers basketball clinic hear from accomplished professionals and practice their communication skills sharpen critical thinking skills and engage with their mentors to establish momentum and a positive mindset for success in life, and the coming school year. BOSS boys get the opportunity to participate in the annual Math Madness competition design and build robotics projects and build and practice their coding skills while learning about future STEM career opportunities.

BOSS Awards and Showcase begins with the virtual recruiting session for students in Long Beach Unified School District interested in participating in the BOSS program. Along with a keynote speaker, breakout sessions allow the boys approx. 300 to meet with mentors, professionals from various industries, who speak with the boys to give them a view into their career path and success.

BOSS Program offers a unique, multi-disciplinary mentoring and leadership development program to BIPOC boys with an academic focus on the STEM disciplines in the context of an overall life-support system. BOSS is a cost and programmatically effective year-round, multi-year program that translates the mindset and discipline of achievement in sports into the gamification and teamwork of STEM projects to build the foundational skills needed for long-term success in higher education and, ultimately, careers in STEM disciplines.