"Preparing Youth for Success"
in the Global Marketplace

Our Mission

The Granville Academy prepares youth to understand and to be prepared to work in the global marketplace as it is today, and as it is evolving here and around the world. Experience proves that as students learn more about the workings of the economic system, the more likely they are to become productive citizens in their communities.  Accordingly, the mission of the Academy is threefold:

• To help youth enter and succeed in a global market-driven economy.
• To provide a foundation for their continued growth as citizens of an interconnected world
•  To instill in them a giving-back spirit that focuses on helping others and communities around the globe.

The Granville Academy enlists the services of volunteers, businesses and community groups to achieve our mission. 
 

                     About the Granville Academy

Most Granville Academy students are from inner cities. Admission is free and our funding comes from a number of sources in the public and private sectors. Prospective students prepare a written application to the Granville Academy and are interviewed. Admission is based on potential rather than previous classroom achievement. Participants agree to attend bi-weekly sessions during the school year from 8-12^th grades. Classes are conducted in academic and or business environments outside the communities where students reside. For most Granville Academy students, this is the first regular opportunity to move beyond the boundaries of their neighborhood. It is a valuable learning experience – particularly for inner city students – to know that there is a large and diverse business world around them, eager to absorb skilled workers who are prepared for it.

Economic knowledge echoes its effect. Each person who understands the importance of basic skills and the free enterprise environment shares that knowledge with others to build stronger communities. Granville Academy, which is a 501c3 tax exempt organization, is deeply grateful to be able to serve communities with this ambitious but very important objective.