| Granville Academy
North Carolina is a free, after school coaching and counseling program
designed to give inner-city youth an introduction to business and
industry, and an understanding of the language, foundation and
environment of the free enterprise system. The Academy provides students
in grades eight through twelve with the skills and tools that are
fundamental in business, finance, science and engineering.
Granville
Academy North Carolina is presently located in Kinston, North Carolina and
our
program is an affiliate of
Granville Academy National which was
founded by William
Granville Jr. in 1983 in Trenton, New Jersey.
William "Bill" Granville is an entrepreneur and a former executive
with the Mobil
Corporation.
Bill Granville grew up in urban
Trenton, New Jersey and as a teenager in high school, he was the leader of a street gang.
Fortunately, one of his teachers saw his potential and persuaded him to
change his direction in life. Bill never forgot the confidence that this
teacher gave him. His way of repaying the support and time that the
teacher invested in him is to teach and train inner city youth the
dynamics of business and entrepreneurship.
What Bill Granville started in
Trenton, NJ in 1983, as a free after school program teaching business to
youth has blossomed into the Granville Academy National.
Granville Academy has been preparing youth for economic empowerment for
over 24 years through its ongoing curriculum in the fundamentals of
business, finance, technology, entrepreneurship, character building and
community service.
The Granville Academy National
program includes after school programs in several cities, including
Bowie, Maryland; Cleveland, Ohio; Trenton, New Jersey; Plainfield,
New Jersey; New Haven and Waterbury, Connecticut; Goldsboro and Kinston, North Carolina; and Northern
Virginia. Each program or affiliate operates independently with support
from the national office. The national office provides central
administration for the affiliates, training, curriculum development,
program evaluation, and coordinates national events. In addition, the
national office facilitates communication with local affiliates,
develops educational standards, and performs various public relations
and community outreach.
Granville Academy North
Carolina was established in 1998 and one of our primary goals is to
create a cluster of affiliates in the state of North Carolina, with a
particular interest in the Charlotte, Triad, Wilmington, and Research Triangle Park areas
of the state.
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