{"id":531,"date":"2025-01-24T12:15:41","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T17:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youngmanwithaplan.org\/?page_id=531"},"modified":"2026-01-26T10:01:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T15:01:01","slug":"registration-forms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/youngmanwithaplan.org\/es\/for-participants\/registration-forms\/","title":{"rendered":"Registration & Forms"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Student Registration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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YMWP serves young men in the middle,<\/em> recommended by school leaders, teachers, counselors, school-based mentors,<\/strong> and current YMWAP participants.<\/strong> We also provide lunch recruitment programming at our partner schools, and 1:1 parent info sessions.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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78%<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Of Students are Black<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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20%<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Of Students are Latino<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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71%<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Of Students are from Immigrant Families <\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Young men in the middle <\/strong>are often overlooked because they\u2019re neither the highflyers nor the acutely at-risk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

YMWAP is especially valuable for students in the middle two quartiles who need a safe place to belong, need strong male role models, need to build confidence and social skills, are at risk of not receiving post-secondary guidance and resources <\/strong>because they are quiet and \u201cgetting by,\u201d but would benefit greatly from sustained guidance and mentorship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the majority of young men live in Roxbury, Dorchester, and Mattapan,<\/strong> YMWAP brings together Black and Latino men from every Boston neighborhood<\/strong> and many cultures: African Americans who have resided in Boston for generations, along with students newly immigrated from Haiti, Puerto Rico, Cape Verde, Jamaica, Trinidad, Mexico, Colombia, Africa, DR, and El Salvador.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Our model has a school-based mentor<\/strong> (teacher, coach, counselor) in each of our 8 partner schools<\/strong> who serves as a liaison and is part of our multi-level mentoring team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

YMWAP staff also get to know school leaders, key teachers, and counselors at each school. Dr. Jay Simpson leads teacher dialogues <\/strong>and research on engaging young men in the classroom.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each September, YMWAP staff bring in pizza for lunchtime info\/recruiting sessions, and present at Fall parent nights and activity fairs. We have parents call us about enrolling their sons<\/strong>, and we have students bring their friends<\/strong> who they believe will benefit from holistic mentoring.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Interested in joining? <\/strong>Contact:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Lenward Gatison II, Assistant Director<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
Desmond Kennard, Director of Program Operations<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Our Mentors<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

YMWAP depends on a team of school-based mentors<\/strong> to serve young men from 8 Boston schools:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Boston Collegiate Charter School (BCCS)<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ruth Batson Academy (formerly BCLA)<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boston Prep Charter School<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Boston Green Academy<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Mission High School<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Codman Academy<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TechBoston Academy<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Albert D. Holland School of Technology (formerly Burke High School)<\/a> <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Each school designates a school-based mentor:<\/strong> a staff member who provides mentoring and monitoring for the Young Man with a Plan participants at that school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

School-Based Mentors:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n