Youth Academy
Cohort Programs
Beyond the 11-Month Leadership Fellowship: focused cohort experiences that run one month, three months, or a full academic semester.
Overview
Pick the commitment that matches your student's season
Each cohort program is small by design, led by trained Strong Minds staff, and built around a clear outcome families can see.
One month
Minds-Ship
A one-month cohort experience focused on a single skill, topic, or experience. Students move through it together, in a small group, with an adult who knows their name and their goals.
Families receive a custom parent progress report at the close of the month describing growth, participation, and recommended next steps.
Key benefits
- Camaraderie built inside a shared month-long challenge
- Small cohort size
- Individualized support from Strong Minds staff
- Custom parent progress reports
- One clear skill, topic, or experience as the focus
Three months
3-Month Enrichment Fellowship
A three-month fellowship centered on enrichment, social-emotional learning, and interest exploration. Students engage with a range of topics in a hands-on, practical way so they can identify their own strengths and skills through real participation rather than a personality quiz.
Students leave with a strong understanding of how to identify their individual interests, plus foundational expertise in a specific trade or life skill.
What students build
- Enrichment across multiple hands-on topics
- Social-emotional learning practiced in real settings
- Interest exploration with guided reflection
- Strengths and skills identified through engagement
- Foundational expertise in a chosen trade or life skill
One semester
Strong Semester
Enrollment in a semester-long afterschool training program that teaches responsibility, leadership, academic development, and entrepreneurship.
Each program day, students engage in a lesson in leadership, time management, project management, and our signature trademarked business development program.
Daily lesson blocks
- Leadership
- Time management
- Project management
- Signature trademarked business development program
- Responsibility and academic development throughout
Compare
At a glance
Minds-Ship — 1 month
Enrichment Fellowship — 3 months
Strong Semester — 1 semester
Next step
Ready to place your student in a cohort?
Tell us the age, schedule, and what you want your student to walk away with, and we will recommend the right cohort.