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LAST YEAR, THE KAPPA LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE - CHICAGO HAD THE LARGEST NUMBER OF MINORITY MALES STUDENTS IN THE CITY OF CHICAGO NAMED AS NATIONAL MERIT SEMI-FINALIST AND OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, EVERY SENIOR HAS GAINED ADMISSION TO A "TIER 1" FOUR YEAR COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.
The Kappa Leadership institute - Chicago is currently ranked #1 nationally amongst 344 other Kappa Leadership Institutes in the nation.
Our results tell the true story of how successful our students are:
- 100% of our graduating seniors since 2005 were admitted into the "tier 1" college/university of their first choice
- 96% of our students rank in the top 15% of their high school class
- 83 % of our seniors scored a 28 or higher on the ACT Exam. (12 points higher than the national average for African American students and 7 points higher than the national average for all students.) (www.act.org/activity/autumn2007/national.html)
- 82% of our students made honor roll with a GPA of 3.431 or higher on a 4.0 scale
- 56% of our seniors received "Full tuition" scholarships to college
- 98% of our students are "student athletes" at their high school
Highlights of recent or upcoming events/activities:
Kappa League Summer Study Aboard Program:
Summer 2009 - Kappa Leaguers (rising seniors)
6-weeks summer study aboard destinations:
- Taron Cain: Japan
- Devon Crockett: Spain
- Joshua Estes: Spain
- Ki Harris: Auckland, New Zealand
- Cameron Nelson: Japan
- Richard McGuire: Italy
- Keith Reid-Cleveland: Northern Italy
- Kendall Thomas: China
- Aakeem Chauncey: Oxford University, Pembroke College - Oxford, England
The cost for Kappa Leaguers going on the study aboard program is funded by the American Field Service and the Crystal Fund Foundation. We thank both organizations for their support of the Kappa Leadership Institute - Chicago and our students.
Annual Spring Break College Tour:
This year's Spring Break College Tour took us to visit some of our college collaborative partners and other top "tier 1" colleges/universities in the United States:
- Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
- Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
- Union College, Schenectady, NY
- Williams College, Williamstown, MA
- University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
- Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
- Harvard University, Cambrige, MA
