Supreme preparation on the youth level for their future, delivering Hip-Hop curricula as an academic outlet to express themselves individually. Commitment to a cultural pedagogy where learners gain experience through Hip Hop Apprenticeships, Kujichagulia and Cooperative Economics. Reinforcing our goal to raise community standards with critical thinking support and mathematical life skills. To attain higher scores in reading comprehension and produce writing above grade level. Making all people of society work hand in hand with school districts, so everyone becomes responsible for nurturing our youth’s powerful gifts.
RHYTHM
READING - Use all five senses/ Even the sixth/ To read our world/ How and why it exists/ See Literacy, is now slang for LIT/ Touch others, with your service and grit/ Hear voices of people as one sound/ Cook your vocab, test taste it around/ Smell like Hip Hop Elements, now your odors intelligence/ Innerstand who you are, your purpose aligns with the stars - When reading becomes a physical activity, students are expressive with their comprehension. Participants love to learn when they can move!
READING COMMON CORE STANDARDS TARGETED CCSS.ELA.Literacy.WHST.6-8.7 ; CCSS.ELA.Literacy.WHST.9-10.6 CCSS.ELA.Literacy.WHST.11-12.10
ACTIVATES - Converting bodies into proactive forms/ Being board of education is the norm/ Thinking on their own/ Thinking to own/ Being seeds that have grown/ Frequently, at a love frequency/ Consistently charging their accountability/ Together/ Teaching what they learn applies knowledge forever/ Serving our community by building their best version/ Writing their way out in first person/ Information by self affirmation all through active imagination - When students express themselves artistically, it activates their intuitive career.
MATH COMMON CORE STANDARDS TARGETED CCSS.Math.Content.5.MD.A.1 CCSS.Math.Content.6.NS.C.8 ; CCSS.Math.Content.7.NS.A.3 CCSS.Math.Content.8.F.A.1 ; CCSS.Math.Content.HSS.IC.B.6
POWER - Work ethic is wind/ Purpose, currency you spend/ Each program has power ups/ Entrepreneurial bucks/ Strategy-based projects/ Phones off, brains on it/ Assessment through creativity/ Light up worlds with your Inner G/ The Universe is the University of R-A-P/ Where ideas last for infinity/ Always be/ Ready to MC and perform/ Step into your power, it’s time to transform!
PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
*Can be virtual or in physical classrooms
Cameras Converting Communities
One of our popular modules is Cameras Converting Communities. Interactive, entertaining, yet vigorous, this program teaches scholars the step-by-step process of developing ideas into videos that solves issues in their community. Recently, students have created PSA's, short films, and music videos to raise awareness. Our goal is to equip young people with a skill that can spark interest in media or technology. We require parents to attend one session to be active in their child's academics. Scholars learn that education, problem solving, and service are linked to the overall wealth of our community.
Each session, student success is measured by:
- Expeditionary Project Learning
- Student Surveys, Pre/Post Examinations
- Parent Feedback
- Teacher & Admin Surveys
*All participants receive free merchandise, University of R.A.P. folders, and other prizes!
Operation: Melaninials
A favorite session participants enjoy is our Secret Agent program. Based on the universal truth that learning styles are unique for everyone, students work with us to build their own Individual Education Plan. The purpose is to provide each child with a "secret mission" that sets out specific objectives to complete based upon their I.E.P. built. Additionally, everyone (including teachers) is placed into a bracket to compete based on who finishes their objectives week to week. All results are determined by our rubric scale. We require parents to attend one session to be active in their child's academics. Our goal is to sharpen students' passion and skills in a real-world environment, while making them auto-didactic, discerning what they need to study for their career.
Each session, student success is measured by:
- Expeditionary Project Learning
- Student Surveys, Pre/Post Examinations
- Parent Feedback
- Teacher & Admin Surveys
*All participants receive free merchandise, University of R.A.P. folders, and other prizes!
Tha Hip Hop Olympics (Balance)
Captivating and authentic, our inaugural Hip Hop Olympics program thoroughly dissects the 10 Elements of Hip Hop:
- DJ
- Emcee
- Break-Dancing
- Graffiti
- Beat-Boxing
- Street Knowledge
- Street Language
- Street Entrepreneurship
- Street Fashion
- Self Defense
After learning and viewing examples of each Element, scholars are asked to compete (for a Gold, Silver, or Bronze medal) in at least one event from an Element they choose in Tha Hip Hop Olympics. We target guests from each different element to teach their craft, so children receive hands on learning. Our goal is for students to have work they can publish and a performance/exhibit that lasts a lifetime. We require parents to attend one session to be active in their child's academics. Participants enjoy Tha Hip Hop Olympics because they can travel and gain real world experience from professional artists and entrepreneurs.
Each session, student success is measured by:
- Expeditionary Project Learning
- Student Surveys, Pre/Post Examinations
- Parent Feedback
- Teacher & Admin Surveys
*All participants receive free merchandise, University of R.A.P. folders, and other prizes!
WHY-Tunes
WHY-Tunes (We Hear Youth) is a studio recording therapy program where children explore the three main pillars of identity, purpose and trauma via music recording, engineering, production and songwriting. It is our goal that young people develop patience, discipline and introspection which will allow them to be free from the limitations of their environment, express their thoughts in feelings in a way that puts them in their favorite Artist’s shoes, and have songs that serve as a diary/record of their progression as future adults. Our goal is for students to obtain social and emotional learning skills as they create art together. We require parents to attend one session to be active in their child's academics. Participants enjoy WHY-Tunes because they break the monotony of worksheets and textbook learning since they control their education.
Each session, student success is measured by:
- Expeditionary Project Learning
- Student Surveys, Pre/Post Examinations
- Parent Feedback
- Teacher & Admin Surveys
*All participants receive free merchandise, University of R.A.P. folders, and other prizes!
EDUTAINMENT 101: CAN U RAP?
Featuring a full scope of Edutainment Hip Hop (educate + entertain), from our entire village, at the University of RAP. For those institutions who want a full calendar year partnership, this exclusive, all-encompassing academic diaspora provides:
- Edutainers - Full-Time Certified Artists from the community who can teach our curriculums or combine their mastered craft with your organizations curriculum to teach Math, Science, Social Studies, and ELA to all grade levels. While leading with love, energy and rigor, they are adept at managing and facilitating an exhibition of learning in the Winter and Spring to showcase what scholars learned.
- E.M.S. - Energy Management Specialists, who are Full-Time Certified Artists from the community trained to assuage classroom management duties from the teacher. Their main objectives are to transfer energetic behaviors into positive redirection exercises utilizing journaling, yoga, rhyming, dancing, or compliment battling.
Our goal will have scholars become citizens of the Nation of Hip Hop and use its Elements to build skills that accomplishes a love for cooperative economics while mastering personal development, so they can launch a business aligned with their gifts. We require parents to sit in at least four (4) classes a year. Participants love our full year partnership, because it allows them to create a new paradigm where Edutainers, parents and students are unified in planning the future of our village.
Culminating with Tha Hip Hop Olympics each year student success is measured by:
- Expeditionary Project Learning
- Student Surveys, Pre/Post Examinations
- Parent Feedback
- Teacher & Admin Surveys
*All participants receive free merchandise, University of R.A.P. folders, and other prizes!
INVESTMENT DATA
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*Please contact us for a quote on long term collaborations. Please include the number of students, days, times, number of edutainers, and list of activities.
1 Edutainer (less than 16 learners): $50/hour during the school day, $60/hour after school, $100/hour on weekends
2 Edutainers (16-30 learners): $100/hour during the school day, $120/hour after school, $200/hour on weekends
TESTIMONIALS & ACHIEVEMENTS
“What I like about the program, is that, before I wanted to become a professional rapper, and I would always just think I don’t need to do anything, I can just do this and do that and then I become a rapper. But no, I need to write down my stuff, figure out what I am going to do, download apps, go and make beats, put raps in my notes, and make a song. This has also helped me with Math, because before I was terrible at Math, but now I am getting a little better. I also like how we went to the studio, and we got to know what to do to make the beat, and how to make the song sound right. I would also like to thank Mr. Lloyd for letting me in this club, because if it wasn’t for him, I never would have made it.”
Zyon Chapman - 5th Grade Scholar, Russell Byers Charter School
GET INVOLVED!
Schools we have worked with:
- SIMON GRATZ PREP MIDDLE SCHOOL
- RUSSELL BYERS CHARTER SCHOOL
- GIRARD COLLEGE
- DUCKREY ELEMENTARY
- MASTERY CHARTER - SHOEMAKER CAMPUS
- FRANKFORD HIGH SCHOOL
- BELMONT CHARTER SCHOOL
- RICHARD ALLEN PREP CHARTER SCHOOL
- TILDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL
- TECH FREIRE HIGH SCHOOL
- UNIVERSAL INSTITUTE CHARTER SCHOOL
- SOUTHWEST LEADERSHIP ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL
Intensive Prevention Services sites we have partnered with:
- P.A.A.N. (Philadelphia Anti-Drug/Anti-Violence Network
- The Bridge
- Diversified Community Services (DCS)
- I.P.S - Southwest Philadelphia
- The ECO Center
Volunteer Sites
- Martin Luther King High School
- Shipley School
- Penn Alexander (West Philly)
- Kenderton Elementary
- Benjamin Franklin High School
- Warren G. Harding Middle School
- The Philadelphia Juvenile Justice Service Center
- Universal Bluford Charter School
For program implementation at your institution, contact Oba Sankofa!
Phone: 267-281-8941
Email: HipHoptakesavillage@gmail.com