The Love Royal Program
The story of the Royalty Institute is, in many ways a story as old as time; the haves and the “Have nots”
As you know, there is a vast difference between the Have and the “Have-nots”. Whether it be Prince Georges County, The State of Maryland or the Nation as a whole, this divide dictates opportunity and access for all involved. Simply put, those who have in our world, are able to access the greatest advantages allowed while the “Have-nots” are left to scramble and search for any opportunity possible to “Make it out”. I for one have always considered myself a “Have-not". At the Royalty Institute we pride ourselves on providing our students with the every advantage possible to level this playing field… to give our guys a fighting chance. At Royalty, we acknowledge that poverty, sickness, drug addiction and violence are all a daily reality for our students… none of which are an excuse not to live your highest potential. We believe it is the exactly this struggle, and the ability to overcome it that truly makes the young men in our building special.
To date, over 90% of Royalty students are on a financial aid program in order to attend our school. These programs range from extended pay options, to work study (for students) and everything else we can do in order to make Royalty accessible to every young man who wants it. Our young men do twice as much as the average student just to have a fighting chance, an equal opportunity. Yet and still, our students have:shine. To date kings of the Royalty Institute of Leadership and Innovation have:
Successfully completed six months of academic hours dating back to July 15th 2019 ( every student in our building has better academic success markers at midterm than at their previous school)
Logged over 500 total hours of community service for organizations such as Salvation Army, Town of Colmar Manor, Jacobs Ladder and the Prince Georges County Council
Each been assigned an innovation program (trade and business education school) to make them immediately marketable in the 21st century job market
Logged over 1000 hours of SAT prep hours
Competed Against the top football schedule in the area, netting our only senior a great deal of recruiting interest
Been selected as state and county football all stars
As you can see, at Royalty we will ALWAYS push our students to success far past their circumstances. I am asking that you partner with us in pushing our young men to even greater heights.
The Love Royal Campaign is a partnership between the Royalty Institute of Leadership and Innovation and our community. At Royalty, we strive to provide a safe place for young men of color in our community. We believe that all students, regardless of their socio-economic background deserve the highest quality education. It is our mission to provide the best high school environment possible for the next generation of leaders in our community. We ask that you help us as we embark on this mission by pledging a monthly contribution to our institute by selecting “Love Royal (external link)” which will outline the very simple steps in helping our young men become Royalty.
Love Royal,
Cornell Wade