Ages 8 to 12

The Boys Mentorship Program

Ages 8 to 12

RISING

The Boys Mentorship Program

Engineering the Root System

Before a boy can build anything great, he needs roots. RISING gives boys aged 8 to 12 a steady circle of trained adult male mentors, and the identity, emotional strength and love of learning that every future skill is built on.

Why it matters

Character comes before credentials

We do not just build coders. We build purposeful men. Before career success and before public recognition, we build integrity, resilience, accountability and emotional intelligence, because technical mastery requires character mastery.

RISING begins at age 8, when identity is still being formed and a steady mentor can make the biggest difference.

1 in 3boys lack an adult male they can turn to for schoolwork or relationship help.

1 in 4lack a male mentor for future planning.

We cannot build future-ready innovators on a fractured foundation of identity.

What RISING builds

Five roots for a strong foundation

Each cohort works on the roots that make a boy steady for the years ahead.

Self-Worth and Identity

Establishing a baseline of internal value.

Managing Emotions and Conflict

Developing the regulation needed for complex problem solving later in life.

Healthy Relationships

Forming the capacity for teamwork and team engineering.

Academic Pride and Engagement

Shifting the relationship with learning.

Community Contribution

Early modeling of an outward focus.

How it runs

Built to be steady and predictable

A simple rhythm that boys and families can count on.

12 to 16 weekscohort cycles

60 to 90 minweekly sessions

Trained menadult male mentors

Quarterlyfamily engagement

Ages 12 to 13

The Bridge: the Catalyst Chasm

At the edge of RISING, every boy crosses the Bridge. It is the moment expectations shift from boyhood obedience to young adult responsibility, and it has two parts.

Initiation

A formal mentorship rite

A formal initiation rite that marks the move from boyhood obedience to young adult responsibility.

Logic Bootcamp

The spark for hard skills

An introductory logic, coding and spatial reasoning bootcamp.

As boys face the heat and pressure of identity formation, they are anchored by peer accountability and introduced to the hard skills that will shape their adolescent curriculum.

National scale, local soul

A digital-first hub with a local heart

The SRGMI digital learning platform keeps the curriculum consistent in every zip code, without the cost of buildings. A boy in rural Mississippi can reach advanced robotics instruction taught virtually by a tech-partner engineer in Silicon Valley.

A community-based partner provides the physical oversight, the safe room and the trusted local co-facilitator.

Uncompromised technical instruction, paired with deep, culturally responsive local mentorship.

The pathway

A ten-year path through the most volatile decade of his life

RISING is where the path begins. It leads through FORGED to the scholarship threshold and the Legacy Collective.

Ages 8 to 12

RISING

The Boys Mentorship Program. Identity and emotional baseline.

Ages 12 to 13

The Catalyst Chasm

The Graduation Bridge. Transfer of responsibility.

Ages 13 to 18

FORGED

The Young Men's Leadership Program. Peer accountability and STEM application.

Age 18

The Scholarship Threshold

The Legacy Collective. Outcomes and generational return.

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Registration

Register for RISING or FORGED

Boys aged 8 to 12 join RISING. Young men aged 13 to 18 join FORGED. We place each participant by age, so you only need to complete one form. A parent or guardian must complete it for every participant.

About the participant

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Participants must be between 8 and 18 years old.

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Parental agreement

I am the parent or legal guardian of the participant named above. I give permission for him to take part in the SR-Global Mentorship Institute program for his age group, and I agree that SR-Global Mentorship Institute may store the details on this form and contact me about the program, sessions and family engagement. I understand the information will be used only for registration, grouping and mentoring, and will not be sold or shared.

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