Our mission is to improve educational opportunities and life outcomes for underserved middle school and high school students in the Bronx, using lacrosse to build community, invest students in school, and improve academics.

Our approach combines intensive academic and athletic services with mentoring, college access support, team-building experiences, and Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) opportunities to position our student-athletes for success in school, in life, and when applying to competitive high schools and colleges.

COMMUNITY

We prioritize the needs of our team and classmates over our own. We lift our classmates, teachers, coaches, and teammates up; we never tear them down. We strive to be role models in our classrooms, schools, and neighborhoods. We take care of our parks, fields, streets, and classrooms. We ask, “How can we help?”

GROWTH

We believe no one is born smart or good at lacrosse; hard work makes you stronger in the classroom and better on the field. We welcome failure as an opportunity to get better and believe tomorrow is another chance to get it right. We don’t give up on ourselves or each other.

COMMITMENT

We show up on time every time: to school, to class, to practice, to tutoring, and after school. We give 100% on the field and in the classroom. We practice lacrosse and academic skills after hours and outside of school. We persist through challenges, setbacks, and discomfort.