Adopt-A-Classroom: February 2012

Bro. Charles Favors speaks to students
during the February Adopt-A-Classroom
program at Crenshaw High School.

On February 22, 2012 Bros. Charles Favors, Theo Fowles, Kevin Orantes, and Ray Reed participated in the second installment of the Kappa Delta Sigma Adopt-A-Classroom initiative at Crenshaw High School in Los Angeles.

Brothers participating in the initiative speak as monthly guests in Soror Cheylinel Gaston's freshman math class.  During the February session, students discussed the following questions: 1) Who are your role models 2)Who are you a role model to? 3)How are you currently making history?

Students listening to brothers of
Kappa Delta Sigma chapter.

 Students used Flip Cams to share their opinions and experiences.  Many students did not know who they were a role model to.  Bro. Ray Reed shared that, "the funny thing about role models is that there is always someone looking up to you whether you know it or not."  Bro. Theo Fowles added, "a role model-- whether positive or negative-- can still result in your own positive action.  It just depends on your perspective.  

Bro. Orantes graduated from Crenshaw
High School in 2005. 

Bro.  Kevin Orantes, an alum of Crenshaw High School, encouraged the students to thank individuals that they thought of as mentors.  The Adopt-A-Classroom initiative will continue in March when students will work with Brothers to research colleges and professional careers in which the students themselves have expressed interest.