Race 4 Excellence offers after school services for middle school children that allows them to practice using the tools for success now. Students design and paint the bodies of remote controlled cars, learn about the major parts of the cars and how they work together. This is all done in a group mentoring structure. They also learn how the motor works.
In learning these things, they learn the following:

  1. patience
  2. self control
  3. team work
  4. leadership skills
  5. delayed gratification
  6. integrity
  7. Public Speaking
Benefit to the students
  • critical thinking
  • what is necessary to become and expert
  • the importance of teamwork
  • leadership skills
  • dealing with unmet expectations
  • building self-esteem and self-worth
  • and more
Benefit to the school
  • community engagement
  • potential fund raising opportunity
  • parent engagement
  • potential for peer to peer mentoring
  • foster positive school spirit
  • Team activity
some of the participant's work
Field Trip
Participants in this program may have the opportunity to attend the New York International Auto Show with the participants of the Mentoring program. This will tie in what they've learned in the class room to everyday life. They will be tasked with finding the electric motor in the cars and learn how a combustion engine works and have to describe the advantages and disadvantages of each in a presentation to the class.
Because of the Pandemic, we may not go to the New York International Auto Show. We will be working on a safe replacement for this outing.

Racing!!

This is also an opportunity to reach out to the community. Participants will have the opportunity to show off their skills and their work and use the spirit of competition to build school spirit. Your school can race against other schools for prizes and bragging rights! 
This is the half track set up. The participants set up and break down the track. They work together to do so. Even racing is beneficial as they can see their progress and racing on the track is an opportunity to practice self-control, patience, and be immersed in the learning!