YTL Training Program

03/20/2026

Our “Dismissal Director” Mr. V stood on business yesterday‼️ He didn’t even mean to match with Mr. Tyrone lol. What started as a joke turned into some valuable leadership experience for him. Communication is 🔑

03/16/2026

Big shout out to these amazing students from Howard University- they spent their spring break in Asheville volunteering their time and spent three days with YTL. We are so thankful and appreciative!

01/13/2026

Which group do you think had a more engaging group discussion? K-2 or 3-5?

Regardless, they both made a step in the right direction toward some of our key 21st CCLC objectives. The qualitative outcomes below motivate us to pour into them daily:
1) How do you feel about coming to YTL? “Happy”
2) Check all activities you enjoy doing at YTL: ✅ Organized sports games, ✅ STEM activities, ✅ arts and crafts/creative projects, ✅ reading books or story time, ✅ free time/playing with friends, and more‼️

2026 is flying already, so it’s only right we lock in on providing higher quality programming to our scholars day over day. Over here, we’ve seen Youth Transformed for Life (YTL) ❤️‍🔥. Thanks in part to 21st CCLC and NC DPI, we get to keep building this momentum.

01/12/2026

Before you watch the video, pick who you think will win this race! As you can see, things got out of hand quickly 😂😂 — But since these scholars got some of their energy out this past Friday, we hope they come to YTL tomorrow ready to lock in on:
1) Standard Operations, and 2) Problem-Solving, two key performance measures we get to pursue due largely in part to our 21st CCLC grant‼️

Fun is the best teacher of life lessons because this race had a deeper purpose: Self-Regulation and Peer Interaction. Namely, “70% of parents and staff observed improvements in scholars’ self-regulation, acceptance of responsibility for learning, and cooperative engagement with peers”. Stay tuned this week to see how this goal of ours translates to academic time!

Shoutout to 21st CCLC and NC DPI for investing into us! As a result, our scholars were able to unwind on after an interesting week of academics‼️📚

01/07/2026

Check out some of the YTL family after a day of mindfulness, academics, and enrichment made possible by our grantor 21st CCLC‼️ Thanks to them, we’re able to continue working toward key goals and objectives like:

• 70% will maintain/increase reading proficiency
• 60% will maintain/increase math proficiency

The scholars you see in the pic did “Rose, bud, and thorn” mindfulness, alphabet pronunciation practice, and learned about a food nutrition chart today. Shoutout to NC DPI and 21st CCLC for sowing into our mission!

01/02/2026

We had fun with ascholars who attended programming over the school break! Happy New Year!

12/20/2025

This year, our posting activity has been relatively sparse, but we want to express our heartfelt appreciation to all of our scholars and their families. Here’s a snapshot from our holiday pajama party. We would like to thank all the families who participated in the festivities, which included a delicious meal, gingerbread house construction, and other family-friendly activities, as well as the chance to bond with other families and savor the outstanding hot chocolate from Rayburn’s Farm.

12/20/2025

Paridise is one of our facilitators at YTL. We are so excited to support her mom’s healing journey!

My Mom Finally Got Her Kidney — Now I’m Asking for Help So She Can res… Paridise Smith needs your support for Help Paridise's Mom Heal After Kidney Transplant

08/18/2025

Afterschool applications are currently being accepted !

The mission of YTL is to equip youth with the tools needed to build healthy self esteem and belief in their abilities to be successful. We will meet participants where they are and aid in the development of their self-esteem and their ability to improve their academic, social and life skills. If you...