Overview

The Kappa Leadership Development Institute, commonly referred to as the Silver Spring “Kappa League” provides leadership and positive male role-modeling to young men grades 6th -12th.  Kappa League is an organization that embodies all the aspects of leadership development and self-motivation for career achievement. Through leadership oriented activities, the Kappa League officers and membership perform many projects that will expose them to learning, execution, reporting ideas, and stimulating good leadership characteristics designed to raise their aspiration levels.

The Kappa League is an organization oriented toward helping young men of high school age cultivate and develop their leadership talents, with respect to the preparation for collegiate and societal ventures. The organization provides challenging yet rewarding experiences, which enhance the lives of the students. Since the fundamental purpose of Kappa Alpha Psi is ACHIEVEMENT, it is therefore, the Fraternity’s primary purpose to help these young men to achieve worthy goals for themselves and to make constructive contributions to the community when leadership roles become their responsibility.

The nucleus and primary focus of the Kappa League revolves around the “Seven Phases” which are:

• • • • Phase I – Self Identity/ Purpose

        • Discipline, Assurance, Awareness, and Apperance

      • Phase II – Training

        • Academic, Career, Choice, Preparation, and Organization

      • Phase III – Competition

        • Politics, Career, Advancement, and Sports

      • Phase IV – Social

        • Religion, The Arts, Entertainment, Converstation Communication, and Etiquette/Manners

      • Phase V – Health Education

        • Physical Fitness- Sex Education – Drugs – Health and Safety

      • Phase VI – Economic Empowerment & Education

        • Stock Market – Fundamentals of Banking – Earning, Saving, Spending – Cash vs. Credit

      • Phase VII – College & Career

        • Academic Readiness – High School -Beyond – Career Day – College Admissions – Financial Aid Workshops – Survival Skills

As a Kappa Leaguer, each student must maintain a minimum GPA of a 2.5 per academic period, participate in training meetings, complete community service work, and attend college tours and cultural events. Each student is required to chart his academic course of study, prepare a profile of his career, write an autobiography and organize his procedures for post-high school education. Each student is also required to be exemplary in each area of the “Kappa League Phases” described above.