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Our Curriculum: Preparing Young Men for the Future

  • At LIFE Male STEAM Academy, our curriculum is designed to equip scholars with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to succeed in the 21st-century global workforce. We offer a rigorous, standards-based academic program with a strong emphasis on STEAM—Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics—integrated across all subject areas. 
  • Our approach combines core academics with hands-on, inquiry-based learning experiences that promote critical thinking, collaboration, and creativity. Scholars engage in project-based learning, real-world problem solving, and cross-curricular instruction that connects what they learn to who they are and where they’re going. 
  • Each scholar receives individualized support and enrichment through small class sizes, data-informed instruction, and academic interventions tailored to their needs.  
  • Our goal is not only to prepare scholars for high school and college—but to develop young men who lead with integrity, think critically, and strive for excellence in all they do. 

Why STEAM?

  • We believe a STEAM-focused curriculum equips scholars with the academic skills needed to compete globally in the 21st-century job market.
  • We address the critical need to educate male scholars from underrepresented groups on how to use technology for creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving.
  • We focus on elevating and solidifying each scholar’s confidence through proactive, individualized support systems and our signature whole-child environment.

What is STEAM?

Laboratory interaction, the infusion of technology, knowledge, the ability to be precise and have an expanded understanding of how things work and grow that helps young men use their imaginations to develop skills beyond what you typically see among students in the public school system. LIFE Male STEAM Academy’s individualized approach allows our Young Kings to work in an interactive format and have facilitators who can give attention to each scholar, based upon his specific needs.

— Dr. Darryl Canady, Founder

S.T.E.A.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math)

STEAM is the core philosophy of LIFE MSA. According to TeachHub.com, STEAM is about applying creative thinking to STEM projects and sparking students’ imagination through the arts.

Aligned with Pennsylvania Core and Academic Standards, infused with technology, and delivered with cutting-edge best practices, LIFE MSA ensures scholars are well-prepared for the future.

  • Project-based learning in STEM areas
  • Inquiry-based approaches to learning in all subjects
  • Individualized assessments to define scholar needs and interventions
  • Extended learning opportunities beyond the classroom
  • Creative arts instruction, integrating art into literature, history, and math
  • Character education, supporting social and emotional development

We added the arts intentionally because our children are so artistically gifted. We must offer them the opportunity to be as creative as their abilities and minds allow.

— Reverend Taleeta Canady, Founder

The result is a Young King with mastery. Our integrated, project-based curriculum paired with our whole-child environment fosters scholars to grow into the Kings they are meant to be.

​Empowering young African American males through innovative STEAM education and holistic development.

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