Granville Academy Preparing students for success in the Global Environment

"Preparing Youth for Success in the Global Marketplace"

Our Mission

The Granville Academy prepares youth to understand and to be prepared to work in the global marketplace as it is today, and as it is evolving here and around the world.  Experience proves that as students learn more about the workings of the economic system, the more likely they are to become productive citizens in their communities.  Accordingly, the mission of the Academy is threefold:

To help youth enter and succeed in a global market-driven economy. To provide a foundation for their continued growth as citizens of an interconnected world
To instill in them a giving-back spirit that focuses on helping others and communities around the globe. The Granville Academy enlists the services of volunteers, businesses and community groups to achieve our mission.

About the Granville Academy

Most Granville Academy students are from inner cities. Admission is free and our funding comes from a number of sources in the public and private sectors. Prospective
students prepare a written application to the Granville Academy and are interviewed. Admission is based on potential rather than previous classroom achievement.

Participants agree to attend bi-weekly sessions during the school year from 5-12th grades. Classes are conducted in academic and or business environments outside the communities where students reside. For most Granville Academy students, this is the first regular opportunity to move beyond the boundaries of their neighborhood. It is a valuable learning experience, particularly for inner city students to know that there is a large and diverse business world around them eager to absorb skilled workers who are prepared for it.

Economic knowledge echoes its effect. Each person who understands the importance of basic skills and the free enterprise environment shares that knowledge with others to build stronger communities. Granville Academy, which is a 501c3 tax exempt organization, is deeply grateful to be able to serve communities with this ambitious but
very important objective.

Granville Academy History

Granville Academy is a national after school program that trains youth inbasic business principles. William Granville Jr., retired Executive Vice President, Mobil Corporation,
Middle East Subsidiary, started the program. Bill Granville grew up in urban Trenton, New Jersey. At that time, he was the leader of a street gang. Fortunately, one of his
teachers saw his potential and persuaded him to change his direction in life. Bill never forgot the confidence that this teacher gave him. His way of repaying the support and time
that the teacher invested in him is to teach and train inner city youth the dynamics of business and entreprenuership.

What Bill Granville started in Trenton, NJ in 1983, as a free after school program teaching business to youth has blossomed into the Granville Educational Program Inc.
Granville Academy has been preparing youth for economic empowerment for over 19 years through its ongoing curriculum of fundamentals of business, finance, technology,
entrepreneurship, character building and community service.

The Granville Educational program includes after school programs in several cities, including Baltimore, Maryland; Cleveland, Ohio; Trenton, New Jersey; Plainfield,
New Jersey; Waterbury, Connecticut; North Carolina; and Northern Virginia. Each program or affiliate operates independently with support from the national office. The
national office provides central administration for the affiliates, training, curriculum development, program evaluation, and coordinates national events. In addition, the
national office facilitates communication with local affiliates, develops educational standards, and performs various public relations and community outreach.