The Huntsville Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. and the Huntsville Alumni Chapter Scholarship Foundation are proud to offer the Kappa Leadership League and Kappa Knights of Huntsville/Madison County Program. This year-round program is open to minority young men in the 4th through 12th grade. It is designed for a distinguished group of debonair young gentlemen to begin a journey of academic excellence, commitment to service and broadening their horizons. It is our wish to develop 21st century leaders with the Huntsville Kappa League/Kappa Knights. Our goal is to acquaint our young men with opportunities to develop their academic, civic, social and leadership skills.
The Huntsville Alumni Chapter is dedicated to helping young men of middle and high school age in the Huntsville area to grow and develop their leadership talents in every phase of human endeavor. Through organization oriented activities, Kappa League and Kappa Knights perform projects that expose them to professional networks, various structured workshops and seminars, and leadership characteristics designed to raise their aspiration levels. All activities and programs are modeled around the following five phases:
Self Identity
Training
Competition
Social/Community Service
Health Education
Our primary purpose is to help Kappa Leaguer and Kappa Knights achieve worthy goals to make constructive contributions to our community. Our Guide Right Program is more than a teenage social group. We pride ourselves in our rich 40 year history of impacting the African American community through mentoring.
Snapshot of Guide Right in Huntsville
A national community service program of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Guide Right is a mentoring program for high school and middle school students. The Huntsville Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi is comprised of men of great educational attainment with a sincere desire to serve. Community service in the form of our Guide Right Program has been one of the main objectives of the Huntsville Alumni Chapter since being chartered on February 21, 1960.
The history of the Huntsville Kappa League, began in 2003 with concerns about the number of at risk students that were not being serviced in the Huntsville/Madison County, Alabama area. The concern developed into the Huntsville Alumni Guide Right Program with 15 students from high schools in the Huntsville City and Madison County Schools. The program’s mission was to develop leadership, academics, cultural enrichment and character in students between the ages of 5 and 25. Currently the Huntsville Guide Right Program services over 50 students per year from a total of 20 public and private schools located within Madison, Limestone, Morgan and Jackson Counties. The purpose of our Kappa League/Kappa Knights Leadership Development Programs is to provide the following services to the youth in our community:
Services
· Educational Workshops
· College Tours
· Cultural Activities and Field Trips
· Newsletter Program
· Sports development
· Graduation Requirement Seminars
· Health Education
· College and Scholarship Workshops
· Standardized Testing Workshops
· Computer Literacy Seminars
· Student of Year Competition
· Essay/Oratorical Contest
· Academic Achievement Day
· Support of Community Activities
· Leadership Development Workshops and Retreats
· Social Work Services
· On-going Mentor Training
· Social/Physical Events
· Tutoring Program
