
Leadership Through Community Building: Learn, Reflect, Lead, Create
Prepare to be amazed as you watch your differently-wired kiddo make real friends, explore this unique content, grow under the guidance of this expert mentor, and be seen in all their glory!
Why Take This Course?
Leadership Through Community Building: Learn, Reflect, Lead, Create
Inspired by Dr. King. Powered by Purpose.
Does your child dream of creating positive change? Are they curious about activism, justice, or why people act the way they do? Leadership Through Community Building is a dynamic and thoughtful course where students will explore what it means to lead with empathy, resolve conflict peacefully, and use their unique talents to strengthen their communities.
Rooted in the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Kingian Philosophy, this course empowers students to understand their role in shaping a more just, compassionate world. Through open dialogue, creative expression, and community-minded leadership, students will explore the intersections of personal values, social justice, and real-world impact.
Students are encouraged to keep a journal throughout the course and are asked to have the following base supplies:
A journal or notebook
Notecards or Post-its
Colored pencils, pens, crayons, or another creative medium
A fidget or comfort item (optional, but recommended for regulating during deeper discussions)
Every student will have the opportunity to participate fully, no matter their resources—the most important things to bring are an open heart and a willingness to learn.
If your student wants to lead with kindness, grow in purpose, and explore how to be a changemaker in their own way, Leadership Through Community Building is the place to begin.
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Leadership Through Community Building: Learn, Reflect, Lead, Create
Inspired by Dr. King. Powered by Purpose.
Does your child dream of creating positive change? Are they curious about activism, justice, or why people act the way they do? Leadership Through Community Building is a dynamic and thoughtful course where students will explore what it means to lead with empathy, resolve conflict peacefully, and use their unique talents to strengthen their communities.
Rooted in the teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Kingian Philosophy, this course empowers students to understand their role in shaping a more just, compassionate world. Through open dialogue, creative expression, and community-minded leadership, students will explore the intersections of personal values, social justice, and real-world impact.
Each weekly session blends:
🫱🏽🫲🏿 Collaborative Community Building – Foster meaningful conversations about justice, identity, and leadership in a safe, age-appropriate space
🧠 Structured Reflection & Action – Explore issues like conflict, poverty, racism, and violence with a focus on peaceful solutions and personal agency
🎨 Creative Impact Projects – Students design their own leadership projects using whatever medium they connect with—writing, art, advocacy, technology, and moreStudents are encouraged to keep a journal throughout the course and are asked to have the following base supplies:
A journal or notebook
Notecards or Post-its
Colored pencils, pens, crayons, or another creative medium
A fidget or comfort item (optional, but recommended for regulating during deeper discussions)
Every student will have the opportunity to participate fully, no matter their resources—the most important things to bring are an open heart and a willingness to learn.
By the end of the course, your student will have:
✔️ Developed self-awareness and leadership rooted in compassion
✔️ Engaged in courageous conversations about real-world issues
✔️ Created a personal impact project based on their strengths and passions
✔️ Built skills to resolve conflict, inspire change, and contribute meaningfully to their communityIf your student wants to lead with kindness, grow in purpose, and explore how to be a changemaker in their own way, Leadership Through Community Building is the place to begin.
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By the end of the course, your student will have:
✔️ Developed self-awareness and leadership rooted in compassion
✔️ Engaged in courageous conversations about real-world issues
✔️ Created a personal impact project based on their strengths and passions
✔️ Built skills to resolve conflict, inspire change, and contribute meaningfully to their community -
Internet connection and can-do-attitude!
Students are encouraged to keep a journal throughout the course and are asked to have the following base supplies:
A journal or notebook
Notecards or Post-its
Colored pencils, pens, crayons, or another creative medium
A fidget or comfort item (optional, but recommended for regulating during deeper discussions)
Ages: 13-18 & 19-25
Class size: Maximum- 8 Students
Meets: 1 x per week
Level: All Levels
Price Per Session: $51.30 weekly
Our Promise To You
Satisfaction Guarantee: If you’re not 100% IN LOVE with your courses:
Payment Plan: Let us know in the first 24 hours and we’ll immediately stop all payments. After that, no worries! Tell us anytime, and we’ll stop future payments after a 30-day processing period.
Paid in Full: You can switch to another class of equal value or get a credit for the remaining balance for future classes.
We can offer you a 100% satisfaction guarantee because we know what we do works for hundreds of other families—and we know it will work for your family, too!
We’re taking all the risk because you’re getting over $2000 in bonuses when you sign up, and you could cancel the class and keep all the bonuses.
My promise to you.
-Mr. Sam
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Meet Your Mentor
Ms. Kylie
Kylie Hushbeck is a teacher in rural Oklahoma. Growing up, her and her 2E brother loved museums, nature, books, and all things learning, except school. For Hushbeck, the anxiety school brought on could be overwhelming and for her brother, the structure and dynamics did not meet his ADHD/Autism needs.
Now as an educator, she seeks to meet students where they are and find where they can thrive by building an inclusive and open environment, whether that is in a public school classroom, summer camp, or online class. Hushbeck has a B.A. in Political Science and a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Oklahoma. She has studied political activism.
She was awarded Teacher of the Year for the high school she teaches at in the 2024-2025 school year. Hushbeck lives with her wife and two dogs in the town she grew up in. She is a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation. She enjoys reading, playing bass guitar, beadwork, and cooking for her loved ones.
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Questions Asked By Fellow Parents
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4 KEY things:
1- A focus on the positive! We don’t focus on what students aren’t doing, we support what they are and we know the rest will come. We develop strengths, interests, and relationships. We build students up so they can build a better world! And do it with the new friends they make in our program!
2- Like-minded neurodivergent peers. Our asynchronous students need one another and YSA is a safe haven for these kiddos to connect around their asynchronies, quirks, and interests. We’re a place where they can be their authentic selves and make friends while doing so!
3- Passionate, masterful neurodivergent mentors who have walked the walk and can authentically validate and support your child with personal experience and care AND expertise as we all have advanced masters + degrees
4-Content your students care about taught in a way they love! We offer the courses they need to be taking, not the ones they’re required to take.
Come by and see for yourself!
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Please don’t confuse reactive “distance learning” and virtual enrichment programming. After all, a student who is completely fried from a boring zoom class is often quick to pick up a tablet or phone, right?
Our courses are not at all the same animal =)
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THIS IS A SATISFACTION GUARANTEE, so your child must attend the class in question to qualify.
If you’re not 100% IN LOVE with your courses, here are your options:
1- 8-Week Courses Refund requests must be received up to 24 hours after the first course begins to do one of the following options:
Payment plan or Paid in full- 3 options: transfer to another course of the same price, get a 100% refund credit toward a future class, or get a 75% money-back to the original payment method.
2- 16+ Week CoursesThe deposit made at the time of enrollment is non-refundable. Cancellation options are:
Payment plan- Cancellation requests received up to 24 hours after the first course begins will stop any future payments. Any cancellation requests beyond that require a 30-day notice to stop the membership/billing.
Paid in full- Cancellation requests require a 30-day notice. The remaining balance at the end of the 30-day cancellation period can be used to transfer to another class or be converted to credit toward a future class.
Please read the description of each course before enrolling.
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We do! We have 3 kinds:
1- Word of mouth: 25% off- we know that the best way to reach new families is word of mouth. When you help another family enroll in a YSA class and they name you at checkout, you will get 25% off the cost of the course you’re currently enrolled in once they stay past the refund period. Note— this applies to all regular courses, BUT only applies to the first month of membership courses.
2- Multi-sibling: 10% off- We believe in supporting whole families and we are willing to put our money where our mouth is! When you sign-up 2 or more kiddos you will receive 10% off. Note— this does not apply to our membership courses.
3-Multi-course: 10% off- To fully serve your family, we hope to provide your child with all the courses they dream of taking! To make this more affordable, when you enroll in 3 or more classes, you will receive 10% off. Note— this does not apply to our membership courses.
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Of course!
As we like to say, if you’re on our site, you’re in the right place.
Our programming is for students who are not being supported or challenged enough in school.
If you have an asynchronous kiddo who you know has strengths and struggles, our courses are for your child.
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2e students experience such asynchronous development that it proves difficult to have hard age limits.
We often evaluate students on a case by case basis =)
Please email us and we’ll discuss: sam@youngscholarsacademy.org
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All of our programs are 100% virtual. This allows us to bring together the twice-exceptional/neurodivergent students of the world, connect them, and nurture them!
Your child may very well enter a 6-person class with 5 other students from 5 different states/countries!
Cool, right?