Founded in 1989, the Dynamy Youth Academy is an experience-based, four-year after school leadership and college-access program designed to serve talented, low-income, at-risk students from Worcester public schools who are eager to go to college but who are at risk of not reaching their full potential.

Typically, students fall into one or more of the following groups:

• First generation in college
• Multi-lingual
• From non-English speaking homes
• From homes where parents have not graduated from high school and/or have no formal education in the United States
• Immigrants, socially isolated, poor, or otherwise disenfranchised

After a rigorous application and admissions process, students selected to participate in Dynamy Youth Acadamy receive four years of intensive services designed to support, motivate, and challenge them to stay in school and prepare for higher education. They participate in internships, community service, individual advising, leadership training, academic enrichment activities (reading, writing, speaking, listening, reasoning, and cultural competence), weekly group meetings, and workshops and outdoor challenges.

Each Dynamy Youth Acadamy graduate is eligible to receive a tuition scholarship, based on demonstrated need, from the Colleges of the Worcester Consortium, Inc., including: Anna Maria College, Assumption College, Becker College, Clark University, College of the Holy Cross, Quinsigamond Community College, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and Worcester State College.