Our Mission

Mission Statement

The Cultural Enrichment Center is designed to address the cultural, academic, career, and social needs of middle school and high school African American students in Fort Collins. The enrichment center is crafted in an academic cultural framework for the purpose of connecting participants with history, literature, arts, music, dance, traditions, and folklore of the African American experience.

CEC Goals

The goal of the CEC is to provide curriculum that advances a student’s readiness to explore and engage in core educational concepts through the lens of an African American.

CEC Curriculum

Our curriculum provides students with the means to understand first African American culture and then different cultures’ values to form partnerships with community organizations.
College readiness curricula that compliments students’ school day coursework as well as African American based curricula.
Students will demonstrate the ability to express informed opinions, improve time-management skills and self-reliance.