The Royal Academy nurtures youth through mentoring, creative arts, and STEAM education, providing a safe space for students to express themselves, build confidence, and strengthen life skills. Through hands-on learning and artistic exploration, we encourage emotional development and inspire career curiosity—especially in science and technology fields.

Students also participate in service-based community projects such as beautifying local spaces and assisting food banks, fostering responsibility and pride in their community.

Locations:

Ora Lee West Community Center

Hudson Dockett Community Center

Hours (Monday - Thursday):

Elementary | 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM

Teens | 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Every child has a story to write—at Royal Academy, we help them write it with purpose.

I Am Royal Liturgical Dance is part of Segment 1: Healing Expressions, using creative arts to teach coping skills and healthy emotional expression. Our program empowers youth to express themselves through dance without lowering behavioral standards, fostering self-confidence, discipline, and respect for the performing arts.

Participants explore contemporary and lyrical dance, developing poise, alignment, and technique, while building a strong foundation as dancers. More than a program, IAR Dance provides a home away from home for young ladies to grow, express, and shine.

Through movement, we teach more than dance—we teach resilience, confidence, and the power of self-expression.

Meeting Times:

Mondays | 4:30 - 6:30 at Ora Lee West Community Center

Tuesdays | 4:30 6:30 at Hudson Dockett Community Center

Thursdays | 4:30 - 5:30 at Hudson Dockett Community Center

P.R.E.T.T.I. Girls is part of Segment II: Royal Confidence, a mentorship program designed to help young women care for themselves through etiquette, grooming, and self-care practices. The program fosters self-confidence, self-awareness, and self-respect while providing a safe and supportive space for growth.

Created for young women ages 8 and up, the Little Women’s Society offers guidance on menstrual health, women’s history, etiquette, financial literacy, character building, and female empowerment. Mentors help participants understand that they are more than P.R.E.T.T.I.—Positive, Respectful, Elevating, Teachable, Tenacious, and Intellectual women who articulate and attract.

Meeting Times & Locations:

Mondays | 4:30 – 6:30 PM at Ora Lee West Community Center

Tuesdays | 4:30 – 6:30 PM at Hudson Dockett Community Center

P.R.E.T.T.I. Girls equips young women with the tools to grow, thrive, and shine with confidence.

Kings Meeting is the boys’ development branch of I Am Royal Youth and Family Group, Inc., designed to serve boys ages 7–18 through mentorship, structure, brotherhood, and character development. Similar to The Little Women’s Society, this branch provides age-appropriate guidance that supports confidence, discipline, identity, leadership, emotional growth, and positive life choices.

Through intentional engagement and meaningful connection, boys are taught the value of manhood, responsibility, respect, and purpose in a safe and empowering environment.

K.I.N.G.S. stands for:

Knowledgeable, Intentional, Noble, Grounded, Strong

These values serve as the foundation of the program, helping participants grow into young men of wisdom, character, strength, and purpose.

Resident Benefit and Maslow Alignment:

Kings Meeting supports boys through identity development, structured mentorship, brotherhood, and emotional growth. It most strongly supports belongingness, esteem, and self-actualization, while also reinforcing emotional safety, positive masculinity, and leadership development.

Zillionaire Academy is the advanced youth development division within Royal Academy, designed to cultivateleadership, mindset transformation, self-sufficiency, personal responsibility, and future readiness among older

participants.

Zillionaire Academy includes:

Junior Zillionaires — Ages 10–11

Zillionaires — Ages 12–17, or until graduation

Through this division, participants are challenged to grow in character, vision, discipline, self-sufficiency, and purpose while developing the habits and mindset necessary for long-term success.

Resident Benefit and Maslow Alignment:

Royal Academy supports residents by building structure, confidence, discipline, and developmental consistency across childhood and adolescence. It most strongly supports belongingness, esteem, and self-actualization, while also reinforcing safety through consistent guidance and age-appropriate support.