A common piece of advice from personal and professional life coaches is to visualize success, with the idea being if you can see it, you can achieve it. But what happens when young people have nowhere to look? For New York Jets offensive tackle and BOMLA FRIEND Kelvin Beachum Jr., creating opportunities for the next […]
It’s not every day you meet a middle-schooler with a rising talent for debate, but that’s exactly what you’ll find in BOMLA seventh grader Leroy Tamfu. Tamfu, who says he became interested in debate through politics, recently placed fifth out of fifty competitors at a local tournament. Tamfu said he trained with his classmates, teacher […]
BOMLA alumnus Bryan Flores is currently a junior at Texas A&M University studying industrial distribution, but he has a greater calling. “The most rewarding part of college so far has been the opportunity to strengthen my faith,” he said. “[After graduation] I want to first and foremost work in ministry, where I can take all […]
Every educator, administrator and student at BOMLA values and pursues success in its many different forms. This year, we invite you to celebrate the opportunities ahead of this year’s graduating class at our 2020 Senior Signing Day and Brunch on May 19. To date, BOMLA has achieved a 100% college acceptance rate among our seniors. The […]
Imagine visiting Oprah Winfrey’s Instagram page and seeing a video of your son presenting the media-mogul with a rose as a thank-you for a scholarship. For John Thompson and his son Zachary, this was a reality made possible through FRIENDS donations. In his first semester at Morehouse College, Thompson made the Dean’s List. His father, […]
Even though it wasn’t opposite day, Oct. 10 sure felt like it! BOMLA hosted Maureen Tarantello as our principal for Dallas Independent School District’s (DISD) annual Principal for a Day project. In collaboration with the Dallas Regional Chamber and Capital One Bank, DISD hosts Principal for a Day (PFAD) as an opportunity for community leaders […]
At BOMLA, the notion of service and giving back is built into our hallways. Similarly, FRIENDS founding Board Member Lyria Howland has intersected her professional work with her passion for advocating for young people. Recently, Howland was awarded the Change Agency Award from the Marcus Graham Project because of her contribution to increased diversity in […]
BOMLA students continue to make impressions with industry leaders, like film producer Lisa Cortes who toured campus after the Dallas Screening of her latest documentary. At the start of November, a group of students from the BOMLA Jazz Band performed at the Dallas premiere of HBO’s newest documentary, The Apollo, before the film aired nationwide. […]
Veteran’s Day is a key time to reflect on and honor the military veterans that have served in the United States Armed Forces, especially those who have walked our campus halls. At BOMLA, numerous teachers, board members and even former students identify as veterans or active armed forces personnel and serve as impeccable role models […]
While education in the classroom is crucial, we at BOMLA know that experience and opportunity are keys to success. BOMLA is proud to host our annual career day on November 19, full of impactful speakers and diverse organizations for our students to begin their professional journeys. Last year, nearly 500 students were exposed to 73 […]