Black Student Achievement Program (BSAP)
The Black Student Achievement Program (BSAP) is an LAUSD program to support Black students' road to high academic performance, strong social-emotional awareness and management, and a positive cultural identity.
The BSAP addresses the need for culturally responsive curriculum and instruction as the classroom norm, fosters partnerships with community based organizations with proven track records of success within the Black community, and provides increased staffing support to address the academic and social-emotional needs of Black students.
The BSAP program is managed by Mrs. Eubanks, Ms. Fields-Coleman, Ms. Roberts., and Mr. Turner.
Parents are welcome to join our BSAP Parent Schoology page.
Below are some of the components of the BSAP program. After-school activities are usually scheduled for Mondays and/or Wednesdays, since these are the days when late buses are available for students who have Magnet transportation.
See also the Black Student Union page.
BSAP Program Aspects
Academic Support
- Classroom support
- Individualized Graduation Plan (IGP) support
- Study skills and time management
- Small groups
- A-G high school requirement awareness
Community Engagement & Activities
- Black Student Union
- Photography Club
- College campus tours
- Culturally responsive field trips
- Attendance incentives
- Community partnerships
BSAP Events 2026-2027
Black History Science Inventor Fair period 4/Lunch
Friday, February 19, 2027
Period 4 and Lunch
BSAP Events 2025-2026
BSAP Parent Meeting
Wednesday, January 21, 5:00-6:00
Zoom
Donuts with Dad
Thursday, January 29, 7:30am to 8:15am
In front of school
Download flyer
Martin Luther King Jr. Essay Contest
Deadline Friday, February 5, 2026
Download flyer
BSAP Mommy & Me Social
Wednesday, May 6, 2026, 8:00am-9:00am
Library patio
BSU/BSAP Eighth Grade Celebration Luncheon
Wednesday, May 20, 2026, lunch period
Auditorum
Past Events
BSAP Dads & Donuts Social
Unity Moves
Unity Moves is a program of the Chloé and Maud Foundation that unifies and empowers students through movement in a safe, empowered, and joyful space. Students have an exhilarating experience that strengthens them physically, mentally, and emotionally.
Participating students received a Unity Moves journal, yoga mat, T-shirt, soccer ball, and tap shoes.
Black History Lunchtime Event
Black Fathers Matter: "Let's Talk Football!"
L.A. Rams and NFL professional photographer
Celebration of Black Cultural Food
"Taste of Soul"
Show Your Moves
Line dancing & soul music karaoke
Door Decorating Contest
Homeroom judging
Field Trip to YouTube Theater for a School Yard Rap performance
School Yard Rap Assembly
School Yard Rap is a black-owned company that specializes in creating educational content and curriculum through the lens of History.
Field Trip to the Academy Museum
BSAP Mommy & Me Social
Library Patio
BSU/BSAP Eighth Grade Celebration
BSAP Mantra
"Successful Black student achievement is defined by high academic performance, strong social-emotional awareness and management, and positive cultural identity.
Furthermore, strategies and methods utilized to cultivate these things shall be directly responsive to the unique needs of Black students due in large part to the historic and ongoing social and economic conditions experienced by Black people."
- Dr. George McKenna, LAUSD Board of Education, District 1
BSAP Newsletter
BSAP Leadership Conference
The BSAP Leadership Conference is held at Palms on a Saturday in February. After yoga on the quad, 50 students chose workshops. Workshops topics have included African dance, crocheting, and creating vision boards. The gathering ended with a luncheon.
Kwanzaa Celebration
Kwanzaa, first celebrated in 1966, is a celebration of Black culture. Palms students celebrated in the Student Cafeteria with a Kwanzaa Paint and Snack event. Students learned about Kwanzaa holiday traditions and the seven principles of Kwanzaa.
MultiCultural Week
During Multicultural Week in February 2023, Palms students put on the Black History Month Musical Legends Show. Students performed monologues, listened to music by famous Black performers, and participated in a dance contest. There was also an instrumental performance by Jazz Band and a singing performance by PBSU members.
Champs Up
Champs Up is a mentorship program for boys. The group meets on Mondays at lunch.
My Black is Beautiful
My Black is Beautiful is a mentorship program for girls. Guest presenters have been featured. The group met on Wednesdays at 3:15pm. After the 2022-2023 session ended, the group began planning how to continue in a new form, possibly under a new name.
Alex Theater Field Trip
In Spring 2023, BSAP sponsored a field trip to the Alex Theater in Glendale to see OURstory the Black History Musical. The show took 150 Palms students on a journey through time, to learn amazing stories not taught in school, leaving the students educated, uplifted, and entertained.
School Yard Rap
A School Yard Rap assembly was held in the auditorium for BSAP students as well as some history classes. School Yard Rap is a black-owned company that specializes in creating educational content and curriculum through the lens of History. Their mission is to drastically improve educational experiences by providing curriculum, content, music, and professional development that uplifts the narratives of minorities, building awareness, knowledge, and competencies for excellence and equity.
Masquerade MORP
In June 2023, BSAP sponsored a Masquerade MORP (dress-up dance).
Program Goals
Engagement
- Increase levels of parent and family engagement
- Increase participation in extracurricular activities at school
- Increase presence of community organizations on campus
Academic Achievement
- Graduation rate increase
- Attendance and chronic absenteeism rate decrease
- Increase enrollment in Advanced Placement and honors courses
- Increase proficiency in Math and ELA/English
- Increase number of students on track in A-G requirements
- Increase number of students at or above benchmark in literacy skills
- Decrease 1st time referrals for special education services
School Experience and Support
- Every student has an advocate
- Increase access to mental and social-emotional health resources
- Increase favorable school experience survey responses
- Access to culturally responsive curriculum and pedagogy
- Decrease discipline rates (arrests, suspensions, referrals)
- Elimination of policies and practices that contribute to school to prison pipeline
More Past Events
STEAM is our theme!
Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math
Forty students will participate, with 10 mentors.
Activities:
- Robotics
- Finance
- Math Games
- Art
- Gardening
Jewelry Design Class
- Mentoring Program
- PE Yard Tournaments
- Afternoon Art Paint and Sip African American Portraits
- Photography Club/Black Student Union
- A tour of SoFi Stadium and the Kinsey African American Art & History Collection, on Wednesday, April 19, 2023.
- A UCLA college tour.
- An end-of-year service learning event.
BSAP Parent Group
Parents of students who are participating in the BSAP program are welcome to join the BSAP Parent Group in Schoology.
The BSAP Team
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