On the morning of October 28th, Akbar Cook, the principal of Newark Public Schools’ West Side High School, announced the launch of a new entrepreneurial mentoring initiative that will  provide students with a “world-class study program” to serve as a bridge to attending college or building a career. The initiative is funded by the Leonidas Foundation and is called the L.E.O. Program.

Mr. Cook was joined at the ribbon-cutting by Councilman Dupree Kelly; hip hop rapper Anthony “Treach” Criss; Grammy Award-winning producer Karriem “K-Mack” Mack; and representatives from the Leonidas Foundation and the newly-formed Partnership for West Side High School.