Guide Right · Since 1969
Kappa League
Educational, occupational and social guidance for young men in grades 6 through 12, led by the Richardson Plano Guide Right Foundation.
Our Guide Right Programs
Mentoring from middle school through college graduation
The Richardson Plano Guide Right Foundation takes pride in its varied and impactful Guide Right programs. We mentor and guide students from middle school through college graduation.
The impact of our program is visible in the young men who have come through Guide Right, graduated from college and gone on to build careers.
- Grades 6 through 12
- Leadership, college and career preparation
- Mentored by Brothers of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
Our History
How Kappa League began
Kappa League is a subset of Guide Right, the national service initiative of Kappa Alpha Psi® Fraternity, Inc.
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The beginning
The Kappa Instructional Leadership League
Under the chairmanship of Mel Davis, the Los Angeles Alumni Chapter’s Social Action Program took the form of a training activity for young men at Alain LeRoy Locke High School. It was designed to help young men grow and develop their leadership talents in every phase of human endeavor, through challenging and rewarding experiences that richly enhanced their lives.
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February 12, 1969
Kappa League is founded
The Los Angeles Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi® Fraternity, Inc. founded Kappa League at Alain LeRoy Locke High School. Its founders were Mel L. Davis and Edgar H. Bishop, an Elder Watson Diggs Awardee. Membership was open to students in the tenth through twelfth grades.
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August 12–15, 1970
Adopted by the Grand Chapter
Kappa League was adopted by the Grand Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi® Fraternity, Inc. at the 56th Grand Chapter Meeting. The fraternity sought to help young men achieve worthy goals and make constructive contributions to their communities as leadership roles became their responsibility.
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Today
Grades 6 through 12 in Richardson and Plano
Kappa League is a program for the educational, occupational and social guidance of students in grades 6 through 12. In Richardson and Plano it is led by the Guide Right Foundation with the Richardson-Plano Alumni Chapter.
The Program
The Seven Phases of Kappa League
Every Kappa Leaguer grows through seven areas of development.
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Kappa League at a glance
Kappa League Students
Meet the current class, its officers, and classes from past years.
Meet the students
Scholarships
More than $80,000 awarded to college-bound Kappa Leaguers since 1999.
See the scholars
Activities
College tours, conferences, service projects and celebrations, year by year.
See this year