founder dwayne jones is preparing them to excel. >> these are the kinds of jobs that will be available when they are working age. so we are trying to prep them for the things that they will see and have the foundation necessary to be successful in that. >> reporter: many of the boys don't have a father at home. storm drains and filling and volunteer coaches serve as mentors at urban ed academy. they teach academics, character development, health, recreation and community service for 6 hours on saturdays. and the boys see tangible results. their truancy and suspension dropped and grades jumped up, all by about 80%. >> you did this right and you did this perfect. >> reporter: though the program is for third through fifth grade boys, graduates can become junior mentors like 12- year-old gregory bolds. >> i want to be an architect when i grow up so i need a lot of math and engineering skills to do that. >> reporter: his mother credits dwayne for keeping her son on the right track. >> living in the bayview is challenging; and just trying to keep him focused sometimes without mentorship, i d

. >> reporter: thanks to dwayne jones, you will see boys in the bayview with t-shirts that read schools my thing. they don't just wear it. they are learning to live it. >> we're taking water and sunshine and making fuel to run a toy car. >> reporter: a lesson in renewable energy inspires 9- year-ol isaiah simpson to think big. that's the goal. to get under served boys aged 7 to 11 excited about learning creating achieving. this is urban ed academy, a 5- year-old program that serves more than 300 boys at the ymca in the bayview-hunters point neighborhood. founder dwayne jones is preparing them to excel. >> these are the kinds of jobs that will be available when they are working age. so we are trying to prep them for the things that they will see and have the foundation necessary to be successful in that. >> reporter: many of the boys don't have a father figure at home. staff and coaches serve as mentors at urban ed academy. they teach academics, character development, health, recreation and community service for 6 hours on saturdays. and the boys see tangible results. their truancy and

founder dwayne jones is preparing them to excel. "37:53 these are t t will be availabl >> reporter: a lesson in renewable energy inspires him to think big. are you going to be an inventor? >> yes. >> reporter: the goal is to get these boys excited about learning, creating, achieving, this is a five-year-old program that serves more than 300 boys. the founder is getting them ready to excel. >> these are the kinds of jobs that will be available when they are of working age. >> reporter: many of the boys don't have a father figure at home, volunteer coaches at the academy serve as mentors. they teach academics, character development, recreation and community service for six hours on saturdays. he says their truancy and suspensions have dropped and their grades have moved up by 80%. though the program is only for 3rd-5th grade boys graduates can become junior mentors. >> i want i want to be an architect when i grow up. >> reporter: his mother credits him for keeping her son on the right track. >> living in bayview is challenging. it is hard to keep him challenged sometime. >> we have real