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What Your Student Will Do, What PALP Expects and What You Should Know Before Registering
PALP is designed to help your student become more independent, not more dependent on adults.
PALP Is Designed to Build Independence
You're an important partner, but PALP work belongs to your student. We expect them to communicate, complete their own assignments, take part in project work, ask for help when they need it and learn to manage responsibilities more independently over time.
What PALP Does
- Structures the program, sessions and checkpoints
- Verifies participation, hours and roles
- Provides guided tools through the Hub
- Gives direct feedback and coaching
What Your Student Does
- Attends and participates
- Completes their own assignments and revisions
- Contributes their own part to the Community Impact Project
- Speaks up early when stuck
What You Do
- Protect scheduled PALP time
- Help with transportation and technology
- Ask what your student is responsible for
- Share safety and schedule information through the right channel
PALP is set up so the work, and the growth, belong to your student.
What Your Student Is Getting
What PALP Expects From Your Student
- Attend and participate in required Core sessions and check-ins
- Speak up early when absent, stuck or confused
- Do their own work and use AI as a tool, not a substitute for thinking
- Complete revisions when work doesn't meet the standard
- Take a real part in the Community Impact Project and keep evidence of their contribution
- Meet campaign, event and other participation requirements, or complete an approved make-up when allowed
- Act with integrity, respect, reliability and appropriate boundaries
How You Can Help
Program Cost: 2026–27
| Registration fee | $50 nonrefundable |
| Program fee | $200 |
| Total family payment | $250 |
| Tuition support | Miami Dolphins support covers 50% of PALP tuition |
| Payment plans | Available; full balance due December 31, 2026 |
| Junior Counselor in Training | Students invited into Junior Counselor in Training pay an additional $350 for the Junior Counselor Service and Training Retreat, Feb. 9–15, 2027, plus any PALS costs |
What We Do Not Promise
PALP doesn't guarantee college admission, scholarships, outside awards, project funding, recommendations or a particular leadership title. We provide preparation, practice, accountability, verified experiences and chances to earn responsibility.
Multi-Year Growth
Your student can join in 9th Grade and continue through 12th Grade. Each returning year brings more leadership responsibility, so your student builds a stronger record over time instead of starting over.
What Parents Say
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