{"id":17085,"date":"2025-10-27T23:08:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T23:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/17085\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T23:08:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T23:08:07","slug":"philadelphia-students-suit-up-to-become-distinguished-young-gentlemen-in-afterschool-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/17085\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia students suit up to become ‘Distinguished Young Gentlemen’ in afterschool club"},"content":{"rendered":"

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — Nearly 30 years ago, Dwayne Frazier took his first shot at teaching male etiquette on the basketball court.<\/p>\n

After becoming a teacher, he brought those life skills into the classroom.<\/p>\n

He founded the ‘Distinguished Young Gentlemen’ club about four years ago at Lewis C. Cassidy Academics Plus School.<\/p>\n

More than two dozen students attend the afterschool program once per week. Every other week, they come dressed to the nines in suits and ties.<\/p>\n

Recently, they visited Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, to learn about an HBCU and male role models.<\/p>\n

But it’s adults like Frazier and his core of volunteers who day-in and day-out make a difference in these students’ lives.<\/p>\n

In the future, Frazier hopes to extend the program to a Monday-through-Friday model and even encourage other schools in the area to do the same.<\/p>\n

Watch the video above to see the ‘Distinguished Young Gentlemen’ in action.<\/p>\n

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