1. LIONMAN Foundation, Inc.
The Legend Of LIONMAN
MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE
TUTORING PROGRAM
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
Application for Grant Funds from:
The BP Educational Service
Mr. Karl Connor
At
Mary D. Coghill
Principal: Mrs. Aisha M. Jones
Mary D. Coghill Elementary School
Submitted by: GrandMaster Eric O’Neal, Sr.
7400 New Castle St.
New Orleans, La 70126
(504) 258-7773
August 8, 2011

2. BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The LIONMAN Foundation (LMF) was established in 2000 to build on
Grand Master Eric “LIONMAN” O’Neal, Sr.’s long-term commitment to supporting
the youth worldwide. Our programs are based on the mental and physical skills
acquired through martial arts, combined with math and science tutoring
programs, mentoring and promoting higher levels of academic achievement.
The goal of the LIONMAN Foundation programs are to foster the future success of
young people by helping them to acquire the self-discipline and attitudes that
support academic achievement in school as well as in life. The purpose is to
support the improvement of student achievement in the areas of mathematics
and science by encouraging, educational institutions of higher education, and
high‐need local educational agencies to partner with us to give high‐quality
professional math and science tutoring programs.
LIONMAN - Math and Science Tutoring Enrichment Program seeks to meet three
needs of low-income youth. First, low-income youth have a great need for
productive, supervised activities during the school year, and their families are
typically unable to pay for such programs. In addition, these youth, who are
already at high risk for academic failure because of lost of significant skills over
the summer time. Finally, these youth also struggle with low personal growth
skills. They typically have low self-esteem, low self-control, limited abilities to set
and reach goals, and limited views of their future opportunities. Our research has
shown that math and science a long with martial arts is an excellent way for youth
to gain focus, concentration, strategic and self-esteem skills that benefit them in
their academic activities and all aspects of their life.
The LIONMAN has been providing a positive refuge and learning experience for
thousands of youth in New Orleans for over 25 years. Our foundation continues
to serve youth in school and after-school programs at several public and parochial
schools. 90% of LMF students earn “A’s” and “B’s”, in their academic work.

3. FUNDING REQUEST
The Legend Of LIONMAN ~ Mathematics and Science Tutoring Program is
requesting $25,000 from Bp Educational Service, to provide 25 low-income, high-
risk youth a full semester scholarships to The Legend Of LIONMAN ~ Math and
Science Program at Mary D. Coghill Elementary School.
1. Provide professional math and science tutoring programs for a full
semester to 25 low-income, working-class, and high-need students
(Grade 7) to participate in the program. Our funding situation is such that
the number of students we can accept is directly related to the funding we
receive-fewer dollars, fewer students.
2. The funding will help to provide math and science tutoring supplies
uniforms for the students, transportation, and food for the students to
attend Dillard and Xavier University doing this semester.
In addition to funds requested from Bp educational service, we are in contact
with other local funding agencies to obtain funding for additional students.
Additional funding support will be obtained from small grants, individual
donations, fundraisers and local businesses for in-kind support.

4. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
1. The Legend Of LIONMAN ~ Mathematics and Science Tutoring purpose is to
support the improvement of student achievement in the areas of
mathematics and science at Mary D. Coghill Elementary School. We will
create a Math + Science Young Leaders Program to provides a partnership
with Bp to highlight leadership examples for young students at a key
decision-making point in their academic career. In addition to being tutored
weekly they will also travel to colleges and universities.
2. Martial Arts and Drill Team: Martial arts and drill team training provide the
youth with a structural environment in which to develop self-discipline and
self-control. Progression through the belt system and team leaders requires
learning and executing specific skills that build progressively and are
independent of age. Higher belts and becoming a team leader can only be
achieved through diligence, focus, and self-discipline-all skills that are
required for educational and professional success. Benefits: Respect for
their ability to achieve progressively harder goals, self-discipline, patience
and respect for others with greater skills and experience.
3. Learning Skills: Long term educational (and professional) success comes
from learning “how to learn,” techniques that are different for each
student. The program will provide tutoring assistance in particular subjects,
but the focus will be more on identifying learning patterns and teaching
skills and techniques that will support those patterns over the long term.
The self-discipline skills being learned in the martial arts programming will
be tied with the learning skills, with staff using similar language and support
patterns.
4. Community/Cultural Mentoring: The program will involve volunteer
“elders” from the community to mentor the students in areas of respect,
goal setting, multiculturalism and professional success. The programming
consists of large group presentations, meetings with smaller groups of
youth with particular interests, and one-on-one partnering. This
programming will also include opportunities for the students to participate
in business and cultural experiences (for example, ethnic dancing, writing,
singing, entrepreneurship, etc.)
5. Focused Assistance: The program will provide small group and one-on-one
sessions to teach goal setting and conflict avoidance behaviors. Each
student will regularly set and monitor progress towards, progressive goals
in education, martial arts and other areas. Conflict avoidance programming
could include modeling responses to bullying or pressure on negative
behaviors.

5. 6. Entrepreneurship and Business Skills: A challenge faced by young people as
they seek their first few jobs is demonstrating an understanding of basic
business skills and work ethics. We will work with the participants to
identify business opportunities, develop business strategies, establish and
operate a small business, all the time, learning the value and content of
basic work practices and business skills.
7. Family Support: Parents and other family members will be provided with
regular verbal and written communications that will include ideas for
reinforcing the program messages in the home. At the end of each four
week session, the program hosts a family celebration program that will
include belt testing and dance, music, drill team performances.
The Legend Of LIONMAN ~ Mathematics and Science Tutoring Program will be
under the direction of Grand Master Eric O’Neal, Sr. He will be assisted by a
number of staff members with training youth in martial arts, education,
counseling, and tutoring. Staff and Volunteers will be drawn from the local
universities and other established programs. All staff and volunteers will be
subject to appropriate screening

6. PROGRAM EVALUATION
Based on our prior work, we know that at the end of the semester, the youth
participating in The Legend Of LIONMAN ~ Mathematics and Science Tutoring
Program will exhibit increased ability to achieve progressively harder goals, and
improved self-discipline, patience and respect for others. They will have
developed improved personalized study techniques, and learned how to
approach classroom assignments with those individual techniques. This will allow
them to improve their performance within the classroom and on standardized
tests. The youth will also have an increased respect for and experience of
cultures, and increased connection with their parent/caregivers. They will have
grown to a greater understanding of the importance of education and setting
realistic goals. The youth will have increased their ability to manage and avoid
conflicts, and improve behavior stressful and confrontational situations. These
results are measurable through pre and post program evaluations, and review of
report cards and behavior reports. Many of our activities are designed to engage
young people, as research shows this is when the importance of engaging young
people with math, science and technology is at its most critical.

7. Program Design
The Legend Of LIONMAN ~ Mathematics and Science Tutoring Program is
designed to foster the future success of young people by helping them to
acquire the self-discipline and proper attitudes that support achievement in
school and in life. The Legend Of LIONMAN ~ Mathematics and Science
Tutoring Program reinforces education as a critical foundation for future
success; self-discipline, self-esteem, and respect for others as the keys to
success in education.
Initial Assessment & Data Collection
Students referred to The Legend Of LIONMAN ~ Mathematics and Science
Tutoring Program will have an initial assessment done by Program Evaluator to
determine current academic, attitudinal and behavior status, successes,
strengths, challenges, perceived failures, interests, desires and needs. This
assessment will involve face to face meetings individually and/or in groups
with students, collection of copies of pertinent data (report cards, etc.) from
students, parents, teachers and any other appropriate school personnel.
This will form baseline data for comparative analysis at the end of the
program. Results of student interests will provide basis for determining the
area of focus student will be guided to within The Legend Of LIONMAN ~
Mathematics and Science Tutoring Program. Our staff will collect ongoing
progress reports from students, parents and school personnel as a part of
program evaluation and program monitoring. A final program evaluation
report will be compiled and shared with Mary D. Coghill Elementary School,
Bp, Principal, School Administrators, students and parents.

8. Schedule
The Legend Of LIONMAN ~ Mathematics and Science Tutoring Program
We will serve:
(25) Students at Mary D. Coghill Elementary School
Students meet: 60 minutes/ 5 days a week
The program will begin immediately upon execution of the agreement
between The Legend Of LIONMAN ~ Mathematics and Science Tutoring
Program, commencing on the weekday and time selected by the school
Principal. The program will run until the end of this year (Aug 2011-Dec 2012).
A fall program can be developed if the Network so desires.
Attachments
Financial Information/Overall
The LIONMAN Foundation was established in 2000 as a vehicle to provide self-
discipline improvement activities for the community and educational
environments. To date, The Legend Of LIONMAN ~ Mathematics and Science
Tutoring Program has submitted several grants for funding to Entergy, the
Louisiana Department of Social Services, United Way, Rosemary Foundation,
and other possible sources for funding its various programs. We’re always
looking for more opportunities to help fund programs for our youth.

9. Parental Involvement
Parental involvement in their children’s schools is crucial to the success of the
student, as well as, to the school. Therefore, parents will be encouraged to
participate in The Legend Of LIONMAN ~ Mathematics and Science Tutoring
Program by volunteering at activities and performances and provide other
services.
Expected Outcomes
The Legend Of LIONMAN ~ Mathematics and Science Tutoring Program will
have significant decrease in the incidents of violence and related disciplinary
problems. The measurement will be logs of the number of violent and related
discipline events in the 2011-2012 school year prior to enrollment in the The
Legend Of LIONMAN ~ Mathematics and Science Tutoring Program as
compared to after enrollment, as reported by administration and teachers,
improved classroom behavior as reported by teachers, Increased academic
achievement, as reported by teachers, administration and students, Increased
parental involvement, Increased self-esteem and self-confidence increase
planning for future academic and professional goals.

10. Budget
The Legend Of LIONMAN ~ Mathematics and Science Tutoring Program is
offering a 5 month program to the Mary D. Coghill Elementary School
students at a reduced cost. The program will cost ($50 per student). This figure
will cover operational cost of staffing pattern listed above, program supplies
and materials.
Fee structure formula:
25 students @ $50 per student @ 20 weeks @ $25,000.00
This excludes the school closures based on:
(1) week for Thanksgiving
(2) weeks for Christmas.
(25) Students at Mary D. Coghill Elementary School

11. Staff Positions
The Legend Of LIONMAN ~ Mathematics and Science Tutoring Program
Joined together by a commitment to the future of our youth, synchronized to
maximize results and participant satisfaction, and trained in tutor youngsters and
providing positive reinforcement.
Oversight
GrandMaster O’Neal, Sr. of the LIONMAN Foundation, Inc. is the program
administrator, directing the implementation of the program in the school and
providing the supervision of staff.
Principal: Mrs. Aisha M. Jones - Mary D. Coghill Elementary will also closely
monitor all program activities.
College Students as Trainers & Mentors
The Legend Of LIONMAN ~ Mathematics and Science Tutoring Program
Hires the top college students from Xavier University, Dillard University, SUNO &
University of New Orleans in the area of math and science. We provide
participants in our programs proper training and guidance.

12. Graphic Design Facilitator - Matt King
The Legend Of LIONMAN ~ Mathematics and Science Tutoring Program
Has an “in-house Graphic Artist who will serve as facilitator for students who
express interest in this field as it relates to contributing to the development of
LIONMAN materials. This program aspect will serve as a career exploration and
skills building strategy.
Program Evaluator - Charlesetta O’Neal
The Legend Of LIONMAN ~ Mathematics and Science Tutoring Program
Evaluator will conduct an outcome evaluation to look at the impact, benefits and
changes in the students- collecting baseline data at beginning of program and
evaluating changes at the end of the program focusing on student academic
performance, attitude, behavior and student view of the future and interest.

13. Board of Directors
The Board of Directors for the LIONMAN Foundation is comprised of the following
individuals:
Grand Master Eric O’Neal, Sr., President of the LMF and BLKA
Mr. Jose Conseco, Attorney and Entrepreneur
Ms. Karen Dunn, Marketing Professional
Mr. D’Juan Hernandez, Attorney and Entrepreneur
Ms. Lynn Lee, Entergy New Orleans