Learn about EWOE programs: Junior Elite, Senior Elite, Cotillion

OUR APPROACH

Elite Women of Excellence comes alongside teen girls to help them discover their purpose and passion, support the making of moral choices through biblical principles, strengthen family relationships, develop a foundation of confidence, and provide an environment where they can experience the unconditional love of Jesus Christ.

EWOE welcomes girls of all socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds and its programs are developed with three areas in mind:

Personal Enrichment

Family Strengthening

Care & Compassion

EWOE provides a safe space for hard conversations in a judgement-free zone, and the environment is one of intentional connection. We aim to help girls and parents be more strategic in their relationships and unconditional in their love.

Our Programs

Focused on healthy dating relationships, improved communication, positive parental engagement, and education beyond high school, EWOE has a wide variety of programs for teen girls. Many are open to anyone, while some are available by application only. All our programs are designed to help teen girls draw their own conclusions and aspire to live a life that pleases God.

Junior Elite Program

EWOE’s Junior Elite Program is for middle school girls in grades 7-8 and lays the foundation for developing self-confidence.

Program Focus

Life Skills

Decision Making

Goal Setting

The faith-based program meets through the school year and offers workshops, activities, and events on a wide variety of topics such as dining and business etiquette, self-defense, social media, body image, hygiene and hair care, plus more.

“Father-Daughter time is a moment in the program that we cherish as a family.”

– Parent

“Elite Women of Excellence is an amazing program that allows us to pour into our young ladies. There is such a struggle for the attention of our youth, and the workshops are geared towards them and only them. Each session has various topics that help prepare them in making life decisions. EWOE has been a blessing to me and my stepdaughter!”

– Mrs. Wilson, Stepmom and Volunteer Site Coordinator

“EWOE has been great for both my daughter and I. She respects and values these women when I cannot always be there. We will be moving out of the Atlanta area, and I pray there is an exact replica in the city we are moving to. This has been the best time getting to know and understand my teenage daughter.”

– S.J., Mother

Senior Elite Program

EWOE’s Senior Elite Program is for high school girls in grades 9-12 and offers workshops, activities, and events that foster the development of principles, passion and purpose.

Program Focus

College & Career

Healthy Relationships

Community Service

The Senior Elite Program meets throughout the year and gives girls the tools to grow into healthy, well-rounded young women. Sample program topics include mock interviews, networking events, dating, and sexual risk avoidance. Participants are also involved in community service activities and organize their own event to extend compassion and caring as a demonstration of biblical stewardship.

EWOE’s Senior Elite Program produces confident teen girls who are equipped to make wise decisions and live a life of least regrets.

“I 'graduated' from the Elite Women of Excellence Senior Elite Program in 2007 and started volunteering [with the program] after. The values that are shared with the young women are important for any young woman to understand. The focus on healthy relationships, self-worth, family relationships, goal setting, and career/career planning have helped me immensely. I recommend this program to any young woman who wants to live a little set apart from what everyone else is doing.”

– Lauren, Alumni Member, Workshop Facilitator

“My family’s experience with EWOE throughout these past three years has been wonderful! This program has been one of the steppingstones in my daughter’s life that has helped mature her into a more confident and responsible young lady. Through this program, the girls establish life goals, friendships, and self-love.”

– Mrs. Bryant, Parent

“My husband and I have had the opportunity to watch our daughter blossom into a mature young lady during her time with Elite Women of Excellence. She sees and embraces her beauty inside and out and has gained a voice.”

– Lawanda, Parent

“For my family, EWOE’s success was in its affirmation of Christian values and beliefs. I also believe that part of our success story is supporting parents and families in training their girls to become purpose-driven young women.”

– Nicola, Parent

Partner Programs

Elite Women of Excellence partners with other youth-serving organizations to provide a series of monthly Lunch & Learn sessions for girls in grades 7–12.

Our partner programs are staffed by volunteers who facilitate workshops aimed at enhancing decision-making skills and informing life choices. The aim is to help teen girls understand how present behaviors can influence future goals and plans–and ultimately, to break the cycle of poverty and to reduce teen pregnancy, truancy, and the high school drop-out rate.

“Elite Women of Excellence (EWOE) began working with our ministry’s female participants in 2010. Over the years, they have poured into our girls' lives both academically and spiritually. One of the resources provided by EWOE was the SAT prep program, delivering free instruction and test preparation to our young women. One participant improved her SAT score by 400+ points one year after participating in EWOE's SAT prep program, allowing her to be accepted into one of Tennessee's top universities.”

– Greg Washington, Youth Programming Director,
City of Refuge Level Up Youth Ministry, Atlanta, GA

“Lisa Smith and the volunteers of EWOE have been a blessing to the young ladies in my school. EWOE brings to the table relevant life skills young ladies can use during and beyond high school. I have enjoyed observing the transformation my students made--the more sessions under their belts, the more maturity. Additionally, I would have to say it has been a learning experience for me as well! I am looking forward to our third year partnering with Elite Women of Excellence!”

– Mrs. B., Cobb County School

Cotillion

Cotillion is EWOE’s most intensive program, spanning nine months and focused on personal growth and development. This exclusive program is for girls dedicated to self-improvement and is more than a typical peer group or youth development program. It’s truly a sisterhood marked by lifelong friendships.

We are always intentional about exposing teen girls to biblical principles, encouraging positive self-worth, and inspiring a desire to honor God with their bodies, souls, and spirits, but the Cotillion program is a pinnacle experience where Elite Women of Excellence walks alongside participants as they discover their passions, their pathways, their source of power, and their guiding principles.

The annual program culminates with a special event marked by formal white gowns, elegant hairstyles, choreographed minuets, and graceful waltzes. On this special night, the girls are presented as confident young women who are well positioned to operate in their full potential for making positive choices, influencing society, engaging in their communities, and achieving personal goals.

“EWOE helps girls to develop a great outlook and vision for what their future might look like. These girls end the program with more insight, more polished, more encouraged and end up being beacons of light for other girls their age to follow. I cannot think of a better organization for girls and look forward to my other two daughters participating in the years to come!”

– R. Young, Parent

Events

Our year-round calendar of workshops, conferences, and events helps build self-awareness for girls and their families. Each event is designed to engage middle and high school girls in spiritual, relational, and personal growth.

Some of our most well-received events have been our career-readiness workshops, “Heart to Heart” Valentine’s event for girls and their fathers, Bible study, as well as special events and workshops, designed to help parents understand teen sex trends and learn how to make talking about sex with their daughters, easy, factual, and fun.

We also offer retreats for students and their parents (or guardians), providing a healthy environment for family bonding and open communication regarding goals, forgiveness, purity, self-worth and expressing love.

“I really enjoyed the mother-daughter retreat. I appreciated the transparency and stories that were shared because a lot of times you can feel you are the only person with concerns. Elite Women of Excellence has transformed my relationship with both of my daughters. We are forever grateful for the love, workshops, purity talks, self-esteem, career match, and prayers this program has provided for our family!!”

– T.B., parent of two EWOE alumnae

“Mother/Daughter Retreat was an eye-opening and bonding experience for me and my daughter.”

– EWOE Parent