Charter school starts Junior Agent Program

The San Francisco FBI is working with the Fremont based FAME charter school on a "junior agent" program.  This effort is a perfect example of the value of the FBI's Citizens' Academy program.  Maram Alaiwat the school's founder and director is also a graduate of the SF FBI Citizens' Academy and a member of the SF FBI Citizens' Academy Alumni Association.  Maram approached the SF FBI to organize the "junior agent" program.  The FAME program with the SF FBI is the first "Junior Agent Program" in the bay area in over a decade.

As part of the program fifth graders from FAME’s Fremont campus will participate in a four month long educational program consisting of classroom instruction by FBI staff and a field trip to the FBI office in San Francisco. The Junior Special Agent program, a part of the FBI’s larger Adopt-a-School initiative, will follow a specialized curriculum developed by the FBI to help students cultivate the tools to successfully deal with the increasingly complex challenges they face every day.

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