College Ready
Ages 14 to 19
College and trade planning, applications and essays, financial aid and scholarships, apprenticeship pathways, and a first year plan.
Educator, author, and founder of Saki-Growth LLC
Real stories. Stronger kids. Brighter futures.
Rendell Keith spent ten years helping court involved and first generation students in Washington, DC get into school, into college, and into work. Through Saki-Growth LLC he now brings robotics, job readiness, college readiness, and money skills programs to schools and communities across DC and Northern Virginia.
10years working with young people
1,000+students supported with school, college, and job placement
2books for young readers and their families
MPAMaster of Public Administration, West Virginia State University
About
From Anacostia to the front of the classroom
Young people do not need another lecture. They need someone who shows them the next step and stays until they take it.
Rendell Keith is a Washington, DC native and a first generation college graduate. For ten years he has worked as an education specialist with court involved youth, helping students with school placement, college applications, financial aid, and getting ready for work.
In 2025 he founded Saki-Growth LLC to bring that same practical instruction to schools, libraries, community organizations, and families across Washington, DC, Northern Virginia, and the Fredericksburg area. That fall, Kingsman Academy Public Charter School contracted Saki-Growth to design and run its middle school robotics elective.
He is also the author of two books that speak to kids and the adults raising them about choices, education, and what a better tomorrow can look like.
- Organization
- Saki-Growth LLC
- Founded
- June 2025, Virginia
- Based in
- Alexandria, VA
- Serves
- DC, Northern Virginia, Fredericksburg
- Focus
- Robotics, jobs, college, money
- Registered
- Virginia SCC and eVA
Programs
Six programs schools can book today
Delivered on site or online. Schools, libraries, and nonprofits can request a complimentary introductory session before committing.
Innovators in Motion
Grades 6 to 8, equipment included
Robotics and engineering through team challenges, ending in a public showcase of student work.
Get Hired!
Ages 15 to 24
Resume preparation, interview practice, and what employers expect on day one.
Teen Money Bootcamp
Ages 13 to 18
Budgeting, banking, credit, reading a paycheck, and spotting fraud.
Build It!
Ages 8 to 13, materials included
Hands on projects that build planning, measurement, and follow through.
Custom programs
Any group size, on site or online
Single topic sessions in financial literacy, fraud prevention, or job readiness, shaped to your group.
Open enrollment
College Ready, fall 2026
Six Wednesday evenings, 6:30 to 8:00 PM, in the Alexandria West End. Fifteen seats, tuition $150 per student. The exact location is shared at registration.
Reserve a seat- College and trade list
- Applications and essays
- FAFSA and scholarships
- Apprenticeships and trade paths
- Paying for college and budgeting
- First year plan
Case study
Innovators in Motion at Kingsman Academy
A middle school robotics elective in Washington, DC, built for a school's request for proposals and delivered in fall 2025.
Twenty to twenty five students met three days a week for ten weeks, thirty sessions in all. Teams worked with LEGO Spike Prime kits and laptops to build and program robots, completed hands on gear and vehicle builds, and tested their work. The program closed with a showcase of what the students made.
- Robot foundations, programming basics, sensors
- Build challenges, testing, team problem solving
- Final project design, build, and refinement
- Showcase with student presentations and judging
Program goals
- Every student builds and programs a working robot by week six
- Two major team challenges for every student
- A public showcase of student work
How progress is measured
- Weekly skill reflections and coding logs
- Final project rubric for creativity, accuracy, and teamwork
- Pre and post STEM confidence surveys
Built to continue
- Kits and equipment retained for reuse
- Staff training so schools can sustain the program
- Optional high school mentors
Books
Stories about choice, education, and what comes next
Written for young people and the adults who raise them, drawing on a decade of real conversations with students in Washington, DC. Both titles are on Amazon.
More Than a Crime Story
The Power of Choice, Education and a Better Tomorrow
Faith, education, and generational wealth, told through real stories meant to build stronger kids and brighter futures.
Find it on Amazon
Crime Never Gets to Write Your Name
Amazon Kindle
A book on the choices, pressures, and second chances young people face, and on who gets to decide how their story is told.
View on AmazonFrom the pages
Artwork from the books.
Credentials
Education and registration
Public administration and communications, early experience at the Federal Reserve Board, and a company registered to do business with the Commonwealth.
- 2017Master of Public AdministrationWest Virginia State University
- 2014Bachelor of Science, CommunicationsWest Virginia State University. Senior Editor, The Yellow Jacket student newspaper.
- During undergraduate studyIntern, Federal Reserve BoardWashington, DC
- 2009Anacostia High SchoolWashington, DC
- June 2025Saki-Growth LLCCertificate of organization from the Virginia State Corporation Commission. Registered in eVA, the Commonwealth's procurement system.
Contact
Bring a program to your students
Schools, libraries, county programs, and community organizations across Washington DC, Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun, Prince William, Stafford, and Fredericksburg. Introductory sessions are complimentary for schools and nonprofits.
- Telephone
- (202) 345-6431
- Company
- Saki-Growth LLC, Alexandria, Virginia