{"id":1471,"date":"2024-02-22T09:09:23","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T08:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lpinstitute.dev.onpressidium.com\/news\/schools-challenge\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T10:59:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T09:59:40","slug":"the-schools-challenge-2024-schoolgirls-imagine-and-build-a-more-inclusive-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learningplanetinstitute.org\/en\/news\/the-schools-challenge-2024-les-collegiennes-imaginent-et-construisent-une-ville-plus-inclusive\/","title":{"rendered":"The Schools Challenge 2024: schoolchildren imagine and build a more inclusive city"},"content":{"rendered":"

On November 23, 2023, 45 secondary school students from Seine-Saint-Denis gathered at the Learning Planet Institute to launch a program that will accompany them throughout their ninth year: The Schools Challenge.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Created by JPMorgan Chase, with the support and expertise of the Learning Planet Institute<\/a>, The Schools Challenge is an educational mentoring program, deployed in six cities around the world, designed to develop the career prospects of young people. The program helps participants acquire skills in areas such as teamwork, problem-solving and oral presentation. It also enables students to make more informed decisions about the possible directions and career prospects open to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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THE SCHOOLS CHALLENGE 2024: CREATING AN INCLUSIVE SPORTS FACILITY<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

For 6 months, with the help of their Learning Planet Institute and JPMorgan Chase mentors, the schoolchildren devise a project for a sustainable city. In 9 workshops, students and mentors give shape to their ideas, redoubling their motivation and creativity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the occasion of Olympic Games 2024<\/a>, high school students face a new challenge: imagining an inclusive sports facility<\/strong> that will fit in perfectly with their neighborhood, in the vicinity of their college. Their prototype will have to meet technical and ergonomic criteria, as well as criteria of inclusivity and accessibility, by examining the place of disability, gender and morphologies (according to age and physical and motor capacities) in public space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Schools Challenge 2023 \u00a9Quentin Chevrier<\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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A PROMISING LAUNCH<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

After a word of welcome from Fran\u00e7ois Taddei<\/a>, President of the Learning Planet Institute and\u2019Olivier Simon<\/a>, Managing Director<\/em> from JPMorgan Chase, the ninth graders met their sponsor Romain Riboud<\/a>. A former Paralympic athlete (double world champion in disabled skiing, double silver medallist at the Paralympic Games and flag-bearer for the French team at the Vancouver Paralympic Games), this multi-medal-winning athlete sent a word of support and encouragement to his godchildren:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00abYou're going to learn to work together, you're going to learn from each other, you're going to have a great little journey that's going to make you grow. It's a real school of life to have this kind of challenge. It's a mirror image of top-level sport: it's a life and learning gas pedal. I invite you to take full advantage of this experience and to hang in there, even if there are difficulties, to help each other out. That's how we progress. Be strong\u00bb, Romain Riboud<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Third-year students from Miriam Makeba & Iqbal Masih middle schools (Seine-Saint-Denis) were then introduced to their mentors. The Learning Planet Institute mentors will be working with them throughout the year to raise their awareness of Sustainable Development Objectives<\/a> (ODD) and engineering sciences. In addition, the 18 mentors from JPMorgan Chase will introduce them to project management: from drawing up a business plan to prototyping a solution and selling it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To close the launch, the alumni of the 2022\/2023 program addressed a few words to their successors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00abI have a message for the new third-year students who are going to take part in The Schools Challenge: it's not a program that develops a competitive spirit, but rather a spirit of fraternity\u00bb, Cha\u00efma, alumni of the 2022-2023 edition.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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\u00abI was lucky enough to take part in the Schools Challenge and it was a great experience. You can talk about it at your brevet oral. I was able to improve my skills, especially when it comes to speaking. It's a project where you're in the classroom but you're not sitting in a chair listening to a lecture. You get the chance to practice and talk to people you don't see every day, and that's really great for ninth graders\u00bb, Maram, alumni of the 2022-2023 edition.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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The Schools Challenge 2023 \u00a9Quentin Chevrier<\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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