Project Challenge


Project Challenge is a program of The Memphis Challenge, Inc., piloted with 9th graders at Booker T. Washington High School in Memphis, TN.

Project Challenge seeks to create a paradigm shift in the disparities that exist between at-risk students of color and replace it with one of achievement through peer support and other service learning techniques.  Project Challenge provides a venue for our students, Memphis Challengers, to take the helm in providing a service to another group of students, encouraging them to share the wealth of what they have been privileged to receive.

  •   Project Challenge consist of a four-phase operational program strategy
    • Phase 1 - Assessment
    • Phase 2 - Coaching
    • Phase 3 - Training
    • Phase 4 - Camp Challenge
  • Each student will participate in the first 3 phases of the program
  • Students who have successfully mastered the program’s objectives will be selected to attend Camp Challenge
  • The program spans a nine-month period concurrent with academic school year
  • Allots a standard method of evaluation at the end of each six-week reporting period
  • Points of evaluation will be the students’ academic achievement, professional development, and interpersonal skills

 
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