Indiana Digital Learning School Students Win SuitUp Take On Tech Challenge
May 03 2023 - 9:57AM
Business Wire
Virtual Students find Tech-Based Solutions
to Problems in Their Community
A student-led team from Indiana Digital Learning School (INDLS)
showed off their entrepreneurial skills and won the national SuitUp
Take on Tech challenge on April 27. The INDLS team designed an app
called Food Haven that connects restaurants, grocery stores, and
other businesses with homeless shelters and food banks to mitigate
food waste.
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Competitors in the Take On Tech competition were tasked with
designing an app or technological device that will address an issue
in the student team’s community. Teams were coached by volunteers
from tech companies, including Snap, Inc., Amazon Web Services, TJX
Companies, and Salesforce Greenhouse Software, and Seeq, who helped
the teams refine their ideas, develop their brand, and execute
their business pitches.
Indiana Digital Learning School’s winning design addressed food
insecurity within their community. According to Feeding America, 1
in 9 people in Indiana face hunger; children are more likely to be
affected with a reported 204,290 Indiana children experiencing
hunger. The team was selected as the finalist that represented the
Midwest region against the Western and Southern region finalists.
The final round was judged by executives from TJX Companies, Fetch
Rewards, Snap, Inc., and SuitUp.
"Stride greatly values the Capstone learning experiences curated
by SuitUp and their challenges are the perfect way for students to
showcase a project, demonstrate learned skills and receive industry
specific feedback near the end of a Stride powered Project Based
Learning experience," says Nicholas Sutherland, Director of Career
Learning at Stride.
SuitUp is a nonprofit that strives to increase career readiness
for all students with innovative business plan competitions that
give students the access and awareness to pursue both college and
career opportunities of their choosing. Through their challenges,
students learn about business strategies and master professional
soft skills. By the end of the events, students have a deeper
understanding of the corporate world and see it as part of their
own.
Executive Director, Lauren Reilly, shared “SuitUp is intentional
in the way we approach virtual learning and the outcomes we drive.
And we don’t take that charge lightly. Take on Tech is our
commitment to providing high quality, student-centered immersive
experiences that drive career readiness outcomes. Through the
program, we are bridging the opportunity gap between the corporate
world and the realm of virtual schooling. We are proud that we can
bring amazing corporate partners to the table to ensure that all
students, regardless of where they live and what computer they log
on from, have the awareness, access, and opportunity to pursue the
college and career of their choosing.”
Fifteen Stride-powered schools from around the country competed
in the Take on Tech challenge. The winning team from Indiana
Digital Learning School is comprised of students Prabanjan J.,
Jayahni K., Charli H., Jordon V., Joseph B., Kiana D., Steven M.,
and Natasha B.
For more information about Stride, Inc., the leading provider of
online and blended education programs, please visit
stridelearning.com. To learn more about SuitUp’s initiatives,
please visit volunteersuitup.com.
About Stride, Inc.
At Stride, Inc. (NYSE: LRN), we are reimagining
learning—where learning is lifelong, deeply personal, and prepares
learners for tomorrow. The company has transformed millions of
people’s teaching and learning experiences by providing innovative,
high-quality, tech-enabled education solutions, curriculum, and
programs directly to students, schools, the military, and
enterprises in primary, secondary, and postsecondary settings.
Stride is a premier provider of K-12 education for students,
schools, and districts, including career learning services through
middle and high school curriculum. For adult learners, Stride
delivers professional skills training in healthcare and technology,
as well as staffing and talent development for Fortune 500
companies. Stride has delivered millions of courses over the past
decade and serves learners in all 50 states and more than 100
countries. The company is a proud sponsor of the Future of
School, a nonprofit organization dedicated to closing the gap
between the pace of technology and the pace of change in education.
More information can be found at stridelearning.com,
K12.com, galvanize.com, techelevator.com, and
medcerts.com.
About SuitUp
SuitUp is a 501(c)(3) education non-profit that increases career
awareness for all students through innovative business plan
competitions. SuitUp’s vision is to align the incentives of schools
and corporations to ensure that all students have the access and
awareness to pursue the college and career of their choosing. Since
inception, SuitUp has served over 14,000 students and 11,00+
volunteers, partnering with companies like Amazon, Goldman Sachs,
Snapchat, Salesforce, and more.
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