"Education through sport": putting an end to school dropouts through sport

Season 2023-2024: 28 sports clubs renewed

• Académie Football Paris 18 is a soccer club in the 18th arrondissement of Paris with 400 members. It organizes workshops to support schoolchildren, as well as group and individual sports activities (archery, field field hockey, fencing, mini-golf) to raise awareness among pupils at Charles Hermite school;
• AICV is a cycling association based in the 19th arrondissement. It wishes to set up a "Savoir Rouler et Préventions" project for 48 fourth grade and 47 fifth grade pupils at the Goubet elementary school (19th arrondissement) in order to combat school drop-out and delinquent behavior by encouraging the use of sustainable transport while supporting schooling;
  
• AJA Paris XX is a large judo club in the 20th arrondissement with 400 members. It aims to make judo and all its associated values accessible to children from disadvantaged neighborhoods by offering a weekly judo session to 80 pupils from the Tourtille elementary school, alongside a socio-educational follow-up;
• The Club Enfants de la Goutte D'Or is a soccer and taekwondo sports association in the 18th arrondissement of Paris with 500 members. It aims to offer weekly school support sessions and soccer training sessions entirely in English to around 50 children from the Goutte d'Or district (18th arrondissement). The aim is to create a project linked to the world of sport and get kids involved during the school vacations;
  
• The District de Football is the biggest committee in Paris, with over 25,000 members. The club is keen to promote educational success through sport at the Neuve Saint Pierre school (4th arrondissement) for 30 pupils from the Cité Saint Martin hostel. Pupils with learning difficulties will be identified by their results in the first and second grade national assessments. The project will take place over 5 periods of 7 sessions during school time, on Thursday mornings from 8:30 to 11:30 and concerns first and second grade classes.
  
• Keatbeck is a dance company based in the 17th arrondissement. Its aim is to set up sports (dance) and socio-emotional skills development workshops for 40 pupils from the Cheminet school and the Rouault secondary school (19th arrondissement), using 3 cycles (Endurance, Speed and Recovery - Flexibility and Tone - Cohesion and Teamwork) to address problems faced by children experiencing difficulties at school.
  
• Sparring Partner JBC is a boxing club located in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, offering students in 5th to 3rd grade a chance to succeed and regain their self-confidence through two complementary workshops a week: one focusing on reading and writing, and the other on boxing and hip hop dancing with a view to putting on a show at the end of the year at the Jean-Baptiste Clément secondary school (20th arrondissement);
• Hustle Paris Basket is a youth basketball club based in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. Its aim is to offer around a hundred children from 4th to 7th grade at Collège Villon and Fournier and Maurice d'Ocagne schools (14th arrondissement) the chance to take part in a school support program with the Marc Sangnier Paris Anim center. This will combine two basketball lessons a week and a week-long training course during the school vacations, combining sports practice and an educational program as part of the "learning vacations" program;
• Ladies & Basketball is an association that uses basketball, and sport in general, as a socio-educational lever for girls and women. Its aim is to enable children aged 10 to 12 in double-graded classes to keep up with the pace of schooling and avoid dropping out of the École polyvalente Mac Donald (19th arrondissement). It combines sports activities, academic reinforcement and career planning through around 20 sessions throughout the school year and two weeks during the winter and spring vacations in 2024;
• UFOLEP 75 is France's leading multi-sports federation with 350,000 members. The association offers specific workshops to one hundred schoolchildren from four schools in the 10th arrondissement (collèges Françoise Seligmann, Valmy, de la Grande aux Belles, and Louise Michel), both weekly sports activities (basketball and break-dance) and themed introductions (graphics workshop, history of break-dance and 3x3 basketball, new Olympic disciplines) to support young people in their personal and academic development;
  
• The USOMC is a rugby club in the 13th arrondissement with 500 members. The association welcomes around 20 school dropouts from the Camille Claudel secondary school (13th arrondissement) every week on Wednesdays to help them with their homework, then introduces them to rugby on the pitch so that they can develop values conveyed by rugby: courage, respect, solidarity, fair play in collective combat and opposition to the body.

• Esprit-Savoir-Sport-Equité" is a popular education association in the 19th arrondissement, with 700 members. It offers sports activities and training; two weekly support sessions and tutoring, two sports activities throughout the year, and sports and culture courses during the vacations for 20 middle and high school students from the Danube-Solidarité-Marseillaise district (19th) who are experiencing difficulties at school;
  
• CAP "Sport Art Aventure Amitié" is an inclusive, popular education sports club in the 15th arrondissement, with 144 members. Its aim is to develop para-sports and educational activities within the framework of the "ateliers relais" for marginalized pupils with learning difficulties who are dropping out of school;
• le cercle d'escrime franco-cubain is a fencing club in northeastern Paris with 250 members. Its aim is to offer a weekly fencing session during lunch breaks, throughout the year, in conjunction with coaching linked to educational activities (concentration, relaxation, motivation), for around 50 schoolchildren with learning difficulties in 5th and 6th grade from three schools in the 20th arrondissement (Colette Besson, Pierre Mendes France and François Dolto) >>Read our report
• Eiffel Basket is a basketball club located in the 15th arrondissement of Paris with 480 members. The association aims to present basketball to 300 children in the 14th and 15th arrondissements, to target ten youngsters from the club and 15 children from the Frères Voisins school (15th arrondissement) who have dropped out of school, and to support these youngsters throughout the year with individualized coaching with a club coach (through tutoring, and the introduction of special timetables via the CHASE section of the Camille Sée secondary school);
  
• Domrémy Basket 13 is the largest basketball club in the 13th arrondissement, with 315 members. The club would like to set up basketball sessions preceded by tutoring and coaching training in partnership with the Evariste Gallois secondary school (13th arrondissement) for around 50 youngsters aged 10 to 15;
• Paris ACASA Futsal is a former youth club turned popular education and futsal club with up to 150 members. Its project revolves around the launch and development of the Futsal sports section at Edmond Michelet secondary school (19th arrondissement) and Varèse secondary school (19th arrondissement). For 50 teenagers, the organization offers a combined 10 hours of weekly sports practice with 10 hours of other educational activities (follow-up, tutoring, individual coaching, tutoring, co-construction of projects, outings, etc.);
  
• "Educ'Sport 15" is an association created by Paris Basket 15 and Athletic Club Paris 15, with 1100 members. Its aim is to ensure that as many young basketball and soccer players as possible practicing at the Charles Rigoulot stadium benefit from homework help and academic support. The two clubs have launched a new education program through sport for children and teenagers mainly from several neighborhoods in the 15th arrondissement (Périchaux, Falguière, Frères Voisins and Dupleix) and from schools in the 15th arrondissement (notably Collège André Citroën and École Brancion);
  
• Paris Basket 18 is a basketball club in the 18th arrondissement with 150 members. The club is pursuing its highly successful project that has been running since 2020; offering 70 pupils from the Jean-François Lépine school (18th arrondissement) the chance to take part in a school dropout prevention program with three weekly sessions using sport as a mobilizing tool;
  
• The Paris Université Club omnisports is the largest omnisports club in Paris, based in the 13th arrondissement and with almost 6,000 members. The organization aims to develop a pathway to academic success with an introduction to less accessible sports (fencing, squash and baseball), complemented by support and tutoring sessions open to 40 young schoolchildren at the Georges Sand secondary school (13th arrondissement) with academic difficulties or who don't enjoy sports;
• PUC Volleyball is one of the biggest volleyball clubs in Paris, with 324 members, and is based at the Charlety stadium (13th arrondissement). It offers weekly homework help sessions before twice weekly volleyball training sessions at Charlety (13th arrondissement) and tutoring sessions at the Patay center and the Espace Paris Jeune l'Envol for 30 pupils from the Thomas Mann and Moulin-des-Prés secondary schools (13th arrondissement);
• "Sporting Club Universitaire de France" is the biggest sports club in north-western Paris, with 2,575 members. The SCUF will offer two weekly introductory sessions to Olympic sports, accompanied by homework help, for around 20 children aged 6 to 10 from the Epinettes and Jacques Kellner areas (^17th);
  
• Tatane is a popular education association in the 11th arrondissement that uses soccer as a lever for social cohesion and community development in working-class neighborhoods, with 800 signed up members. The association will pursue running the mixed sports section created last year, with sports activities preceded by homework help from 6th to 9th grade twice a week for 18 pupils from the Lucie Aubrac middle school (11th arrondissement) and 12 pupils from the Giacometti (14th arrondissement) and François Villon (14th arrondissement) middle schools.
• Menilmontant Paris Sport is an emblematic Parisian basketball association. Since the start of the year it has been running introductory refereeing sessions for youngsters, in addition to basketball workshops run throughout the year at the following establishments: École des cheminets (19th arrondissement), Collège Georges Rouault (19th arrondissement), for an average of 17 children per session (aged 12).
• Boxer Inside Club is a 12-year-old sports association that transmits boxing values to Parisians. To this end, the club offers a wide range of activities to leisure centers in the 13th arrondissement and the Pailleron secondary school in the 19th arrondissement. Children aged 10 to 17 have access to boxing and physical preparation sessions throughout the year, as well as training camps during vacations. Finally, they are offered educational support, including a civic commitment course and a course on boxing professions.
• RSI is a Parisian roller skating club that invests in young Parisians' fulfillment through skating. Over the course of 2023/2024, a dozen youngsters aged 8 to 13 from the CSC Maurice Noguès (14th arrondissement) have had access to roller skating lessons, preceded by homework support.

Frédéric, President of the Franco-Cuban fencing club:

• Legacy of the City of Paris for the Paris 2024 Games heyzine.com
• Report: the Franco-Cuban fencing circle initiative
• See the "Kindergarten to elementary school (ages 3-10)" section.
• Visit the "2024 Games" section