To kick off the new year, Girlstart introduced a new volunteer opportunity with our Monthly Volunteer Nights! Girlstart is opening its office the third Tuesday each month for interested volunteers to help with various projects and prep tasks. We had a great turnout for our January and February volunteer nights, and those who joined us ensured all materials were prepped for our spring After School programs and community events.
We will host volunteer nights throughout the year and look forward to welcoming familiar faces as well as new ones when we start these back up in the fall of 2020!
*Your district’s official form will look a little different.
If you have a daughter in 5th grade, you will likely receive information about your daughter’s transition into middle school, and Girlstart wants to advocate for one of the key things you and your daughter will have to do with that information: choose her course selections.
You and/or your daughter will find a form regarding the class options available to her in middle school. Our vision for every Girlstart girl’s choices in middle school can be found above.
Girlstart recommends selecting Advanced (sometimes called PreAP or PAP) math and science as soon as your district makes it available. Through her participation in Girlstart, your daughter has had a unique experience, engaging in 10 to 40 more hours of science and math than most students. Your daughter is, therefore, better prepared for advanced science and math courses in middle school, and selecting these advanced science and math courses will keep options open to her in high school and for college.
Additionally, we suggest choosing a STEM-related elective or supplementary program, if it is available at your school or in your community. If you have questions about the course selection process, we encourage you to talk with your daughter’s teacher or the school counselor. They will be able to help provide guidance about what courses will be available in middle and high school and the great options that await your daughter.
By advocating for your daughter and helping you plan early, we hope you and your daughter feel empowered to dream big for her future as she adventures into middle school and beyond.
Girlstart kicked off the month of DeSTEMber with our DeSTEMber Extravaganza on Saturday, December 7th in Austin, TX, and Sunnyvale, CA.
Volunteers led hands-on activities including gliders, circuit reindeer, paper rockets, InstaSnow, dancing gingerbread, and more. We are so thankful to have such amazing volunteers who took time to engage and inspire kids and their families in STEM.
A group from Square Root joined us at Girlstart this fall for a morning of volunteering. Volunteers helped us prep materials for our Game Changers Luncheon as well as our Spooktacular event. They rolled shirts, cut hundreds of pieces of foam, and labeled boxes of colored pencils.
A huge thank you to Square Root for donating their time and helping us make STEM fun and meaningful for girls across the country!
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