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A letter to parents, school stakeholders, and other community members who are curious about Girlstart After School in their community. Fall 2013, English version. We have translated it into at least four languages to best serve our communities.
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Dear parents, principals, and our school community partners,
We’re wrapping up our Fall 2013 semester of Girlstart After School. And in case you didn’t know, you’re
in good company: Girlstart After School is now reaching more than a THOUSAND girls each week between Dallas and McAllen. In the fall of 2009, we were doing
four Austin ISD programs. Now, we’re doing 4 programs in San Antonio alone, plus 13 programs in Austin
ISD, and an additional 26 programs in 9 other districts across Texas.
Girlstart After School girls are solving engineering challenges this fall: they have explored aeronautical, aerospace, electrical, manufacturing, mechanical, petrochemical, and structural engineering. We know that engineering is
top of mind for Girlstart girls: one of our Girlstart After School girls had the opportunity of meeting the
new president of Southwestern University in Georgetown. She introduced herself as a member of the
graduating class of 2121 and said that she would like a scholarship to Southwestern. Except, as she told him,
“Southwestern doesn’t have a college of engineering, and I want to be a mechanical engineer. Could you
work on that so that I can attend Southwestern and study engineering?” (We understand that he promised
he’d get to work on it.)
In addition, of last year’s 875 Girlstart After School girls, we would like to share with you:. 95% of them demonstrated acumen in the scientific method and the engineering design process.
That’s our first goal for Girlstart After School.
. 92% know that if they do well in STEM in school, they are more likely to get into college. Girls seeking
STEM in college is our second goal. And 97% of Girlstart After School girls want to attend college, even
though 55% of them would be first-generation college students.
. 95% also said that they were interested in a STEM career. That’s our third goal for Girlstart After School.
At Girlstart, more girls are encouraged to develop their ideas and insights through STEM.
E M P O W E R I N G G I R L S I N S C I E N C E , T E C H N O L O G Y, E N G I N E E R I N G A N D M AT H
1400 W. Anderson Lane | Austin, Texas 78757 | tel: 512.916.4775 | fax: 888.852.6481 | www.girlstart.org
E M P O W E R I N G G I R L S I N S C I E N C E , T E C H N O L O G Y, E N G I N E E R I N G A N D M AT H
1400 W. Anderson Lane | Austin, Texas 78757 | tel: 512.916.4775 | fax: 888.852.6481 | www.girlstart.org
Girlstart girls are connected, brave, and resilient.
If you want to find out first about Girlstart happenings, please sign up for our newsletter, check out our blog
or follow our Facebook or Twitter feeds. We have our Girls in STEM program coming up again this spring, and
you can check out our free STEM Saturdays, Starry Nights, and other community STEM programs. In addition,
we invite you to bring STEM fun home during the holidays! You can participate in our (also free!) virtual
program called DeSTEMber. Each day in the month of December, we give you an activity that you can do
at home with your family and friends.
Thank you for making 2013 another exceptional year of STEM education for girls at Girlstart. You, our parents,
principals, campus coordinators, and whole school communities make it possible for us to continue bringing
Girlstart After School to your school and your girls. Because of you, Girlstart girls are more successful, and
ready to take on the world’s greatest challenges.
Kristi Anderson, After School Coordinator
Itzel Gutierrez, Program ‘to Go’ Assistant
Katelyn Wamsted, Director of Programs
Tamara Hudgins, Ph.D., Executive Director
Austin ISD
Ann Richards School for
Young Women Leaders
Cook Elementary
Govalle Elementary
McBee Elementary
Norman Elementary
Ortega Elementary
Palm Elementary
Pleasant Hill Elementary
Rodriguez Elementary
Widen Elementary
Wooldridge Elementary
Wooten Elementary
Zavala Elementary
Del Valle ISD
Baty Elementary
Gilbert Elementary
Georgetown ISD
Cooper Elementary
McCoy Elementary
Mitchell Elementary
(Two After School clubs)
Pickett Elementary
Williams Elementary
Hays CISD
Fuentes Elementary
(Two After School clubs)
Hemphill Elementary
Pfluger Elementary
Tobias Elementary
Pflugerville ISD
Dessau Elementary
Northwest Elementary
Parmer Lane Elementary
Riojas Elementary
Wieland Elementary
Round Rock ISD
Caraway Elementary
Wells Branch Elementary
Voigt Elementary
Taylor ISD
Main Street Intermediate
Taylor Middle School
Fall 2013 To-Go locations:
Connally ISD
Connally Elementary
Mansfield ISD
Erma Nash Elementary
McAllen ISD
Alvarez Elementary
Northside ISD
Hatchett Elementary
Linton Elementary
Martin Elementary
Mary Hull Elementary
Girlstart After School
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