Leveling the Playing Field Significant strides have been made in providing equal opportunity in the workplace for men and women. However, the work is not done yet. Male-dominated fields are still prevalent, and there remains inequality in pay, disparity in promotions, and other major issues.
Cheshire Academy is working to eliminate such gaps at the academic level, specifically by providing girls on campus the opportunity to participate in extracurricular activities that educate them on finance, investing, and marketing. They’re learning new skills and expanding upon existing talents, opening doors to new opportunities, making connections, and considering professions they might otherwise not have entertained. In turn, when they go on to college and the workforce, they’re a step ahead and ready to make a difference.
MAKING AN IMPACT New this year is Girls with Impact, a nonprofit organization that designed a hybrid in-person and remote interactive course that offers high school girls the chance to participate in a master's of business administration class. Their course helps students launch businesses that address market needs, build their networks, impact their college and career success, and equip them with drive, confidence, technical, financial, and social skills. Over the 10-week course, girls developed a business plan, created a prototype, and pitched their project in front of their peers. Feyza Horuz ’24 was one of 15 girls who participated in Girls with Impact. She heard about the program through her friend Eliana Orlinsky ’24, and had already participated in the Invest in Girls program.
Feyza Horuz ’24
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For her prototype, Horuz developed an app that shows how much carbon the user puts into the atmosphere through daily activities. “My problem was climate change, how much carbon people put in to the atmosphere, and how
