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
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 in good company:
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.
explored aeronautical, aerospace, electrical, manufacturing, mechanical, petrochemical, and structural engineering. We know that engineering is Girlstart After School girls are solving engineering challenges this fall: they have
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