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| "Tech
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Trek is a one-week residential
summer scholarship camp for rising eighth
graders which was founded in 1998 with start-up
funds from an AAUW Educational Foundation
Community Action Grant. The camp was
designed to encourage young women to continue
studying science and math in middle school.
An AAUW Educational Foundation research report, “Shortchanging
Girls, Shortchanging America,” indicated
that young women tended to drop out of these
courses during the middle school years.
2008 Tech Trek girls creating
edible DNA and learning about spiders
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Tech
Trek’s goals are:
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to
encourage young women of all backgrounds who
are entering 8th grade to take math and
science courses each year throughout high school |
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to
motivate these students to attend college |
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to
inspire young women to consider careers in
science, technology, engineering or math |
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selection process begins with the candidates
being chosen by their teachers; who are requested
to chose girls who are not working up to their
potential, they are required to write a two-page
essay. Our committee meets to evaluate the
essays, and make preliminary choices. We then
arrange to interview the girls at their, title-1,
schools. The girls must be present for the
interview or she is not considered; nor do
we choose girls who attend other summer camps.
At that time our final selection is made.
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| Math
and Science Career Conference |
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Math
and Science Career Conference
is sponsored by AAUW-Long Beach along with
Long Beach City College, PCC Campus, and
the LBUSD WRAP program. Women with
careers in math, science, technology and
engineering present workshops to Title I
middle-school girls to excite them about
the possibilities of such careers.
A
dynamic keynote speaker with a similar background
to the young women who attend starts the
morning. The girls then participate in three
workshops of their choice to hear the details
about careers such as chemical engineer,
marine biologist, coroner, nurse and forensic
scientist. In 2008 over 170 girls attended;
in 2009 we expect 200! Over 60 volunteers
provide support.
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Conference included a speaker who
had attended the conference as a middle-school
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| Middle-School
Tutoring |
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members are also involved in an ongoing program
to help struggling readers improve their reading
skills. For the past three years, Long Beach
Branch members have been devoting an hour a
week at Constellation Community Middle School
to work with 6th and 7th grade students to
gain confidence in their reading abilities.
The school provides reading materials and an
orientation. The most important skill you need
as a tutor is the desire to help these young
people and to share your enjoyment for reading.
If you would like to be a reading tutor contact
Daphne Ching-Jackson at Constellation, 562.435.7181. |
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| AAUW’s
Educational Foundation |
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AAUW Educational Foundation has
a long and distinguished history of advancing
educational and professional opportunities
for women in the United States and around the
globe. One of the world's largest sources of
funding for graduate women, the Educational
Foundation is providing $4.5 million in funding for
more than 250 fellowships, grants, and special
awards to outstanding women in the 2008-09
academic year. Due to the generous contributions
of AAUW members across the U.S., a broader
community of women continues to gain access
to educational and economic opportunities --breaking
down barriers so all women have a fair chance. |
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donate to AAUW's Legal Advocacy Fund, which
offers legal assistance to women in academia
seeking redress for workplace discrimination
and/or harassment. |
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