Parkside Girls Expand Their Horizons At National Conference

Article Source: San Bruno Park School District

Parkside Girls Expand Their Horizons at National Conference

San Bruno, CA. March 16, 2018.

Resulting from a successful grant application written by principal Kerry Dees, 20 Parkside girls, grades 6-8, will be attending Expanding Your Horizons Conference held at Skyline College Saturday March 17. Expanding Your Horizons is a national math-science conference for girls that seek to encourage the success of women in science and math-related fields and to promote education as a means for young women to achieve a desirable lifestyle. The chapter at Skyline College has received National and State recognition for having served over 30,000 young women at the conference since 1980.

Math and science were chosen as a conference focus to help break down sex-stereotyping regarding the success of females in traditionally male-dominated careers and to provide role models and encouragement for the young women attending EYH. The conference targets girls because the number of women in scientific and technical fields is not proportional to the population and the science proficiency of girls is below that of boys. Reasons for this include that high school girls:

• are less likely than males to enroll in high-school science classes;
• feel science will not help them earn a living;
• expect they will not use science as adults.

Conference participants conduct lab experiments, wire high-tech network systems, examine microscopic creatures and design their own computer software. Each girl attends three hands-on workshops during the all-day conference.

Contact:

Stella Kemp, Ed.D., Superintendent

skemp@sbpsdk.12.ca.us

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