Register Now for Girls in STEM Camp at Minuteman High School from February 16-19, 2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 21, 2016
Contact Judy Bass
Communications Specialist
Minuteman High School
Office email j.bass@minuteman.org

Serving the towns of Acton, Arlington, Belmont, Bolton, Boxborough, Carlisle, Concord, Dover, Lancaster, Lexington, Lincoln, Needham, Stow, Sudbury, Wayland, and Weston

Register now for Girls in STEM Camp for seventh- and eighth-grade girls at Minuteman High School from February 16-19, 2016

By Judy Bass

Minuteman High School will hold a Girls in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Camp for seventh- and eighth-grade girls from February 16-19, 2016, from 8:00 am to 2:30 pm daily. It will take place at the school, which is located at 758 Marrett Road in Lexington.

Registration is now open. This event is free to attendees from the Minuteman school district, which includes the Towns of Acton, Arlington, Belmont, Bolton, Boxborough, Carlisle, Concord, Dover, Lancaster, Lexington, Lincoln, Needham, Stow, Sudbury, Wayland, and Weston. Bus transportation will be provided to select towns.

The goal of the event is to provide a stimulating educational setting for middle-school girls who are interested in STEM, would like to be mentored by members of Minuteman’s Girls in STEM Club (who themselves are being mentored by women in STEM careers), and who would benefit from doing STEM-related activities, exchanging ideas and being in a receptive and encouraging all-female atmosphere.

The facilitators are Minuteman instructors Becky Quay (Engineering) and Sarah Ard (Horticulture and Landscape Technology).

Minuteman’s Girls in STEM initiative has been honored with awards from SkillsUSA, a national organization for vocational students, which recognized it with a Grand Prize for outstanding Student2Student mentoring, as well as a Student Champions Award for Excellence from the Massachusetts Association of School Committees (MASC) that was presented at the Massachusetts Association of Vocational Administrators (MAVA) general meeting.

Minuteman is an award-winning regional high school which gives its students a competitive advantage in the new global economy by delivering robust academics along with powerful career and technical skills. The school is an accredited member of the New England Association of Schools & Colleges (NEASC).

For more information or to enroll, please use the following link: http://minuteman.org/Page/585

Out-of-district students are welcome to apply. There will be a charge to them to attend.

Please contact Minuteman’s Director of Career and Technical Education, Michelle Roche, for additional information at Minuteman High School, 758 Marrett Road, Lexington MA 02421. She can also be reached at 781-861-6500 x7326 or mroche@minuteman.org.