Dear School Staff Member,
Accompanying this letter and press release are bookmarks and posters for Tech Savvy, an exciting, one-day event designed to show sixth through ninth grade girls firsthand how studying STEM and pursuing STEM activities can lead to exciting careers. This year’s program will be held Saturday, April 1, 2017, at Tompkins Cortland Community College.
A $10 registration fee includes a light breakfast and lunch, a savvy girl t-shirt and bag for each student, and a full day of activities and hands-on workshops for both the girls and the adults accompanying them. Scholarships are available. For information about fee waivers, please contact Sarah Johnson at [email protected], 607.272.3336. To register please click here.
Check-in will begin at 8:45 am; the program will conclude by 3:30 pm. During that period the girls will have the opportunity to attend such workshops as: 3-D software and printers and pens! Oh My!; Googling with Paper Airplanes; and Spinning a Web Page.
Girls will also have a choice of such “savvy skills” workshops as Practicing the Four Cs of STEM (Collaboration, Creativity, Communication, and Critical Thinking) and Power Pose: Building Confident Strategies for Life. Adult sessions focus on preparing and encouraging girls on paths to STEM careers.
Adults and girls will visit the STEM Fair and Resource Fair. The program features a keynote address by Adriane Wolfe of Quinn Energy.
Tech Savvy organizers are pleased to offer transportation assistance on a “first-come, first-served” basis to those for whom transportation costs would be a barrier to attendance. To qualify for 54 cents per mile reimbursement, applicants must travel more than 30 miles round trip to and from Tompkins Cortland Community College. Vehicles must carry 3 girls + 1 adult in a car, or 5 girls +1 adult in van, or
10 girls + 2 adults in a bus. For transportation and registration assistance, Tompkins area contact is Sarah Johnson and for other counties is Sheila Cohen.
Help us make our local Tech Savvy a great experience for girls in your school and neighborhood! Registration closes on March 26, but space is limited so “first-come, first-served”. Please distribute these materials as soon as possible. Let us know what else we can do to spread the word.
With sincere thanks for your support,
Sheila Cohen, Tech Savvy Chair
[email protected] 607.756.8191
These materials are neither sponsored or endorsed by the Board of Education, superintendent, or school.