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Pennsylvania through the Teachers careers so unbalanced. Student teams
Institute of Philadelphia (TIP). The will interview alumnae from the
Institute is a partnership between the Philadelphia High School for Girls who
University and the School District of went on to work in STEM careers to
Philadelphia that enables public school learn about job pre-requisites,
teachers to take seminars on topics of responsibilities, and what influences led
their choosing at the University of the women to that field. Students will
Pennsylvania and write curriculum for also hear about the high school
their classrooms. My seminar was experiences of the women in STEM
’Biography as History or, Perhaps, careers and get advice from the
History as Biography.’ I was inspired to graduates. Once the students have
create my curriculum unit ’Are You explored the past, they will look to the
Destined for Mathematical Greatness?’ future by interviewing upperclassmen
by the documentary ‘Top Secret Rosies’ who excel at mathematics about
shared with our school STEM team by strategies and techniques they attribute
Dorothy Kapenstein. The purpose of the to their success. These upperclassmen
curriculum unit is to educate young will also offer advice to the freshmen.
women on careers in science, To prepare for the interview process,
technology, engineering, and students will develop listening and
mathematics (STEM) fields and on the critical thinking skills for writing
women who broke down barriers to questions and follow-up questions. The
open those doors. The project is based hope for the unit is that students will
on students (or teams of students) find inspiration and methods to succeed
conducting interviews and reflecting on and perhaps pursue careers in STEM
the societal and personal barriers that fields.”
have made gender ratios in STEM
Senior Day 2016
October 21, 2016, was Senior Day. The young ladies of the 261 donned their finery,
and processed in to Handel’s March from Scipio while carrying yellow carnations. The
program consisted of speeches and some outstanding student performances.
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