National Girls Collaborative Project: Program Directory

Programs


Program Name	Program Status	Back
(LEAF-STEM) Learning Each Awesome Field - STEM (began 2009)	Active
Mini-Grant Awardee

Program Affiliation: None

Program Contact
Elizabeth Haynes (Title IA mathematics teacher)
173 Lincolnville Ave. Belfast, ME 04915 County: Waldo	Phone: 207-338-2230 x219

Focus: Science,Technology,Engineering,Math	Girls served annually: 15

Serves students/youth with disabilities.

Program Description
Middle school girls would engage in weekly activities that will expose them to different STEM field careers. Each series of activities would be based on a theme such as (initially) team building, engineering, biological sciences, chemistry, physical science, etc. During the spring the participants would travel to the University of Maine to meet women at their workplaces and engage in real world "work". Their guides and lunch partners would be the women MST graduate students. All of the participants would complete pre- and post-surveys on STEM field awareness and interest. Our primary goal would be to expose young women to the possibilities in STEM fields. They would then be able to make better choices in their educational course selections as they enter high school.

Needed Resources	Available Resources
Funding Mentoring STEM promotional materials	Computer access Facilities Girls interested in STEM activities

Collaboration Interests	Populations Served
Joint event planning	At-risk Low income Middle/Junior Rural

Service Delivery Format
After school programs Clubs

Organization
Troy Howard Middle School (non-profit)

Organization Contact
Elizabeth Haynes (Title IA mathematics teacher)
173 Lincolnville Ave. Belfast, ME 04915 County: Waldo	Phone: 207-338-2230 x219

Organization Description
Troy Howard Middle School is a rural school in the mid-coast region of Maine. It is a AYP school in mathematics with about 450 students from grades 6-8. Our school's mission is to provide an environment in which all learners are encouraged to be curious and intrinsically motivated to seek knowledge for the sake of self-improvement.

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