September 26, 2008
South Puget Sound Community College hosts Expanding Your Horizons
Continuing a tradition started in 1975, South Puget Sound Community College will host the Expanding Your Horizons conference from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Nov. 1, 2007, in the Student Union Building on the college’s main campus.
The conference, which is for girls in grades 6-8 and their parents, focuses on encouraging young women to study math, science and technology, fields they often avoid. A registration fee of $12 per girl covers event admittance, materials and snacks. The parent workshop requires an additional $12 per adult. All fees are nonrefundable. Scholarships are available. The deadline to register is Oct. 27 or until the conference and/or parent workshop are full.
Girls will find a variety of activities involving math, science and technology, meet women working in nontraditional fields, and discover careers available to them through math, science and technology. The parent workshop, which also runs from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., will include presentations on how to promote and guide your daughter’s interest in science, math and technology, Internet safety and nutrition 101 for parents of tweens and teens.
For more information on the event and registration, visit www.starjumper.org, send an e-mail to info@starjumper.org or contact Sharon Guile at 360-943-1527.