September 20, 2007
Registration open for Expanding Your Horizons conference at South Puget Sound Community College
Registration is now open for the annual Expanding Your Horizons conference at South Puget Sound Community College. The registration deadline is Oct. 27 or until the conference and/or the supplementary parent workshop is full.
Continuing a tradition started in 1975, South Puget Sound will host Expanding Your Horizons from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Nov. 3, 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.
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. In addition, they will explore scientific principles and sound waves with a scientist from Mad Science, an organization that promotes science enrichment for children through hands-on experiments. The parent workshop, which also runs from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., will include discussions on the Running Start Program, Tech Prep educational options and preparing for the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) test.
For more information on the event and registration, visit www.starjumper.org, send an e-mail to info@starjumper.org or contact Jeanette Whitcher at 360-357-9748.