Ellis to Participate in Google's Geek Street Fair

Google is hosting their popular Geek Street Fair for the first time in Pittsburgh on Friday, October 7, and The Ellis School is excited to join Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh Technology Council, The Andy Warhol Museum, and others as a community partner. The Geek Street Fair is an interactive event to inspire kids to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, math (STEM) and computer science. The event is open to the public and community partners include technology companies, community based organizations, museums, and content creators from across Pittsburgh.
Ellis students are creating interactive STEM-based educational activities for attendees to explore. It is an exciting opportunity for students to show off their technology skills and abilities to the Pittsburgh community, in addition to Google, the Biorobotics Lab at Carnegie Mellon, IAM Robotics, and other science and technology exhibitors and participants.

College degrees in computer science and engineering can offer the highest incomes and the most flexibility for young women. STEM careers are among the fastest growing in the country, with 1.4 million jobs projected to be available by 2020. Nationally, however, women are poised to enter only 3% of those jobs. Studies show that interest in computer science declines in girls most rapidly between the ages of 13-17, and female college students are four times less likely than men to major in computer science or engineering, even though they test extremely well in math.

This is why Ellis deploys Innovation Stations in each division to encourage girls to hypothesize, experiment, collect, and analyze data. Additionally, students competently use computers, digital solutions, and a variety of applications and programs beginning in Lower School. Girls create robots, launch rockets, and learn how to be innovative to devise real-world solutions. By the time Ellis students reach that critical period of 13-17, they can participate in the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science; summer camps or internships in a STEM field;  or the Girls of Steel FIRST Robotics team. Ellis is proud to report that in the class of 2016, 29% of graduates intended to major in a STEM-related field, compared to less than 15% nationally.

In our classrooms, Ellis girls learn how to create technology that will make the world a better place. When girls excel in science, technology, engineering, and math, they become agents of change in their communities. The Ellis School is delighted to foster a partnership with Google and to be a participant in the Geek Street Fair. We hope you will join us on Friday, October 7 from noon to 5 p.m. at Bakery Square.
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