techgyrls

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TECHgyrls® is a national initiative and signature program of the YWCA developed in 1997 in response to the widening gender gap in exposure to and interest in technology. The program is designed to encourage girls to pursue careers in technology and engineering. TECHgyrls® provides girls with access to technology and leadership development. The goals of the YWCA TECHgyrls® program is to broaden girls’ knowledge and interests and help them develop the confidence to use technology tools in their daily lives. The fourteen-week program raises girls’ awareness, confidence, and competence in the crucial areas of technology while helping them develop critical thinking and problem solving skills. Through computer animation programming, engineering projects, and field trips, girls learn to use technology in ways that are motivating and compelling to them. The YWCA offers TECHgyrls at La Cima Middle School and at Los Amigos Elementary School, Maldonado Elementary School, Menlo Park Elementary School, Pima County Juvenile Court Detention Center School and at the YWCA Frances McClelland Leadership Center. For more information, call the YWCA at 884-7810 or email us.

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