Mission Statement
Girls are for STEM is an initiative of WIMSA to address the leaking pipeline in high school. Around age 16, young women talented in mathematics tend to drop out of the advanced math track, for completely the wrong reasons. By doing so, they are blocking many future career options in STEM-related occupations. WIMSA partners with Miami-Dade County Public Schools, and with private high schools in the county, to provide advanced math classes for university credit to female high school student, juniors and seniors. The courses are specially designed for this talented young high school students. They are different from courses offered in the high schools, and are aimed to develop conceptual mathematical thinking as well as analytic skills. Cohorts of students in each of the units of the program will be kept small, to ensure personalized attention and individual mentorship. This initiative will encourage female high school students to pursue higher education in STEM fields, including mathematics.
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Events
Girls of Ransom Everglades (February 13, 2025)
Mother's Circle Brunch (September 21, 2024)
First Day of Fall 2024 Probability Class (September 9, 2024)
First Day of Fall 2024 Algebra Class (August 26, 2024)
Girls are for STEM Orientation 2024 (August 24, 2024)
Math & Business Lecture Day (February 4, 2024)
Christmas Event (December 10, 2023)
Carrollton Geometry Competition (October 30, 2023)
Girls are for STEM Orientation 2023 (August 27, 2023)
Collaboration with Breakthrough (February 10, 2022)
Last Class of Fall 2022 (December 7, 2022)
Mother-Daughters Get Together (November 19, 2022)
First Class Assembled! (September 12, 2022)
Orientation Session (August 28, 2022)
Kick-off of the Program (April 28, 2022)
International Day of Mathematics (March 13, 2022)
