Women
in Engineering & Technology Initiatives FEMME Program
The Women in Engineering and Technology Initiative-FEMME Program is a five-week program designed
to provide post-fourth through post-ninth grade girls with opportunities to enhance their mathematics, science
and technological academic achievement, develop problem-solving and critical thinking skills, and promote
self-esteem and self-confidence. The program’s goal is to encourage girls to choose careers in scientific
and technological fields in which women are traditionally underrepresented. FEMME provides an intensive
five-week summer component for six groups of female students and includes classroom discussions, laboratory
experiments, projects, and field trips. FEMME8 and FEMME Academy are sponsored by UNITE, a JETS (Junior Engineering Technical Society) Program funded by the U. S. Army Research Office. Engineering
themes include:
Environmental – 4th grade Aeronautical – 5th grade
Mechanical – 6th grade Chemical – 7th
grade
Biomedical – 8th grade Electrical & Computer - 9th grade
In addition, all groups
will receive instruction in advanced mathematics; computer applications;
and language arts and communications.
Academic courses will incorporate modules in standardized test preparation to prepare FEMME 4-5-6-7
participants for the New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge (NJ ASK); FEMME8 and Academy for the
Scholastic and Assessment Test (SAT) and the High School Proficiency Assessment-HSPA Exam.
All students who successfully
complete the summer component of the program will be invited to attend
Saturday workshops during the 2008-2009 academic year to continue
standardized test preparation.
PROGRAM
DATES:
July 7 - August 7 – 9:00AM to 3:30PM (Monday - Thursday)
ELIGIBILITY:
Female students completing 4th through 9th grade
PROGRAM COST:
Application Fee: $50 (Non-Refundable)
Tuition: $950.00
2008 Summer Applications
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