Science Club for Girls

Scfg programs continued to grow in fy23 as they have since fy19 with an increasing rate during the pandemic and beyond. We held 2 two-week summer rocketry programs during the summer of 2022 and over 50 clubs with 500+ participants during the 2022-23 academic year that met both in the fall and spring semester with 33% held in-person and 67% held virtually over zoom. Our students are Girls and gender-expansive youth in grades k-12 from communities most underrepresented in Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (stem) by race and/or socioeconomic factors (>80%) and come from 156 schools in the greater boston area. Scfg has engaged over 120 mentors in fy23, with greater than 60% coming from the same underrepresented communities as the students. We held a february vacation week coding Club and an april vacation week robotics and artificial intelligence Club, both serving middle-school participants (20+ each, in grades 6-8). At the end of fy23, our online Science tv show, scfglive! Had broadcast its sixth season with over 75 episodes, garnering 370,000 views.