Girls Excelling in Science

Family Scholar House in conjunction with the Kentucky Science Center utilized their Girls RISEnet mini-grant to support two actvities: a science and engineering workshop for daughters of single parents and support for 13 young women to attend a week-long summer camp at the science center. The workshop taught the girls and parents about electricity, electrical currents, architecture and roller coaster design. The girls who attended the summer camp, ages 5 to 11 years old, spent an entire week learning about engineering, mathematics, chemistry, design, and problem-solving skills.

Family Scholar House is a nonprofit organization located in Louisville, KY whose mission is to end the cycle of poverty by giving single-parent students the support they need to earn a four-year college degree.