SOROPTIMIST CLUBS OF MONTANA:

VISION
Women and girls have the resources and opportunities to reach their full potential and live their dreams.

CORE VALUES
Soroptimist International of the Americas is committed to:

Gender Equality: Women and girls live free from discrimination.
Empowerment: Women and girls are free to act in their own best interest.
Education: Women and girls deserve to lead full and productive lives through access to education.
Diversity & Fellowship: Women from varied backgrounds and perspectives work together to improve the lives of women and girls.

SciGirls:

We host SciGirls summer camps every year, typically in July, for ages 8-12. Camps cost $365, and with the support of Soroptimist, we would be able to increase our scholarship offerings and provide greater aid for girls who would not otherwise have the chance to participate.

SciGirls Camp:

We created our SciGirls camp to empower girls to pursue science by providing hands-on experiments and activities, and introducing them to amazing female role models at the University of Montana. This is in response to research from the U.S. Department of Commerce and the National Board of Science, that shows young girls lose interest and confidence in science starting at 8 years old. Though women make up about half the college-educated work force, they make up only a quarter of those in science, computer science, and engineering fields. The National Science Foundation also found that for elementary and middle school girls, “females were less likely than their male counterparts to agree with the statements, “I am good at math” and “I am good at science”.” Next year will be our 15^th year of facilitating SciGirls camps, and we’ve found the impact to be transformational for the girls by creating a supportive and educational environment to learn science.

Learn More:

Link to our general camp offerings, which include our public description of SciGirls. We also work on the reservations. Here is our SciNation advisory committee, our Transforming Spaces project, and a link to our ResilienceMT exhibition.

Soroptimist Clubs of Montana SciGirls Scholarship

The SciGirls Strategies summarize research-based strategies for engaging girls in STEM, including tips for putting these strategies to practice and references for additional information.