The Program serves 8th grade girls from public middle schools in Wake and Durham counties. This is a
mentoring program not tutoring ... you tutor only if you want to! The
way we mentor generally is by going to field trips with the girls,
getting together with them to watch math-related movies, taking them to
science museums, taking them to our work place, etc.
Mentors are expected to get together with their students approximately once or twice a month from January-May. The time varies, depending on the activity and the preferences of the mentor and her students. In general, the students and mentors participate in the following activities:
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Program Kick-Off Night: Mentors meet students and their parents;
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A visit to the mentor's workplace, followed by lunch or snack;
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Math and Computer Science Career Awareness Day: an all-day conference, which includes workshops conducted by women employed in the Triangle, mentor coffee hour, panel discussions by mentors on their careers, lunch, T-shirts, and a math competition with prizes for the mentor groups. This event is split between the Durham and Wake Counties.
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Marjorie Lee Browne Day for the Durham Public Schools
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Sonia Kovalevsky Day for Wake County Schools.
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Informal mentor-student discussions on future mathematics coursework, summer enrichment programs, and possible careers;
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Field trips to mathematics-related places of interest such as The Virtual Reality Lab at UNC-CH, the Primate Center in Durham, or the annual Engineering Fair;
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An optional mentor-guided group project involving mathematics, science, and/or computer science;
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A completion event at Meredith or NCCU: Mentoring Madness in May (aka M3) - for students, mentors, and parents. Students share their mentoring experiences and projects with the whole group. The finale is a big game and puzzle competition with prizes for the winning teams.
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