Get Involved!
Are you ready to become a mentor or sponsor a Tech-Girl workshop? Can you help us get the word out or cater an event? However you would like to get involved, we need you!
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Activities & Events
Live & Local
- April 6-10 - Spring Break Academies @ PVCC offering lots of tech-related courses. More info.
- April 8 - Make It @ the Library at 4:30pm. Kickstart your creativity in this Pop-up MakerSpace that meets on the second Wednesday of the month. April features T-shirt Decoration. Grades 6-12. This is a drop in event. More info.
- April 13 - 19 - Tom Tom Founders Festival. Lots of free, fun events including: Founding Cville on Monday, April 13, Nonprofit Pitch Night on Tuesday, April 14, Super Demo on Saturday, April 18 and Genius Hour Sunday, April 19.
- May 2 - Girls' Geek Day. Crozet Elementary School (9am to noon). This event is open to all ages, but if you are a 3rd grader or younger, please plan on bringing one of your parents too. Registration required.
- May 13 - Make It @ the Library at 4:30pm. Kickstart your creativity in this Pop-up MakerSpace that meets on the second Wednesday of the month. May features Build a Scribbling Machine. Grades 6-12. This is a drop in event - more info
- Ongoing - Girl Develop It Central VA. What better way to inspire your daughter, grand-daughter or niece to learn to code than to learn yourself. Girl Develop It Central VA offers beginner classes in Charlottesville and Harrisonburg for adults.
- Ongoing - Tinkersmiths Makerspace hosts a wide range of workshops that are open to a variety of ages and experience levels. Check out their latest meetups.
Summer Camps!
- July 6 - 10, 13 - 17 & 20 - 24 - Tech Camp @ STAB. This brand new tech camp experience led by Kim Wilkens, the founder of Tech-Girls, is open to all! Create electronic cards, light up your clothes, make an app, design a game, code a song, mod Minecraft - the possibilities truly are endless at Tech Camp @ STAB. Weekly camps are available for rising 2nd thru 12th graders and run from 9am to 4pm. Space is limited so register soon (scholarships are available).
- June 15 - August 14 - KidsCollege@PVCC offers a wide variety of week-long project-based STEM and Arts-based classes all summer long. Rising 3rd thru 9th graders. Registration info.
Virtual & Global
- April 28 - X-STEM 2015. Extreme STEM symposium for middle through high school students features interactive presentations and workshops by top scientists & engineers who aim to empower and inspire kids about careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington DC. Registration required.
- May 31 (deadline) - The ENIAC Classroom Design Prize. This competition challenges high school students to design creative alterations to classroom environments in order to engage more women in computer science. Get a team together, design your ideal coding environment & propose your idea. More info.
- Ongoing - Made with Code for classes & workshops geared toward girls.
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