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| Dr. Pocahontas Jones of Halifax Community College (standing left)
and Janaire Robinson (right) - an HCC biology student recently visited the after-school
program at McIver School in Littleton for minority girls in math and science. The two
practiced scientific experiments with the young girls to prove that "science can be
fun!" |
Minority girls, ages 5-12 meet once a month, after school, at McIver Elementary in
Littleton to learn that science can be fun….while they learn about careers in science
and math that might be in their future.
According to facilitators, Mauryce Hedgpeth (McIver exceptional children teacher) Susie
Lee (K-1 teacher) and Debbie McKnight (kindergarten), these young girls are having an
exceptional opportunity, opening the avenues to science and math fields, through funding
from a federal Eisenhower grant.
Forty-five minority girls meet once a month for a special program at McIver to increase
their awareness and interest in science and math.
The most recent program featured Dr. Pocahontas Shearin Jones, visitor and role model
from Halifax Community College, where she is science department head with one of her
biology students, Janaire Robinson. The two practiced simple scientific experiments with
the young girls, using fresh egg yolks to teach them about the parts of a cell. It was all
in the name of science and included the strong message that science can be fun! |
