FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 29, 2013

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SIGMA-ALDRICH AWARDS GRANT TO GIRLSTART, SUPPORTING ITS NATIONALLY-RECOGNIZED SUMMER CAMP AND AFTER-SCHOOL STEM PROGRAM

(AUSTIN) – In order to help Girlstart in its mission to increase girls’ interest and engagement in STEM, Sigma-Aldrich today announced it is awarding Girlstart a $35,000 grant to support Girlstart’s innovative, nationally-recognized, informal STEM education programs.

The grant will help fund Girlstart’s summer camp and after school programs over the next year, including new programs for high-need Round Rock schools. Girlstart’s programs serve a diverse group of 4^th through 8^th grade girls in Central Texas as well as select communities throughout the United States via an ongoing summer camp initiative launched in 2011.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 27, 2012

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GIRLSTART AND THE GOOGLE SCIENCE FAIR LAUNCH SPECIAL 2012 EDITION OF DESTEMBER ON GOOGLE+, FEATURING 31 DAYS OF STEM FUN TO ENCOURAGE WINTER BREAK LEARNING

Girlstart, in its continued efforts to empower and equip girls in STEM education, is partnering with the Google Science Fair for a special DeSTEMber program – featuring 31 days of fun, innovative STEM activities in December. The program will be hosted on the Google+ Pages of Girlstart and The Google Science Fair and on the program’s official website, www.destember.org.

DeSTEMber will feature daily activities and experiments – many hosted by special guests including National Geographic, CERN, Scientific American and AccuWeather - that can be done at home with common household items. Experiments include making a tornado in a jar, bending water, making a lava lamp, making soap, and other fun, hands-on projects which engage young learners while integrating STEM education principles.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 12, 2012 

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AUSTIN, Texas (September 12, 2012) – STEM education is no longer the provenance

of the economically privileged or predominantly male school age student. Girlstart is

disrupting the traditional pathway to a liberal arts education by delivering girl-focused,

relevant STEM education that appeals to girls from all walks of life. By upending long-

held stereotypes of science nerds, tech geeks, engineering loners and math dorks,

Girlstart has created a new path of educational advancement that enables access to

technology, and embraces critical thinking and problem solving.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 10, 2012 

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CEO-LED ORGANIZATION WITH 100+ TOP CORPORATE PARTNERS, CHANGE THE EQUATION, DECLARES TWO GIRLSTART PROGRAMS TO BE MODELS FOR STEM EDUCATION WITH NEW SITE LAUNCH

Girlstart only educational organization to have two programs recognized, only 20 selected nationwide as models for STEM education

(AUSTIN) – Girlstart, in its continued efforts to empower and equip girls in STEM
(science, technology, engineering, and math) education, is proud to announce it
is one of a select group of educational organizations to be honored by Change
the Equation. Its summer camp program and after school program are just two of
21 programs that Change the Equation designated as model programs for STEM
education.

Change the Equation is a CEO-led initiative involving more than 100 leading American corporations, seeking to make STEM education a priority for American educators. The consortium just launched its first-ever STEM Works Database for release, highlighting STEM programs they feel serve as examples of effective STEM education, which met the standards of a rigorous external review from WestEd.