Week of April 8, 2019

DETAILS TO TURN IN FINAL MATERIALS:

Your Final Website and Video is due via Submittable on Sunday, May 5th, 11:59pm PST – the same platform you used to submit your Girls Build application. 

​Everything you need to know regarding items to turn in, guidelines, deadlines and rubrics can be found on our Curriculum page [http://www.girls-build.org >  Curriculum]

Next Steps and guidelines on how to manage the next few weeks in order for your team to finish strong! 

Step 1: Impact Report

• This helps explain your progress and impact. Your responses will be sent back to you so you will have the information to copy and paste straight into your website.
• Complete Impact Report Slide Template  - this will be for the public to see!

Step 2: Make a copy of the budget template to use for your final budget.

Step 3: Final Website

• What goes in the final website​
• Website Rubric

Step 4: End of Year Video

• What to include in Video Presentation​
• Video Rubric

Step 5: Submit Final Website and Video via Submittable

• Deadline: May 5th at 11:59PM PST.
• We do recommend setting an internal deadline to complete the website by April 30th, and then give yourself a week to finish the video.

Student Scholarships:
Nominate yourself or someone on your team for one of our three scholarship opportunities.

• Senior High School Student Awards - open to Coordinators and senior students
• Middle School Student Award- Students! Nominate yourself or nominate a middle school student on your team
• High School Student Award - Students nominate yourself or nominate a high school student on your team

Got Question? Join us for Office Hours:
Wednesday, April 10th 
12:30 PST/ 3:30 EST and 3:30PST/6:30 EST 
We will go over the details about what is due and the online awards ceremony. 

Join Zoom Meeting - https://zoom.us/j/576778099 
Dial In: 16699006833
Meeting ID: 576 778 099
Or email us at [email protected]

Shout out to:
Palmdale Learning Plaza  for their many events AND keeping up to date with their website. We are inspired by the Rafiki means friend campaign where you connected students to friendship through selling bracelets and used the funds to support a sister school in the Dominican Republic!

STEAM LADY TIGERBOTS  - For connecting to their greaataer community through the South Gate 73rd Annual Children's Christmas Lane Parade & Festival and meeting their District Supervisor Hilda Solis plus hosting a resume building workshop for their own immediate school community.
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Sylmar Charter High School and Garfield High School for engaging in the community and going out to meet Councilwoman Nury Martinez who interviewed First Partner Jennifer Newsom as well as their upcoming career readiness workshop and upcoming film festival, respectively.
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Engagement Opportunities (see all here)

Volunteer to be a Judge or the Technovation Challenge
Learn More and Sign up
Date: 1st Round: April 27th-June 2nd; 2nd Round: June 8th-17th
Time Commitment: Total of ~3 hours
What is expected of a judge? Technovation judges will evaluate: A mobile app designed to solve a specific problem; A business plan for the app; A pitch that tells the team’s story
*No technical skills needed

NEW THIS WEEK for Los Angeles:

City of STEM EventsWhen: Month of April all over Los Angeles and Downey
Check out the calendar for events all month all over Los Angeles.

Free Play Tickets for People Under 25 
Learn More: ​
Description: Center Theatre Group is offering free tickets to the first performance of all productions at the Mark Taper Forum and Kirk Douglas Theatre as well as select Ahmanson Theatre shows. Limit two tickets per account. Tickets purchased online and by phone include a $5 handling fee; there is no charge at the Box Office. All tickets will be held at Will Call and must be picked up 30 minutes before the performance or they will be released. Please bring ID (or any form of age verification); FreePlay tickets can only be used by audience members ages 25 and under. Sign up for our mailing list to be notified when FreePlay tickets become available.