 Hi There Coordinators! After receiving feedback from some of you, the newsletters will be less image-heavy and more text-based to ease copying and pasting the information. It’s always helpful to get insight like this, so please feel free to reach out if you have any other thoughts. 
 L.A. Tech Talent 2020 Internships Audience: 16-24 years of age Deadline: April 30, 2020 Apply now Description: Subsidized Internships for residents of the City or County of Los Angeles ages 16-24 who qualify as low-income and are available to work 20 hours per week. Learn more about becoming an intern, and apply now! Summer Night Lights - Jobs Available Audience: 17-24 year olds Apply Here Description: The City of Los Angeles is starting to hire staff for their Summer Night Lights 2020 program. Your students can qualify for the lead squad positions (17- 24 years old) or the youth squad positions (17 – 24 years old). Annenberg Youth Academy for Media and Civic Engagement Audience: High School Students Deadline: March 20, 2020 Program Dates: Monday, June 15, 2020 – Friday, July 10, 2020 Program Time: 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m, at Wallis Annenberg Hall (ANN) Apply here Description: The Annenberg Youth Academy for Media and Civic Engagement is a four-week summer intensive academy for 26 talented high school students from the communities surrounding the USC University Park and Health Science Campuses. Students are exposed to the equivalent of first-year college-level courses and develop a rich conceptual understanding and practice of the necessary role that media communications and journalism play in fashioning civic-minded thought leaders and innovators. *meals included! Ellison Institute of USC Audience: Rising seniors Deadline: April 2, 2020 Dates: June 15th to July 2nd, 2020. Apply here Description: a free, three-week program for students interested in clinical or research oncology. Students will have first-hand experience in research labs, as they complete various experiments under the guidance of USC research faculty & staff. The Junior Fellows will also spend time with clinic staff to learn more about clinic operations and putting research into practice with patients. Contact Dr. Kian Kani (kani@usc.edu) for more information.  Counselor Conference by LAOC Regional Consortium Date: April 23 Location: Quiet Cannon, 901 Via San Clemente, Montebello, CA 90640 Register Here Breakfast / Networking 8:30 a.m. Conference 9:00 – 3:00 For questions please contact Lupe Aramburo at aramburo_lupe@rsccd.edu. Convening on California's STEM Teacher & Teacher of Color Shortage Audience: Educators, STEM Teachers, Administrators Date: Thursday, March 19th 4-7pm Locations: Los Angeles County Office of Education ((9300 Imperial Hwy, Downey, CA 90242) Description: Register to join Ed Trust-West, Just Equations, Kapor Center, The Greater LA Education Foundation, and Californians Dedicated to Education Foundation for a convening on California's shortage of STEM teachers AND teachers of color on. Dinner and refreshments will be served. Questions: email Hana Ma at hma@edtrustwest.org. RSVP HERE  GMiS STEM Scholarships Deadline: 11:59 PM PST - April 1, 2020 Audience: Current seniors, undergraduate and college graduate students of Hispanic descent and/or demonstrate significant leadership or service within the underserved community; Apply Here Description: The GMiS merit-based scholarships, range from $500 - $10,000. Applicants must demonstrate merit through academic achievement, leadership, service and campus/community engagement. Scholarship recipients will receive complimentary registration, lodging and travel to the 2020 GMiS Conference, which will be held from October 7 - 10, 2020, at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort, in Lake Buena Vista, FL. At the Conference, awardees will receive their GMiS Scholars medallion. Eligibility: Pursuing or intending to pursue a science, technology, engineering, math or health-related field of study at an accredited 2-yr or 4-yr college/university in the U.S. or its territories; and possessing an overall minimum GPA of 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale). 
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 Hey Amazing Team Coordinators! As is always the case for this time of the challenge year, your teams are doing a lot. Many are working with partners like Golden Gears and Boundless Blooms, hosting fundraisers, raising awareness on their respective issues, holding wellness fairs, and are busy coding their inventions. If at all possible, I'd love to meet you, your team and attend one of your events - please add them to the Girls Build Master Calendar! Check everyone's progress out here on the Year 5 page. Check-Ins: I will be emailing each of you for an informal check-in on the progress of your projects. We can talk about any issues you're facing and brainstorm on solutions. End-of-Year Evaluation & Competition It's time to start thinking about what your team needs to put together for the end-of-year final project evaluation and competition. CLICK HERE for everything you need to know about what we're looking for by May 3rd.  NEW! Girls Build Master Calendar Please add your events to our master calendar and make them known to us. Click the button below!  Maximize your End-of-Year Impact: Get at least 20 people from your team and/or community to follow @girls_build AND your own team on Instagram and we'll award one extra bonus point on your end-of-year project. Keep track of this list and submit it to us in May. Also - did you know we can repost your story only if you tag us in it? PLEASE TAG US @girls_build in every story and post!   WHO: LA County High School Juniors + Seniors WHAT: Get placed into your dream summer, paid internship WHEN: March 1, 2020 Description: The Intern Project (TIP) places deserving high school students in paid internships based on their skills and career interests paired with a company’s unique values and needs. Students apply online, then we make matching recommendations based on their interests and the company’s job description(s). Interns also participate in college and career related workshops such as: financial aid and college app webinars, resume, cover letter, LinkedIn profile, and networking strategies workshops. We provide ongoing coaching to ensure their placement is successful.  WHO: Students and teachers in LA County WHAT: Free field trips at the Natural History Museum and California Science Center WHEN: Year-Round Description: Explore the Natural History Museum with free field trips all year round (including free programs, performances, and exhibits) that engage students in science, history, art, and nature and introduce STE(A)M career paths. TEACHERS! Experience free educator workshops on Saturdays every month, each focusing on various museum content with Research & Collections experts and connect your classroom with museum research.  West Adams Preparatory High School Girls Build recently went all out with their Love Yourself First Campaign at their school. They did a fantastic job engaging their school on their mission and documenting it for the record - go check it out on their instagram page (click the photo)! 💕  Compton Early College Change Agents celebrated Galentine's Day by spreading positivity and affirmations at their school. Did we mention that they're taking on all three impact pillars this year? That's an incredibly ambitious task, and they've been proving that they're capable of doing the most in the finest way. A special shout out to their coordinator, Kimberly Ponce (pictured here) for winning the BRIC Foundation's 2020 Impact Award last week. Learn more about it HERE.  Foshay Girls Build, aka Women of Wisdom are busy programming and building out their device to remind Angelenos when to take their medicine. The website also looks amazing - this is a team that has really stepped up their game in the last month. Great job kicking it into high gear in the implementation phase.  Palmdale Learning Plaza's GirlsGen worked with their school to participate in Kaiser Permanente’s anti-bullying educational theater program.
They've been awesome about engaging multiple off-campus partners to explore all kinds of aspects to achieving health and wellness AND showcasing their work consistently whilst doing it - it definitely does not go unnoticed. Hello Hello Coordinators! I'm incredibly awed and downright humbled seeing everything your teams are doing. The Radical Rosies from King-Drew High School have pre-registered 50+ of their students to vote. San Fernando High School's DIY Girls are coding and constructing their safety device. Chicas Verdes from Manual Arts High School are holding their famous farmer's markets to sell what they've produced at their school garden. Mujeres Con Animo from Animo Leadership Charter are making great progress on their documentary highlighting immigrant women's stories. These teams are also incredibly consistent in highlighting their work and integrating social media into their project. We know your teams are doing amazing work and we want to see it as well - please look to update your websites and social media platforms regularly. Panasonic Laptop Winners: The winners of the Panasonic laptops are:
Girls Who Run the World by Diana Kapp: Coordinators will be individually contacted sometime in the next week to work out logistics of getting the books to them. We had more demand than we can currently meet - but the author is working on getting more books to those waitlisted teams. Late Mid-Year Submissions: If you submitted your mid-year materials late, please expect your feedback + updates on your grants to arrive in your inbox sometime in the next week. Thanks for all the work that you do, Scarlett NEW! Girls Build Master Calendar Please use THIS LINK TO OUR MASTER CALENDAR to post your events and make them known to us. We will make every effort to attend and/or highlight them on our social media. Check Ins! I'll send you an email checking up on the progress of your project from time to time. If you'd like to schedule a phone/video call with me to discuss ANYTHING, please use THIS LINK TO SIGN UP FOR A CHECK-IN. End-of-Year Evaluation & Competition Don't wait until May to get your website functional. Start updating it with the events that you've held, and collect data on relevant measures for your impact report. This year, we're awarding scholarships AND iPads, thanks to our supporters at Comcast. CLICK HERE for everything you need to know about what we're looking for by May 3rd. Maximize your End-of-Year Impact: Here's another easy way to get engaged - get at least 20 people from your team and/or community to follow @girls_build AND your own team on Instagram and we'll award one extra bonus point on your end-of-year project. Keep track of this list and submit it to us in May. Also - did you know we can repost your story only if you tag us in it? PLEASE TAG US @girls_build! Ideas to get Engaged on Instagram:
 WHO: LA County High School Juniors + Seniors WHAT: Get placed into your dream summer, paid internship WHEN: March 1, 2020 Description: An annual initiative of LA Promise Fund, The Intern Project (TIP) places deserving high school students in paid internships based on their skills and career interests paired with a company’s unique values and needs. Students apply online, then we make matching recommendations based on their interests and the company’s job description(s). Interns also participate in college and career related workshops such as: financial aid and college app webinars, resume, cover letter, LinkedIn profile, and networking strategies workshops. We provide ongoing coaching to ensure their placement is successful. Click HERE to apply.  WHO: Girls in LA County, Ages 14-18 WHAT: Free social change documentary filmmaking + community activism youth program WHEN: Applications due April 20, 2020 Description: Over the course of five weeks, students learn how to create their own short documentary and how to use the medium of film to affect positive social-change in their communities.This is a free program to empower and equip girls interested in filmmaking and the arts. They become the content creators for Women's Voices Now's Empathy-to-Action Film Club, guiding viewers to champion women’s and girls’ rights, locally and globally, one call to action at a time. Additionally, they are holding a smaller workshop series on Feb 16 and March 1 in DTLA. Open to all girls ages 14-18 to sign up. Click HERE to apply and find out more details.  Last week, the Radical Rosies from King/Drew Medical Magnet High School successfully held a voter registration drive that pre-registered 50 teens over two-days. We saw how they leveraged their social media to raise awareness of the event, timed it with their school's basketball game to tap into an existing flow of people, and meaningfully engaged each registrant to take these amazing photos. This is a team looking to win it all. 🗳🇺🇸  Larchmont Charter School Girls Build undertook the classic bake sale to fundraise for their civic engagement project, which includes creating care packages for the homeless. We encourage all teams to fundraise as part of their project - it is a key way to maximize your impact + sustainability! 💰 💵  G.A.L.S. - Giving And Leading, Succeeding from Alliance Alice M. Baxter College-Ready High School are saving the bees this year! To do it, they've also undertaken a fundraising effort selling kool-aid gummies. 🐝 🍭 Major props for, again - taking the steps beyond what's required to maximize your project impact and team sustainability.  Congratulations to all the Aspirations in Computing winners on our Girls Build teams. We know many of our schools had regional winners. Special shout out to Kary C from Lennox Math Science and Technology Academy who won the National Award! 🥇🔬
Look out for applications to open in September again for all our STEM girls to apply and get recognized. Hello Coordinators! At this point, all of you should have received an email with project feedback and grant updates. Please remember to review the feedback and follow up with any action items. Overall, every team is making good progress towards achieving their goals. Some teams were already so exceptionally well-planned and executed that it blew us away. Great job all around. If you need inspiration, please check out other teams' projects + websites on our siteFrom now until May, your team will be responsible for implementing the events and initiatives you all have planned out. Keep in mind:
  Last chance to win a brand new Panasonic laptop computer for your team! Shoot + submit a video of 3 minutes or less on the following topic: What has been your team's biggest accomplishment this year, and how did you achieve it? Briefly tell us about your accomplishment, and then use most of the video to tell us about the specific tactics, strategies, tips, and technologies that made it happen. We'll pick EIGHT team videos and announce the winners in our next newsletter. The videos will also be published as part of GBTV on Instagram. Click HERE for your chance to win! Deadline: Extended to Monday, January 27, 2019, 12:00PM  When We All Vote: My School Votes Who: All Schools Nationwide (ATTN: Civic Engagement/Voting Teams!) What: A toolkit from When We All Vote + Michelle Obama for registering voters at your school. Description: Teachers and students alike can utilize the My School Votes Toolkit to get step-by-step strategies on holding voter registration drives at your school. Everydae: The Digital Tutor in Your Pocket Who: Students preparing for SAT (8th-11th grade) What: FREE subscription to app-based SAT Prep to all students who complete this form (Access code: LAPF). Description: Everydae helps students ace the SAT and prepare for college in 10 minutes a day. Just in time for the March/April SAT. The Everydae team has 20,000+ hours of test prep and tutoring industry experience. For the last year, Everydae has been building a digital SAT tutor designed around 10-minute challenges that students can complete anytime, anywhere (they can also earn gift cards when they study). Watch this 2-minute video to learn more. Again, FREE access to all students who complete this form. (Access code: LAPF).  WHO: LA County High School Juniors + Seniors WHAT: Get placed into your dream summer, paid internship WHEN: March 1, 2020 Description: An annual initiative of LA Promise Fund, The Intern Project (TIP) places deserving high school students in paid internships based on their skills and career interests paired with a company’s unique values and needs. Students apply online, then we make matching recommendations based on their interests and the company’s job description(s). Interns also participate in college and career related workshops such as: financial aid and college app webinars, resume, cover letter, LinkedIn profile, and networking strategies workshops. We provide ongoing coaching to ensure their placement is successful. Click HERE for more information + to apply!  WHO: Civic Engagement/Voting High School Teams! WHAT: Register Voters at your school + Win $5000 for a dream prom WHEN: March 13, 2020 Description: 2020 Prom Challenge is a new program created in partnership between When We All Vote and MTV’s +1thevote campaign to celebrate and recognize 20 high schools across the country integrating voter registration into their schools in the most creative and impactful ways. The winners of the competition will receive up to $5,000 to make their school’s prom dreams come true. Click HERE for more details!  The Girls Build team at Kennedy High School are truly one of a kind. Their Girls Build Credit club seeks to educate high school girls of the financial literacy skills they need to succeed in life. Watch out for this team! 👀💵 Instagram: @jfk_girlsbuild  San Fernando High School's DIY Girls are busy building whatever they want, literally. The freshman girls are learning how to solder in preparation for constructing a tech accessory that will make females between the ages of 13-19 feel a lot safer in their own community. 🔧
Instagram: @hopebysfhsdiygirls2019   Happy New Year Coordinators! This is a particularly important newsletter, so please read to the end. Team Grant & Coordinator Grants/Stipends Payments have been processed by our finance team and have been delivered or are en route to delivery for all coordinators/schools who have completed their grant agreement process. Mid-Year Reviews Amazing progress and work across all teams so far! If you've submitted your materials, feedback will be emailed to you personally sometime in the following week. Past Due Materials See "Reminders" for the complete list of past due materials. Coordinators will be directly contacted sometime this week for any missing materials. Staff Transitions Scarlett here. After four spectacular years of leading Girls Build with unparalleled brilliance and heart, our Director of Programs, Rhea Triñanes has transitioned out of LA Promise Fund and is moving onto working for our communities in a different capacity as Director of Impact at Revolve Impact. With the help of my amazing colleague Leslie Aaronson, I will be leading Girls Build and you can continue to reach out to me at girlsbuild@lapromisefund.org as your main contact.  Past Due Materials: 1. Submit Planning Phase Materials for Evaluation: This marks the official end of your planning phase. We still have a number of teams who have not submitted their mid-year materials or their required forms. Please turn in the following materials to us as soon as possible so that we can provide feedback as you move into implementation:
2. Complete Coordinator Grant Agreement Survey + DocuSign Forms Complete this survey to indicate whether you'd like to have your Coordinator Grant ($1200/$600) sent to you directly or to your school/organization. DocuSign envelopes will be sent once your response is received. 3. Complete Team Grant Agreement + W9 Forms 4. Complete Pre-Challenge Surveys for Students + Coordinators Coordinator Pre-Survey + Student Pre-Survey 5. Turn in Media Releases to girlsbuild@lapromisefund.org Note: If you do not have all of these required materials completed as soon as possible, your team is at risk of losing funding. Coordinators will be directly contacted for materials that they have not turned in in the next week.  Virtual Professional Development (PD) Videos for Coordinators: The Girls Build Virtual Professional Development Training for Site Coordinators is now live! It covers seven major topics we hope will help to make your project year a success:
Link to Site Coordinator Virtual PD Training   We're excited to give you an opportunity to win a brand new laptop computer for your team, courtesy of our supporters at Panasonic. Simply have your team shoot + submit a video of 3 minutes or less on the following topic: What has been your team's biggest accomplishment this year, and how did you achieve it? We'd recommend briefly telling us about your accomplishment (anything, from electing officers for your team, a community event, a fundraiser, etc), and then using the most of the video to tell us about the specific tactics, strategies, tips, and technologies that allowed your team to make it happen. We'll pick EIGHT of the best, masterful team videos and announce the winners in our next newsletter. The videos will also be published as part of GBTV on Instagram. Click HERE to submit for your chance to win! Deadline: Friday, January 24th, 2019  JUNIOR EXHIBIT GUIDE VOLUNTEER PROGRAM Sponsoring Organization: Aquarium of the Pacific Audience: Middle School Students in Southern California, Ages 11-14 When: Last weekend of February 2020 Description: Middle School Volunteers, Junior Exhibit Guides (JEG) are responsible for engaging in a learning conversation with Aquarium guests regarding the animals and exhibits throughout the Aquarium and providing an excellent guest experience for visitors. Participants will be trained on marine related information and skills to help them interact with the public. Applicants should show great interest in marine biology and related fields, should be outgoing and be willing to take direction from supervisors, as well as peers. This program will be held on weekends only; participants be assigned a Saturday or a Sunday shift and will be expected to participate each week from 10AM – 2PM. Website:http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/volunteer/middleschool/junior_exhibit_guide Deadline: January 17, 2020 MARINE LIFE "VOLUNTEENS" AT THE AQUARIUM OF THE PACIFIC Sponsoring Organization: Aquarium of the Pacific Audience: High School Students in Southern California, Ages 14-16 When: March 7, 2020 (Spring), June 15, 2020 (Summer) Description: The VolunTEEN program is offered three times a year. Youth between the ages of 14 and 16 are eligible to participate in this highly structured, 80-hour program. After a competitive application process, selected participants will receive instruction on many aspects of marine life and the Pacific Ocean. In turn, they will then share this information with guests at interactive stations in each gallery. These hours do qualify for service learning, but the student gets so much more! Participants will be assigned to a specific day of the week and are scheduled for 8 hours each week for 10 weeks. The program includes ongoing training on the Aquarium, its animals and habitats, and on development of exhibit interpretation skills. Website:http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/volunteer/highschool/volunteens Deadline: January 24, 2020 (Spring), May 1, 2020 (Summer) SAMUELS FAMILY LATINO AND AFRICAN AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL INTERNSHIP PROGRAM (LA-HIP) Sponsoring Organization: Children's Hospital Los Angeles Audience: African-American and Latinx Juniors in Los Angeles County When: June 17th, 2019 Description: The Samuels Family LA-HIP was founded 13 years ago and has trained 170 high school students from the Los Angeles area. LA-HIP is a comprehensive yearlong internship program that combines biomedical research with college readiness workshops, academic enhancement and SAT preparatory curriculum. Students perform cutting-edge biomedical research experiments under the mentorship of scientists at the Saban Research Institute of Children’s Hospital during the summer before their senior year. LA-HIP also provides interns with college level didactic instructions in biology, SAT prep classes, academic enhancement and writing workshops; students also participate in college and financial aid workshops to assist in the college application process. LA-HIP has helped our interns to matriculate to some of the nations most elite colleges and universities. Website:https://www.chla.org/research/samuels-family-latino-and-african-american-high-school-internship-program-la-hip Deadline: February 1, 2020 SHORT-TERM RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR UNDERREPRESENTED PERSONS (STEP-UP) Sponsoring Organization: The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Audience: Underrepresented and/or low-income High School Juniors and Seniors, nationwide When: Summer 2020 Description: The STEP-UP Program provides hands-on summer research experience for high school and undergraduate students interested in exploring research careers. Students receive an all-expense paid training in the responsible conduct of research, along with a stipend and 8-10 weeks of full research experience under the guidance of research mentors. Website:https://www.niddk.nih.gov/research-funding/research-programs/diversity-programs/research-training-opportunities-students/short-term-research-experience-underrepresented-persons-step-up Deadline: February 15, 2020   Sylmar Charter High School wrapped up their 2019 by supporting fellow Girls Build team Chicas Verdes from Manual Arts High School. They connected to lift each others' communities up. A fantastic show of support that impressed us! 💪 Instagram: @girlsbuildsylmar  Mujeres con Ánimo at Animo Leadership Charter High School are hard at work building out their plan to interview and tell the stories of resilient immigrant women.
They have multiple committees comprising their team, including the Documentary Committee and the Action Committee. Great job building out those crucial structures of leadership and organization! Instagram: @mujeresconanimo   Good Morning Coordinators! We're days away from hitting our first evaluation checkpoint of the year, as well as the priority deadline for submitting funding paperwork. Here are the upcoming deadlines: 1. Complete Coordinator Grant Agreement Survey + DocuSign Forms Deadline: Friday, December 13th for payment to be processed + sent by December. Complete this survey to indicate whether you'd like to have your Coordinator Grant ($1200/$600) sent to you directly or to your school/organization. DocuSign envelopes will be sent once your response is received. 2. Complete Team Grant Agreement + W9 Forms Deadline: Friday, December 13th for payment to be processed + sent by December. All grant forms, including team grant agreements, coordinator grant agreements, and any requested W9 forms must be submitted by this Friday. Otherwise, funding will be processed in mid-January. 3. Submit Planning Phase Materials for Checkpoint #1: Deadline: December 15, 2019 This marks the official end of your planning phase. At this point, we do NOT expect your website or social media accounts to be perfect in any way. Rather, we look to make sure these components are established in preparation for the implementation phase coming in the new year. If your school has more than one site coordinator, please have one coordinator fill out ONE form. We will review your projects and email feedback as you return from winter break. Thank you for your hard work!
4. Turn In Media Releases: Deadline: December 15, 2019 Please send us copies of media release forms from all team members by emailing girlsbuild@lapromisefund.org. 5. Complete Pre-Challenge Surveys for Students + Coordinators Deadline: ASAP (the due date was November 17, 2019) Please fill out the Coordinator Pre-Survey and have your students complete the Student Pre-Survey as soon as possible.  Virtual Professional Development (PD) Videos for Coordinators: We are finalizing the links to the videos + slide decks, and will send them to you early next week in a separate email.  CRITICAL BLACK + ETHNIC STUDIES SUMMER LEARNING: Sponsoring Organization: Telluride Association Audience: High School Sophomores, nationwide When: Summer 2020 Description: The Telluride Association Sophomore Seminar (TASS) offers bright, motivated high school sophomores challenging six-week college-level courses in critical Black and ethnic studies. Website:https://www.tellurideassociation.org/our-programs/high-school-students/sophomore-seminar-tass/apply-sophomore/ Deadline: January 6, 2020, 11:59pm EST SUMMER SEMINAR LEARNING: Sponsoring Organization: Telluride Association Audience: High School Juniors, nationwide When: Summer 2020 Description: The Telluride Association Summer Program (TASP) is a free six-week educational experience for high school juniors that offers challenges and rewards rarely encountered in secondary school or even college.Each program is designed to bring together young people from around the world who share a passion for learning. Telluride students, or TASPers, attend a seminar led by college and university scholars and participate in many other educational and social activities outside the classroom. Website:https://www.tellurideassociation.org/our-programs/high-school-students/summer-program-juniors-tasp/apply-tasp/ Deadline: January 13, 2020, 11:59pm EST STUDENT LEADERS SUMMER INTERNSHIP: Sponsoring Organization: Bank of America Audience: High School Juniors and Seniors, nationwide When: Summer 2020 Description: The Student Leaders Summit focuses on skill building and creating a more civically engaged society. It connects more than 300 community-minded high school juniors and seniors from nearly 100 communities to employment, skills development and service. They're awarded paid summer internships with local nonprofits such as Boys and Girls Clubs of America and Habitat for Humanity and participate in a national leadership summit in Washington, D.C. Website:https://about.bankofamerica.com/en-us/what-guides-us/student-leaders.html#fbid=_L4DM5jXAS6 Deadline: January 31, 2020 NON PROFIT + LEGAL SUMMER INTERNSHIPS: Sponsoring Organization: Constitutional Rights Foundation Audience: High School Sophomores and Juniors attending Title I Schools in Los Angeles County When: Summer 2020 Description: Since 1995, Expanding Horizons Internships has provided first-generation, college-bound high school students in the Los Angeles area with an intensive experience of skill development and personal growth that prepares them for college. career , and civic life. Website:https://about.bankofamerica.com/en-us/what-guides-us/student-leaders.html#fbid=_L4DM5jXAS6 Deadline: January 31, 2020   Send us your video with tips, tools, and techniques that you'd like to share with the Girls Build community, as we'll post them on our website + Instagram. Click here to submit!  On top of tending their thriving community garden, Girls Build Master Team, Chicas Verdes from Manual Arts High School in South Los Angeles is simultaneously tackling the lack of access to clean, safe drinking water at their school. Leveraging their impressive social media presence along with their design and business savvy, they're fundraising to install water filters at their school! Check out their Instagram @chicasverdes to get your own bottle. You grow girls! 🌱  LA Promise Charter Middle School recently collaborated with their school's Science + Engineering Club to explore working with telescopes. This is just one way they're realizing their mission to promote STEM exploration and a college-bound culture at their school. Definitely shooting for the stars! 😉 ⭐️ ✨ Instagram: @lapcms_girlsbuild    Coordinator Grant Agreement + W9 Forms Please look out for an email with the latest update and next steps on the Coordinator funding! Team Grant Agreement + W9 Forms Grant agreements and W9 forms have been sent to Site Coordinators and Principals via DocuSign for those who have filled out the grant agreement mailing preferences survey. We are currently processing your signed forms, and you will receive an email confirmation when payment has been sent out. Deadline: ASAP (the due date was November 17, 2019) Pre-Challenge Surveys: Students + Coordinators: Please fill out the Coordinator Pre-Survey and have your students complete the Student Pre-Survey as soon as possible. Deadline: ASAP (the due date was November 17, 2019) Media Releases Please send us copies of media release forms from all team members by emailing girlsbuild@lapromisefund.org. Deadline: December 15, 2019.  Right now, all teams should be deep within the planning phase of your project year. Use the training resources within your Retreat Guide found in your Starter Pack to prepare the three deliverables due to us by December 15, 2019, 11:59pm PST:
Click here to submit your drafts and link to website + social media.  Check out these opportunities handpicked by the Girls Build Team! If you don't match the criteria for any of these, don't worry. More is to come! ENVIRONMENT + SUSTAINABILITY Do you have a school garden? Innovate and re-purpose your school's milk cartons + win prizes! Sponsoring Organization: Carton 2 Garden Audience: Schools Nationwide Description: Show off your students’ creativity by re-purposing milk and juice cartons from your school cafeteria to either build or enhance your school garden through carton planters, garden art, irrigation system, etc. Educators can engage students in a hands-on experience creating teachable moments on environmental stewardship, sustainable packaging and healthy living. The best use of cartons in a school garden gives your school the chance to win one of 15 prizes with a grand prize valued at $5,000. Website: https://carton2garden.com/contest-details/spring-2019-2020-contest/ Deadline: April 1, 2020, but get started ASAP! ENVIRONMENT + SUSTAINABILITY - CIVIC ENGAGEMENT Make Beautifying Streets, Revitalizing Communities, and Learning Environmental Stewardship Your First Job Sponsoring Organization: Los Angeles Conservation Corps' Clean & Green Program for Youth Audience: 14-21 year old low-income students residing in the City of Los Angeles When: Summer 2020 Description: Get your first paid job experience in environment, conservation, and community service-focused work experiences throughout the city of LA. Students will gain environmental work experience, build their skills and resume over a number of weeks or months through working at community beautification projects in all 15 LA City Council Districts. Website: https://www.lacorps.org/programs/clean-green/ Deadline: Rolling Deadline, but Apply ASAP. STEM Apply to Spend Two Weeks Next Summer Participating on a Fully-Funded, Scientific Research Expedition Sponsoring Organization: Earthwatch Institute Audience: High School Sophomores + Juniors in Los Angeles County When: Summer 2020 Description: Spend two weeks during the summer participating in a fully funded scientific research expedition alongside professional scientist and other students in a natural landscape across the United States. Website: https://earthwatch.org/education/student-fellowships/ignite Deadline: December 4, 2019 CIVIC ENGAGEMENT Sign up to be a Paid Election Worker for the Presidential Primaries! Sponsoring Organization: Los Angeles County Audience: High School Students in Los Angeles County When: March 2020 Description: Los Angeles County is looking for high school students to participate in its Student Election Worker Program. Starting in March 2020, the voting period will expand from 1 day to 11 days. This means students will now be able to serve on weekends and/or election day. And the more days students serve the more they’ll earn, with student stipends ranging from $180 to $580. Bilingual students are highly needed! Deadline: Email Joseph Canal at JCanal@rrcc.lacounty.gov as soon as possible. ARTS, MEDIA & PRODUCTION Tell the Story of Who You Are for a Chance to Win Scholarships! Sponsoring Organization: Critical Media Project Audience: High School Students in Los Angeles County When: February 2020 Description: Create your own media, whether that be a short story, audio story, photo collage, and tell your story to represent yourself and your community. Who are you? What do you care about? What does “belonging” mean to you? How do you see yourself…as a Californian, as an Angeleno, as a member of your local neighborhood? Tell your story for a chance to win scholarships up to $1000. Winning submissions will be screened during the festival. Website: https://criticalmediaproject.org/itooam-submissions/ Deadline: Submit your work by December 20, 2019.   Share your wisdom and get the chance to be featured on Girls Build's Instagram + website by sending us your video with tips, tools, and techniques that you'd like to share with the Girls Build community as we all embark on this year-long challenge.
Click the button below to submit your video!   They’re here – our newest cohort of Girls Build teams this school year! 65 teams from all over the country have taken on the Girls Build challenge where they will tackle issues they see in their community, like:
We can't wait to see more as the school year unfolds! Follow along and learn more about each team throughout the year by going to www.girls-build.org/year-5.  Grant Agreement Grant agreements have been sent out via DocuSign to Coordinators who have filled out the grant agreement survey. Please look out for it in your inbox (or spam folder!). Starter Pack Check out the Girls Build Starter Pack to help your team jump start your project planning process. This tool is meant for you to customize and personalize – feel free to make this your own! Girls Build Virtual Expo We're so excited to announce that our friends at Comcast will be awarding iPads to winning Girls Build teams at our annual virtual Expo in May! More details to come soon.  
We want to hear from you! Get the chance to be featured on Girls Build's Instagram by sending us your video with tips, tools, and techniques that you'd like to share with the Girls Build community as we all embark on this year-long challenge. Click the button below to submit your video!
It has been a great year and we hope to see you again in the Fall.
Here is a link to the Virtual Awards (the early time) in case you missed it. We have also created images you can use for your website and social media to showcase your participation in Girls Build. We will continue to update Opportunities but the newsletters will pause for the summer. Once again congratulations on your great year! It was our honor to work with you and witness your journeys. VIRTUAL AWARDS THIS THURSDAY!
We are thrilled to celebrate your amazing work at the Virtual Award Ceremony on May 23rd. Each celebration should be about 45 minutes. Time Options:
How to Join: Join via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/431065369 OR Dial in: +1 669 900 6833 US; Meeting ID: 431 065 369 How to Prepare for the Virtual Awards Show:
IMPACT SLIDE We will be showing off your impact slides at the Awards ceremony. We need them by Tuesday if you want your school to be included. Complete Impact Report Slide Template Final notes: We will send out comments from reviewers next week so you can see what others had to say about your amazing projects! ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES (see all here) LOCAL TO LOS ANGELES: Free Summer Tech Camp at UCLA or Loyola Marymount University Duration: One week, Monday - Friday Dates: June 17- 21, 2019 Hours: 8 am to 6 pm, Monday -Thursday 9 am to 4:30 pm on Friday Included: All expenses paid including camp fee, transportation (pick up from Manual Arts, John Muir, West Adams) lunch and snacks. Locations: Students will attend at either UCLA or Loyola Marymount University. Ages: 10-18 Take-aways: All course materials, t-shirt, water bottle, and USB drive with projects. Learn more here: Application and Registration Packet Warrior-Toro Computer Science Pathway Description:The Warrior-Toro CS Pathway is a cohort based program offered in partnership between El Camino College and California State University Dominguez Hills (CSUDH) that provides a structured and supported pathway for students to complete a computer science bachelor's degree in 4 years. The rigorous program requires students to commit to year-round participation and maintaining a 3.0 GPA. El Camino College and CSUDH are the second to offer this pathway in the state following the successful cohort of CSUMB and Hartnell College in the Bay area and the first to offer it in Southern California. Audience: Graduation High School Seniors Deadline: May 24th Attend an Information Session to learn more on May 22 at 5pm Check out the website to learn more. |
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