  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 
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  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. GIRLS BUILD TEAM PACKAGES HEADING YOUR WAY!
Boxes of goodies are on the way to TEAM COORDINATORS! Be on the lookout. They should all arrive by Friday, May 17th. VIRTUAL AWARDS - NEXT THURSDAY! Date: Thursday, May 23, 2019 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:
We can't wait to celebrate your hard work next week! CONGRATULATIONS! Final Submissions are in and now let's talk about celebrating your amazing efforts while our reviewers score your submissions.
SAVE THE DATE We are hosting our online Virtual Award Ceremony on May 23rd and sending each team a package with some swag and goodies to help you host a team celebration. MAILING ADDRESS NEEDED: Please fill out this form to provide us with the best mailing address to receive a package. We will mail all packages by May 13th provided that we have received your final submission via Submittable. IMPACT SLIDE - Complete Impact Report Slide Template - this will be for the public to see. We need this by Monday, May 13th. STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS. Don't hesitate to apply. Due May 10th.
FINAL WEBSITES AND VIDEOS ARE DUE ON SUNDAY!
DUE MAY 5th, 2019 - Final Website and Video is due via Submittable – the same platform you used to submit your Girls Build application. You can find everything you need to know to complete the Girls Build project on our Curriculum Page. MAY 23 - GET READY FOR THE AWARDS! Check out the details for the online virtual awards on May 23 here. We will be sending you a packet in the mail the week of May 10th with supplies to help you celebrate. STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS. Don't hesitate to apply. Due May 10th.
Some final advice: Complete the 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 to help explain your reach. WHAT SHOULD WE ADD TO OUR WEBSITE? PRESENTATIONS, FLYERS, IMAGES? Yes, add it all just be careful so that everything is organized as part of your story. What is the main event(s) you want to highlight? What are additional materials, activities, resources? Whatever works for you. Look at past examples to get ideas. CHECK OUT YEAR 3 TEAMS EMBEDDING THE VIDEO
LINKING THE VIDEO
We have heard from so many of you in the past week and seen you are social media. We are so impressed and excited to celebrate you and your team! RESOURCES OF THE WEEK Looking for some cool videos to watch as a group and reflect? Check out the PowerOn Series on YouTube. Each 5 minute short features girls and a new technology. F The films are directed by Rosario Dawson, Julie Bowen, Ana Brenda Contreras, Lisa Edelstein and Nikki Reed. Watch a short doc by #femaleyouth on opening up about #menstruation. #Destigmatize #female #flow, create #safespace for all. Join the #empathytoactionfilmclub #womensvoicesnow #bethechange @WomensVoicesNow @GlobalGirlMedia https://bit.ly/2XJ65mK HOW TO: Upload the Video to Google Drive or YouTube - there are many ways to this:
EMBEDDING THE VIDEO
LINKING THE VIDEO
LOOKING FOR GREAT EXAMPLES OF TEAM WEBSITES? CHECK OUT YEAR 3 TEAMS Want to link to something that is on your website? Highlight the words you want to link and click on the link icon on the menu bar at the top and then choose Standard Page. This will create a drop down menu of all the pages on your own website. Choose the page and hit enter. WHAT SHOULD WE ADD TO OUR WEBSITE? PRESENTATIONS, FLYERS, IMAGES? Yes, add it all just be careful so that everything is organized as part of your story. What is the main event(s) you want to highlight? What are additional materials, activities, resources? Whatever works for you. Again - look at past examples to get ideas. CHECK OUT YEAR 3 TEAMS FINAL WEBSITES AND VIDEOS ARE DUE IN 2 WEEKS!
DUE MAY 5th, 2019 - Final Website and Video is due via Submittable – the same platform you used to submit your Girls Build application. You can find everything you need to know to complete the Girls Build project on our Curriculum Page. JOIN US FOR OFFICE HOURS: Wednesday, April 24th 12:30 PST/ 3:30 EST and 3:30 PST/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 girlsbuild@lapromisefund.org with questions or to set up your own call. GET READY FOR THE AWARDS! We have also added how to get ready for the online virtual awards on May 23 here and will review again as we get closer. In addition to team awards, there are individual scholarships available as well. Don't hesitate to apply. Due May 10th.
SHOUT OUT TO: Daniel Webster Middle School - for updating their website to express their mission to bring greater awareness, to the mental and physical health of middle school students. Bronx.Bright - for their upcoming Blue Mullaly Light Show. Learn more about their mission and process to install street lighting that is both practical and eye-catching, for teens and all community members to feel safe along routes we hang out or commute. Equitas Academy #2 for building a partnership/relationship with local Downtown Los Angeles Children's Hospitals. ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES (see all here) NEW THIS WEEK: Change the Game Deadline: June 7th Audience: Ages 13-18 (must be US citizen or permanent resident, and obtain parent/guardian permission) Description:Change The Game is Google Play’s initiative to build a diverse future in mobile gaming. To empower the next generation of game makers, we invite teens to tap into their imagination and share their own game idea to the Change The Game Design Challenge. The grand prize winner will receive a $15,000 college scholarship and $15,000 for their non-profit's or school's technology program. All five finalists will have their game ideas produced and launched on the Google Play Store, a VIP trip to LA to showcase their game design, and a scholarship to Girls Make Games summer camp. Learn More and apply Organizers and educators: Help girls get started with Change the Game with this activity kit . |
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