On Friday, February 3rd, at Berry Middle School in Hoover hundreds of students gathered in order to learn about math and science. Principal Dilhani Uswatte of Rocky Ridge Elementary School organized the Girls Engage in Math and Science or GEMS expo an said that this years event was the largest they have ever had.
The primary goal of the event was to get girls into STEM and to “inspire girls to pursue STEM fields once they leave us in Hoover, Such as engineering, computer analysts, fields in mathematics,” Uswatte stated.
Over 350 girls took part in the stem event which included coding and according to Elizabeth Brown, Engineering Academy Director at Spain Park High School, “We have little styrofoam pieces of blocks so they can actually code a person. We’re going to put those down on the ground and let the kids learn, really basics of coding, My students are doing real coding with python and Matlab that engineers and scientists all over the world use. So, they’re already learning that in high school.”
Hoover’s mayor, Frank Brocato was also in attendance at the event and gave words of encouragement for the students.
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