Jameela Jafri is the Scientist of the Month
This Summer’s All Girls Expedition is Ready to Explore!
With the summer now in full swing, Project Exploration is excited to begin field programs with our students. This month, nine middle and high school young women embark on the All Girls Expedition, a two-week science and leadership program where students work alongside scientists in Chicago and Yellowstone National Park. This year, students will be studying Yellowstone’s unique geology, thermal features (like Old Faithful!), extreme water environments, and wildlife.
The All Girls Expedition kicked-off on Wednesday, July 7 with an orientation for students and their parents. It was a great… Continue reading
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2 CommentsProject Exploration student Kassandra featured in September issue of Chicago Magazine
Kassandra Davis, member of Sisters4Science, All Girls Expedition, and the Nigersaurus Delegation, is featured as one of “8 Under 18″ in the September issue of Chicago magazine. Kassandra was nominated for this honor by Project Exploration Girls’ Program Coordinator Jameela Jafri.
Pick up the magazine now, or read the story on the Chicago Magazine web site.
Congratulations, Kassandra!
Article image © Chicago magazine.
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Congratulations to the 2009 All Girls Expedition team!
Project Exploration’s All Girls Expedition team just returned from an amazing week in the world’s first national park, Yellowstone! A scrapbook and pictures will be online soon, but in the meantime, let’s congratulate these nine amazing women for their non-stop enthusiasm and hard work:
- Angelic B., Perspectives Charter School – Calumet Campus, 10th grade
- Alejandra C., Perspectives Charter School – Rodney D. Joslin Campus, 10th grade
- Michelle D., ACE Technical Charter High School, 12th grade
- Winorr M., Perspectives Charter School – Calumet Campus, 11th grade… Continue reading
Thought Inspired By Jameela
“We have a bond with them because we share the world with them.”-Jameela Jafri, P.E. staff member .
When Jameela said these words she was talking about the animals that her, and nine other young women, will be encountering at Yellowstone National Park this upcoming week with the All Girls Expedition Program. She said people need to learn that we share this earth with them so that we have to know about them and protect them as much as possible. But after, it got me thinking that this… Continue reading
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