emPOWERing Girls to Pursue STEM

August 13, 2015

Peshine Avenue Elementary erupted into cheers, applause and high-fives as Samsung surprised students and faculty with a $50,000 technology grant to enhance and increase science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) learning at the New Jersey school.

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The good news came at the end of a very happy occasion: the graduation ceremony honoring the young ladies who had completed a pilot program called emPOWER Tomorrow, which aims to inspire fourth- and fifth-grade girls to pursue careers in engineering and computer science through role models and hands-on activities.