Power GRID
Power GRID
(Girls Responding to Industry Demands)
Power GRID was grown from and supported by POWER SET (Powerful Opportunities for Women Eager and Ready for Science, Engineering, and Technology) members for pre-teen girls. The Power GRID Program provides POWER SET members an opportunity to give back by interacting and mentoring young elementary and intermediate female students – engaging them in academic activities that impassion these students to stay focused on a strong STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) path. Both POWER SET and Power GRID members should both benefit from this opportunity. These student members are able to meet with each other and share the challenges of being successful well-rounded students. Power GRID members are able to participate in a wide range of activities that have varied from making Christmas cards for our U.S. troops, playing math and science vocabulary bingo, studying and tutorial activities, robotics competition preparation, and SOS (science on Saturday) engagement. These activities are determined by the mentoring POWER SET organization. Power GRID has created a spark that has ignited a unique collaborative, nurturing relationship between older and younger students interested in perusing STEM.
The program is a yearlong commitment between the POWER SET member mentor and a Power GRID mentee.
Power GRID Mentor Program Goals
- Increase girls' sense of self worth
- Improve girls' perspective toward STEM education
- Help girls develop and define their short-term and long-term goals
- Encourage social awareness through community service projects
- Build positive relationships and support networks with adults and peers
