Wray Ardan's Blog, page 14
January 20, 2018
January 15, 2018
Teens collect thousands of dollars in donations for women's center
Courtney Brumley, left, and Avery Palacios, sophomores at iSchool High in The Woodlands, chose community awareness for their focus in the Health Occupations Students of America competition.
January 8, 2018
Why Kids Across The U.S. Are Writing Books About Female Heroes
“Strong girls need to be writing strong pieces about other strong women in our communities.”
“We’re letting the kids tell the stories on how to make the world more tolerant.”
Sophia Hanson, National Youth Foundation co-founder
November 30, 2017
Afghan Girls’ Robotics Team Wins First Place In European Competition
The Afghan Girls’ robotics team has won first place in one of Europe’s largest robotics competitions, the New York Times reports.
The team attracted international media attention after facing a series of obstacles. Earlier this summer, the young women were denied visas to participate in an international robotics competition in Washington D.C. Eventually, the women were allowed to compete, and took home second place. Then in August, the team captain’s father was tragically killed by a suicide bomber.
But this past week, the young women got some good news. Three of the 12 team members participated in the Entrepreneurial Challenge at Robotex, one of Europe’s largest robotics competitions. Their task was to show an invention that could solve a real-world problem that customers would want.
The women presented a robot that used solar energy to support small-scale farmers. And after thousands of spectators voted, the women were awarded first place.
“We are extremely proud of the wonderful accomplishments of the Afghan All-Girl Robotics Team,” Afghanistan’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, Said T. Jawad, told the New York Times in a statement. “They are an excellent example for people around the world of what can be accomplished by young Afghans if given the right support and the opportunity to excel in their education.”
November 29, 2017
SILVER SPRING, Md. and ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 18, 2017...
SILVER SPRING, Md. and ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ – 3M (@3M) and Discovery Education (@DiscoveryEd) have named 11-year-old Gitanjali Rao from Lone Tree, Colo., the winner of the 2017 Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge (#YoungScientist). Gitanjali is working to develop
November 18, 2017
November 17, 2017
November 15, 2017
North Carolina Youth File Climate Petition to Protect Their Futures
Sorry proud of all the kids in the world that are taking a stand to save our amazing planet!
November 12, 2017
October 31, 2017
Happy Halloween
Halloween~festival of Samhain, Old Irish for “summer’s end”.
Samhain (pronounced SAH-win or /ˈsaʊ.ɪn/ SOW-in).
