Celebrating our STEM Graduates

Last week, as part of National Science Week, girls from Cumberland High School and Macquarie Fields High School attended the graduation ceremony for The Future is Bright in STEM. The graduation was hosted at the Western Sydney Airport Experience Centre with thanks to the WSA Team.

Simone Concha, WSA Sustainability Manager, shared an inspiring message detailing her career in STEM and her advice for the girls, after which they received their certificates and a gift from WSA presented by our Program Manager. There were opportunities to mingle and to take photos to celebrate the occasion!

We would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to our STEM Program Partners, Celestino, Endeavour Energy and Western Sydney Airport for your support of girls in STEM!

We also want to thank our program mentors and guest speakers for generously sharing your time and knowledge.

The Future is Bright in STEM Program is funded thanks to The Australian Government Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet.

We look forward to seeing what's ahead for these girls in STEM and are grateful to be a part of their journey!

Girls in Trades – Experience Day

In partnership with Endeavour Energy, high school girls from The Future is Bright Program as well as girls from our local community enjoyed a hands on experience day learning about working in trades at Endeavour Energy’s Technical Training Centre.

The girls geared up in PPE, tried out tools, explored an Elevated Work Platform (EWP) Vehicle and learnt about being an electrician in practice.

An inspiring panel of women in trades shared about their experiences as Electricians at Endeavour Energy and as women working in trades. The panel was facilitated by Gudrun Elms and the panelists were Tash Stanic, Jess Black, Karyn Downs and Renae Blair.

Thank you to the team from Endeavour Energy for hosting us and for partnering with us to help high school girls in Western Sydney to consider and pursue careers in trades!

The Girls in Trades Program is supported by Women NSW Investing in Women initiative.

Planning New Cities – STEM Experience Day

At the start of the school holidays girls from Macquarie Fields High School and Cumberland High School spent a day exploring the Powerhouse Museum at our STEM Experience Day.

The girls are currently part of our STEM Program.

A big thank you to Celestino Developments for sponsoring this amazing day which included:

• A Q&A panel of successful female role models working in STEM

• Exploring The Invisible Revealed Exhibition at The Powerhouse Museum

• An urban design problem solving activity based on Sydney Science Park, facilitated by Celestino.

We loved hearing from the girls about their experience of the day.

“Today I learnt about a lot of new careers that I didn’t know are in STEM, and it was really fun getting to know everyone, learning about our mentors and doing a hands on activity.”

“Today I learnt about new projects that I could go into in the future, and more pathways that I could take, other than just university.”