Alabama Power has partnered with Trussville City Schools for the past six years, offering iCan, an engineering program for a selected group of approximately 30 eighth grade girls. The program involves 5 events throughout the year. At each event, a group of female engineers leads the girls in hands-on engineering activities or they facilitate a field trip centered around engineering.
The program, which is sponsored by Joy Young at HTHS and Sandy Hoffman at HTMS, has been very successful. Many of the participants continue through the high school engineering academy.
Last year four senior girls who had started in the iCan Program as 8th graders all received engineering scholarships to major universities.
This morning I was invited to visit the HTHS Engineering Lab where these students were greeted by Alabama Power engineers who facilitated the Fancy Feet Activity. Students learned about load distribution concepts as they worked as a team to design, build, and test a shoe. Our students are fortunate to have opportunities such as this. Many thanks to Joy, Sandy, and Alabama Power and to all of their teachers who have inspired creativity and helped grow these bright minds.
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