Opportunity Knocks

"Opportunity Knocking for Girls"

Girls Inc. regularly receives emails from various organizations with many opportunities and valuable resources for youth.  To help spread the word and better inform girls about the wide variety of opportunities available to them, we are creating a new blog called "Opportunity Knocking for Girls".

Our hope is that girls learn about and take advantage of opportunities they may otherwise not know about. Please check this blog frequently, since there will be a wide variety of opportunities for girls published in this blog.

Need Money for School?

Check out this link for over 50 scholarships that you may qualify for.

Level Playing Field Institute accepting application to SMASH, 3 year summer program

To qualify you should:

• Be in the ninth grade at time of application, reside and attend a public high school in the San Francisco Bay Area (US citizenship is not required);

• Currently be enrolled in geometry or the equivalent with a B average;

• Be prepared to work hard, participate fully in all learning experiences, and contribute to building a positive and supportive community of students;

• Commit to participating in three summer academies and workshops during the academic school year;

For more information click here. Applications are due February 12th  by 5pm.

PG & E Scholarships

College-bound students are encouraged to apply for one or more of any PG&E Employee Association scholarships regardless of race and gender. Specific details on scholarship deadlines and details can also be found here.

The Stanford Medical Youth Science Program

Are You...

• a current sophomore or junior in high school?
• from a low-income background?
• interested in doing what it takes to meet your academic goals?
• interested in attending college?
• interested in science, medicine, and health, and have demonstrated intelligence, maturity and initiative?
• taking (or have taken) science and math classes, with at least some B's in these classes?

If you can answer yes to all the above questions,then you are who they are looking for!

The Stanford Medical Youth Science Program offers full scholarships to 24 qualified high school students to attend our intense, challenging, rewarding and educational five-week Summer Residential Program held at Stanford University. Competition is rigorous. Apply early!

For an application and eligibilty requirements click here or email youth.science@stanford.edu . Applications must be mailed and post-marked by March 1, 2010