November 3, 2024 • 10 mins
Katie Poole and Scouts Jasmine and Emma are in to talke about the Girl Scouts AEP STEM program.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
If you're a parent, I think we're always looking at
ways to make our kids better. You know, what's the
one thing out there that can make your son, make
your daughter, make someone more confident, build their self esteem,
let them enjoy life and go on adventures. There's a
lot of different opportunities out there, but one specifically, it
really crosses all of those.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Yeah. So, you know, we talk a lot about STEM
and STEAM and there was a big vision by the
Girl Scouts of Ohio's Heartland to do something for young
girls in our area and it all came to fruition
within the last week. It opened up this location. Katie Pool,
VP of Programs, is here to talk to us. You
guys had quite a week this past week we did.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
Yeah, we have been working for more than five years
on building this really amazing dream for girls in central
Ohio and throughout our throughout our thirty county footprint that
we serve for building this really amazing space for girls
to dive into.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
STEM at the beginning of that dream and it had
to start somewhere with someone it did so.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
In twenty eight seventeen, twenty eighteen, Girl Scouts of the
USA nationally said that they wanted to help put millions
more girls into the STEM pipeline, noting that that was
our workforce where women were really underrepresented, specifically in leadership roles.
And so Girl Scouts put out there nationally to all
of the councils that serve hundreds and hundreds of thousands
of girls across the country to work on that effort
(01:27):
and to really work on building girls confidence in the
STEM field at a young age so that when they're
thinking about careers, that is at the front of mind
for them and that there's nothing kind of in their
way for being able to explore that as potential.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
STEM is science, technology, engineering in math. And for those
who have not seen the headlines this week, you've spent
five years raising money for the opening of what.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
So we have been raising money for the opening of
our STEM Leadership Center. So we have a really amazing
camp and Galloway, Ohio that has kind of been turned
into the Betel Science and Innovation Campus, and so we've
got multiple buildings on that campus where we are going
to really allow girls to dig into some really cool
(02:12):
programs to learn all kinds of things about science. So
we've got our renovated Environmental Center and then we have
a brand new STEM Leadership Center that's got amazing big
conference space for lots of great gathering.
Speaker 4 (02:22):
And then three really dedicated STEM labs.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
I think when most people think of science and engineering,
you think of the guys in your family, you think
of the young men, because predominantly it's really been that way.
I think you think of girls, you think of more
English Math's kind of in between there. Sometimes you can
get some really talented girls with mathematic skills, mathematical skills,
but it's really been more of a focus with boys.
(02:46):
Has it been hard to kind of cross that bridge
and get girls more interested in science and engineering?
Speaker 4 (02:53):
Not really.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
I think the barrier is really that perception of it
being more of a shell predominated field. We know that
there are barriers for women going into fields like that.
We know that it's really hard to persevere after you're
kind of told that it's not a space for you.
Speaker 4 (03:07):
But when we look at young girls.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
Specifically, girls are excellent problem solvers, creative thinkers. They're good
at puzzles, they're good at really digging their heels into
things that they're interested in.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
I'm sitting right next to one right now. Every Sunday.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
But I also think that I wasn't encouraged necessarily to
go into math or engineering. I'm sitting here in a
very English communications focused world because I didn't necessarily feel
like I could do it.
Speaker 4 (03:33):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (03:34):
Yeah, And that's a huge part of what we're trying
to do at Girl Scouts. We know that a girl's
confidence peaks before they hit middle school, and so we're
really looking at wanting to make sure that they don't
go into the part of their lives where they're considering careers,
they're considering their self potential and discounting a space that
isn't immediately welcoming to them.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Let's bring Jasmine into the conversation. Jasmine, she's going to
be like one of us. I think she's been here
in studio with us with Kayla more than not. Right, Yeah,
it's regular.
Speaker 4 (04:03):
You could have like a dual role.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
You could be like this math phenom and a broadcaster.
Like let's make a vote pap in, Jasmine, what do
you think about all this STEM talk and what's going
on at the center.
Speaker 5 (04:15):
Well, what just happened today at the STEM Center was
Voter Girl, and we did like debate things and it
was so cool, Like the new STEM Center and we're
in this building gets so pretty and everything. But like,
I'm so excited that the STEM Center just open. It's
like a launching pad to getting more girls interested in
STEM and I'm so excited to be doing more activities there.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
When you think of science, Honestly, what do you think of, Jasmine?
Speaker 5 (04:40):
When I think of science, I think of like, well,
I think of me wanting to go into science and
like biology and stuff like that.
Speaker 4 (04:49):
Tell us more about what you like about biology.
Speaker 5 (04:52):
Well, I maybe might want to be a marine biologist.
And I did a summer camp and like we did
like scuba diving and stuff like that in this one.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
So when you talk to your friends, you go to
school and you see your classroom, I'm sure there's a
bunch of boys in there. Right.
Speaker 4 (05:06):
You get your Coodie spray.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
It came out no boys allowed.
Speaker 5 (05:09):
I go to all girls school.
Speaker 4 (05:10):
Well then Cody spray. You need spray?
Speaker 1 (05:13):
Yeah it worked a lot.
Speaker 4 (05:15):
Look at it's worked so well, that's that's gone gone.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
Right.
Speaker 4 (05:19):
So when you talk to.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
Other school, other girls in your class at school, is
there an interest in science more so than you thought? Not?
Speaker 5 (05:29):
Really, Most people kind of want to be like an
author or a writer or something like that. Okay, that's
so like STEM. Some people want to be like mathematicians.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
I love that. Again, I think, you know, I think
there is a perception. I think it's just been a
cultural thing for so long. And so Katie, what you're
doing is trying to bust through that add and let
their barriers. Yeah, let girls know they can make this happen.
Speaker 4 (05:53):
Yeah, I mean I think I know.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
I grew up and it was very much like teacher, doctor, lawyer,
like really traditional fields. And I think that there are
so many different ways that girls can make impact in
science communities. One of the programs we're right now on
this spot where we are really starting to put ideas to.
Speaker 4 (06:12):
Life and make things happen.
Speaker 3 (06:13):
And you know, we're talking about ways that girls can
do engineering and do engineering for good and learn how
to build adaptive technologies for people right, ways that girls
can take their love for community and community engagement and
really do good things in.
Speaker 4 (06:28):
The world with their science careers.
Speaker 3 (06:30):
There's a lot out there outside of I think the
traditional things that people think about too when they think STEM.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
So one other question before we go back to Jasmine
for a second, how do you know which girls will
go to the Leadership Center to the STEM center wall.
You know you said you have a thirty county footprint,
so how does that all work out to get girls
over there?
Speaker 3 (06:49):
Yeah, so we have We're in Franklin County, so we're
in Galloway, so we know that there is definitely going
to be easier access for girls that are here in
Central Ohio. However, we at Girl Scouts' High is Heartland,
we do serve thirty counties and so one of the
things that we'll have available is an access fund. So
we've got a lot of financial aid available for girls
that want to attend programs that maybe there's a financial
barrier for them, whether they're local here or outside of
(07:12):
Central Ohio. We're working and partnering with schools to get
girls in through field trip opportunities. We'll have summer camps.
There's going to be ways for their troops to come
stay on site. It's at a camp where we host camping,
so you can come as a troop from Zanesville, stay
overnight at Camp Kenjockety, and then do a STEM programming
in the morning with your troop.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
So basically, and I say this because I was a
Girl Scout Troop fourteen ninety five. But it's not your
Gram's Girl Scouts anymore. Times have changed and you guys
are really developing and growing. What's next for Girl Scouts?
Speaker 3 (07:47):
I mean the next thing is really making this thing
what girls need it to be, right, Like, we want
to be an organization that's there to support girls in
whatever part of life they're in, wherever their interests are
and wherever they're confidence needs to grow, and so we've
got this really dedicated space to help do that in
the science, technology, engineering, and math field. And so really
(08:08):
next is me getting to hang out and talk to
more girls like Jasmine that are interested in these fields
and building programs to do exactly what they need to
be supported.
Speaker 4 (08:18):
For their future.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
Jasmine, what would you tell families who are listening right.
Speaker 4 (08:23):
Now that might have a girl.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
Around your age or a little younger a little older
about joining Girl Scouts?
Speaker 4 (08:29):
What would you say?
Speaker 5 (08:30):
I would say, you should definitely join Girl Scouts. It's
like such a positive environment and girls uplifting every other girls,
and it's like everyone's so nice and kind and you
should definitely join it.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
Yeah, could you imagine you not being a Girl Scout.
Speaker 4 (08:43):
No, yeah, I can imagine.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
You're such a great ambassador, such a great ambassador.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
I mean, I can't wait to talk to you in five, ten,
twenty years from mountain. So seriously going to do it.
And it begins in Girl Scouts. It does give It
gives girls a sense of empowerment. It gives girls a
sense of confidence and that you can do whatever you want. Honestly,
what do you want to be when you grow up?
Speaker 2 (09:05):
Is it a marine biologist thing?
Speaker 4 (09:07):
Exactly?
Speaker 5 (09:09):
I want to be a marine biologist, engineer or optraditionist
kind of college.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
That's what I'm saying. Can you believe that I couldn't
even spell the word at her? I probably still can't.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
Jasmine, you're wonderful. Thank you for coming in and joining
us again today. And Katie, how can people join Girl
Scouts and how can they learn more about this news center?
Speaker 3 (09:30):
Yeah? On our website GSOH dot org. You can find
opportunities there to join and become a Girl Scout member,
get involved in as a troop, get involved as an individual,
and then there's going to be a whole bunch of
different community opportunities to get involved.
Speaker 4 (09:43):
You can come to the stem Center. You know, with
your troop.
Speaker 3 (09:45):
Once you're a Girl Scout or you can reach out,
you're going to be able to rent the space too.
So it's going to be this beautiful, amazing space for
the community to utilize. But go to our website learn
more about what it means to be a Girl Scout
and definitely consider it.
Speaker 1 (09:57):
See there's so much more than cookies, so much, so much.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
I mean you guys gotta go to the website. Katie Jasmine,
thank you so much for coming in because this is
what matters.
If you're a parent, I think we're always looking at
ways to make our kids better. You know, what's the
one thing out there that can make your son, make
your daughter, make someone more confident, build their self esteem,
let them enjoy life and go on adventures. There's a
lot of different opportunities out there, but one specifically, it
really crosses all of those.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Yeah. So, you know, we talk a lot about STEM
and STEAM and there was a big vision by the
Girl Scouts of Ohio's Heartland to do something for young
girls in our area and it all came to fruition
within the last week. It opened up this location. Katie Pool,
VP of Programs, is here to talk to us. You
guys had quite a week this past week we did.
Speaker 3 (00:43):
Yeah, we have been working for more than five years
on building this really amazing dream for girls in central
Ohio and throughout our throughout our thirty county footprint that
we serve for building this really amazing space for girls
to dive into.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
STEM at the beginning of that dream and it had
to start somewhere with someone it did so.
Speaker 3 (01:05):
In twenty eight seventeen, twenty eighteen, Girl Scouts of the
USA nationally said that they wanted to help put millions
more girls into the STEM pipeline, noting that that was
our workforce where women were really underrepresented, specifically in leadership roles.
And so Girl Scouts put out there nationally to all
of the councils that serve hundreds and hundreds of thousands
of girls across the country to work on that effort
(01:27):
and to really work on building girls confidence in the
STEM field at a young age so that when they're
thinking about careers, that is at the front of mind
for them and that there's nothing kind of in their
way for being able to explore that as potential.
Speaker 2 (01:42):
STEM is science, technology, engineering in math. And for those
who have not seen the headlines this week, you've spent
five years raising money for the opening of what.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
So we have been raising money for the opening of
our STEM Leadership Center. So we have a really amazing
camp and Galloway, Ohio that has kind of been turned
into the Betel Science and Innovation Campus, and so we've
got multiple buildings on that campus where we are going
to really allow girls to dig into some really cool
(02:12):
programs to learn all kinds of things about science. So
we've got our renovated Environmental Center and then we have
a brand new STEM Leadership Center that's got amazing big
conference space for lots of great gathering.
Speaker 4 (02:22):
And then three really dedicated STEM labs.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
I think when most people think of science and engineering,
you think of the guys in your family, you think
of the young men, because predominantly it's really been that way.
I think you think of girls, you think of more
English Math's kind of in between there. Sometimes you can
get some really talented girls with mathematic skills, mathematical skills,
but it's really been more of a focus with boys.
(02:46):
Has it been hard to kind of cross that bridge
and get girls more interested in science and engineering?
Speaker 4 (02:53):
Not really.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
I think the barrier is really that perception of it
being more of a shell predominated field. We know that
there are barriers for women going into fields like that.
We know that it's really hard to persevere after you're
kind of told that it's not a space for you.
Speaker 4 (03:07):
But when we look at young girls.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
Specifically, girls are excellent problem solvers, creative thinkers. They're good
at puzzles, they're good at really digging their heels into
things that they're interested in.
Speaker 1 (03:18):
I'm sitting right next to one right now. Every Sunday.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
But I also think that I wasn't encouraged necessarily to
go into math or engineering. I'm sitting here in a
very English communications focused world because I didn't necessarily feel
like I could do it.
Speaker 4 (03:33):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (03:34):
Yeah, And that's a huge part of what we're trying
to do at Girl Scouts. We know that a girl's
confidence peaks before they hit middle school, and so we're
really looking at wanting to make sure that they don't
go into the part of their lives where they're considering careers,
they're considering their self potential and discounting a space that
isn't immediately welcoming to them.
Speaker 1 (03:53):
Let's bring Jasmine into the conversation. Jasmine, she's going to
be like one of us. I think she's been here
in studio with us with Kayla more than not. Right, Yeah,
it's regular.
Speaker 4 (04:03):
You could have like a dual role.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
You could be like this math phenom and a broadcaster.
Like let's make a vote pap in, Jasmine, what do
you think about all this STEM talk and what's going
on at the center.
Speaker 5 (04:15):
Well, what just happened today at the STEM Center was
Voter Girl, and we did like debate things and it
was so cool, Like the new STEM Center and we're
in this building gets so pretty and everything. But like,
I'm so excited that the STEM Center just open. It's
like a launching pad to getting more girls interested in
STEM and I'm so excited to be doing more activities there.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
When you think of science, Honestly, what do you think of, Jasmine?
Speaker 5 (04:40):
When I think of science, I think of like, well,
I think of me wanting to go into science and
like biology and stuff like that.
Speaker 4 (04:49):
Tell us more about what you like about biology.
Speaker 5 (04:52):
Well, I maybe might want to be a marine biologist.
And I did a summer camp and like we did
like scuba diving and stuff like that in this one.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
So when you talk to your friends, you go to
school and you see your classroom, I'm sure there's a
bunch of boys in there. Right.
Speaker 4 (05:06):
You get your Coodie spray.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
It came out no boys allowed.
Speaker 5 (05:09):
I go to all girls school.
Speaker 4 (05:10):
Well then Cody spray. You need spray?
Speaker 1 (05:13):
Yeah it worked a lot.
Speaker 4 (05:15):
Look at it's worked so well, that's that's gone gone.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
Right.
Speaker 4 (05:19):
So when you talk to.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
Other school, other girls in your class at school, is
there an interest in science more so than you thought? Not?
Speaker 5 (05:29):
Really, Most people kind of want to be like an
author or a writer or something like that. Okay, that's
so like STEM. Some people want to be like mathematicians.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
I love that. Again, I think, you know, I think
there is a perception. I think it's just been a
cultural thing for so long. And so Katie, what you're
doing is trying to bust through that add and let
their barriers. Yeah, let girls know they can make this happen.
Speaker 4 (05:53):
Yeah, I mean I think I know.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
I grew up and it was very much like teacher, doctor, lawyer,
like really traditional fields. And I think that there are
so many different ways that girls can make impact in
science communities. One of the programs we're right now on
this spot where we are really starting to put ideas to.
Speaker 4 (06:12):
Life and make things happen.
Speaker 3 (06:13):
And you know, we're talking about ways that girls can
do engineering and do engineering for good and learn how
to build adaptive technologies for people right, ways that girls
can take their love for community and community engagement and
really do good things in.
Speaker 4 (06:28):
The world with their science careers.
Speaker 3 (06:30):
There's a lot out there outside of I think the
traditional things that people think about too when they think STEM.
Speaker 2 (06:35):
So one other question before we go back to Jasmine
for a second, how do you know which girls will
go to the Leadership Center to the STEM center wall.
You know you said you have a thirty county footprint,
so how does that all work out to get girls
over there?
Speaker 3 (06:49):
Yeah, so we have We're in Franklin County, so we're
in Galloway, so we know that there is definitely going
to be easier access for girls that are here in
Central Ohio. However, we at Girl Scouts' High is Heartland,
we do serve thirty counties and so one of the
things that we'll have available is an access fund. So
we've got a lot of financial aid available for girls
that want to attend programs that maybe there's a financial
barrier for them, whether they're local here or outside of
(07:12):
Central Ohio. We're working and partnering with schools to get
girls in through field trip opportunities. We'll have summer camps.
There's going to be ways for their troops to come
stay on site. It's at a camp where we host camping,
so you can come as a troop from Zanesville, stay
overnight at Camp Kenjockety, and then do a STEM programming
in the morning with your troop.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
So basically, and I say this because I was a
Girl Scout Troop fourteen ninety five. But it's not your
Gram's Girl Scouts anymore. Times have changed and you guys
are really developing and growing. What's next for Girl Scouts?
Speaker 3 (07:47):
I mean the next thing is really making this thing
what girls need it to be, right, Like, we want
to be an organization that's there to support girls in
whatever part of life they're in, wherever their interests are
and wherever they're confidence needs to grow, and so we've
got this really dedicated space to help do that in
the science, technology, engineering, and math field. And so really
(08:08):
next is me getting to hang out and talk to
more girls like Jasmine that are interested in these fields
and building programs to do exactly what they need to
be supported.
Speaker 4 (08:18):
For their future.
Speaker 2 (08:19):
Jasmine, what would you tell families who are listening right.
Speaker 4 (08:23):
Now that might have a girl.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
Around your age or a little younger a little older
about joining Girl Scouts?
Speaker 4 (08:29):
What would you say?
Speaker 5 (08:30):
I would say, you should definitely join Girl Scouts. It's
like such a positive environment and girls uplifting every other girls,
and it's like everyone's so nice and kind and you
should definitely join it.
Speaker 1 (08:40):
Yeah, could you imagine you not being a Girl Scout.
Speaker 4 (08:43):
No, yeah, I can imagine.
Speaker 2 (08:44):
You're such a great ambassador, such a great ambassador.
Speaker 1 (08:48):
I mean, I can't wait to talk to you in five, ten,
twenty years from mountain. So seriously going to do it.
And it begins in Girl Scouts. It does give It
gives girls a sense of empowerment. It gives girls a
sense of confidence and that you can do whatever you want. Honestly,
what do you want to be when you grow up?
Speaker 2 (09:05):
Is it a marine biologist thing?
Speaker 4 (09:07):
Exactly?
Speaker 5 (09:09):
I want to be a marine biologist, engineer or optraditionist
kind of college.
Speaker 1 (09:13):
That's what I'm saying. Can you believe that I couldn't
even spell the word at her? I probably still can't.
Speaker 2 (09:19):
Jasmine, you're wonderful. Thank you for coming in and joining
us again today. And Katie, how can people join Girl
Scouts and how can they learn more about this news center?
Speaker 3 (09:30):
Yeah? On our website GSOH dot org. You can find
opportunities there to join and become a Girl Scout member,
get involved in as a troop, get involved as an individual,
and then there's going to be a whole bunch of
different community opportunities to get involved.
Speaker 4 (09:43):
You can come to the stem Center. You know, with
your troop.
Speaker 3 (09:45):
Once you're a Girl Scout or you can reach out,
you're going to be able to rent the space too.
So it's going to be this beautiful, amazing space for
the community to utilize. But go to our website learn
more about what it means to be a Girl Scout
and definitely consider it.
Speaker 1 (09:57):
See there's so much more than cookies, so much, so much.
Speaker 2 (10:00):
I mean you guys gotta go to the website. Katie Jasmine,
thank you so much for coming in because this is
what matters.
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