This semester, our Science Clubs explored the world of space science through our Blast Off curriculum. Across eight weeks, participants engaged in hands-on, space-inspired projects discovering how science, engineering, and math work together to make space exploration possible. One of the first projects of the semester challenged participants to design and build their own straw model rockets. Through designing and testing model rockets, students examined how different forces a

Over the past year, our 2025-2026 Program Manager Fellow, Nneoma Oji, has been an incredible part of Science Club for Girls community. She has brought curiosity, creativity, and care to every aspect of the role. As she prepares to matriculate into medical school, we want to take a moment to reflect on the impact she has made on our programs! Growing up in the South Shore to a Nigerian-American family, Nneoma’s passion for science began at an early age and has continued to sha

Bonnie Bertolaet, Executive Director, with Catalyst Awardees Yvonne Hao (Flagship Pioneering) and Dr. Sally Kornbluth (MIT), and NASA Astronaut Sunita "Suni" Williams. On Wednesday, May 6, we hosted our annual Catalyst Awards at The Grand in Boston. The event brought together over 275 attendees to celebrate women in STEM who are driving innovation and building a more equitable future. As the United States faces continuous gaps in STEM representation and workforce participatio

When students first walked into Science Club for Girls’ April Vacation Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Club, many arrived without knowledge of AI and Robotics. Others were shy. While even more were curious, but unsure if coding or robotics was “for them.” By the end of the week, the room looked completely different, participants huddled together troubleshooting code, cheering one another on during project demonstrations, and proudly showing off robots they had programmed

At a State House briefing focused on early STEM education: Rep. Thomas Moakley; Rep. Amy Sangiolo; Rep. Mike Connolly; Bonnie Bertolaet, PhD. SCFG Executive Director; Bryanne Bowen, VP of Development of the Women’s Foundation; Ruby Opera-Collins, VP, Global Head of Internal audit at Haemonetics; Rep. Marjorie Decker; Kaitlyn Webster, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Harvard Medical School; Angell Munoz-Morales, Program Manager and SCFG Alum; Sen. Sal DiDomenico On March 23, Sc

This February, 26 middle school girls and gender-expansive youth joined us for Coding Club. Over the course of the week, they learned the foundations of HTML and CSS, built their own websites, met women working in STEM, and pushed themselves in ways that were both technical and personal. Every year of Coding Club feels a little different. This year stood out for how collaborative the group became. We began with the big picture before diving into code. We talked about what com

When Maria Monberg steps into a Science Club, she carries with her not just a PhD in translational cancer biology, but a lifetime of lived experience shaped by early STEM exposure, a deeply supportive family, and an unwavering belief that science belongs to everyone. Today, she works with oncology data in Cambridge, helping interpret clinical data for cancer patients day in and day out – work she loves and feels fortunate to do. But what fuels her commitment to mentoring girl

When Ashley Cooper leads a Science Club, she brings more than her background in neuroscience and anthropology. She brings care. She brings curiosity. And she brings a vision of science that is as much about empathy and connection as it is about data and discovery. Today, Ashley is a second-year PhD student in the History of Science and Medicine at Yale University, where she studies the history of psychiatry and examines how social realities, like stigma and structural barrie

This fall, we wrapped up another exciting semester of free Science Clubs! Across in-person and virtual clubs, more than 960 participants dove headfirst into our Human Body Curriculum, exploring how the systems inside our bodies work together to keep us healthy, strong, and moving. To support this hands-on learning, our team packed and distributed an incredible 6,960 STEM curriculum kits for the Fall Clubs, ensuring that every participant had the tools they needed to fully en

This fall, we welcomed 24 corporate groups into the Science Club for Girls office to help us pack our STEM Curriculum Kits for the Fall 2025 semester. Our corporate volunteer groups play an essential role in the success of our programs. They pack every single STEM Curriculum Kit that reaches our participants, ensuring that our young young scientists have well-organized, ready-to-use materials for their Science Clubs each week. Their dedication and care make our work possible.

When Walter walks into a Science Club, he doesn’t see a group of first, second, or third graders. He sees scientists. Every week, the girls walk through the door and hear their Mentors greet them: How are our favorite scientists today? Their faces light up, because in this room their ideas matter, their questions matter, and their curiosity belongs. For Walter, a longtime engineer and business leader who spent 38 years at Boston-area technology company Teradyne before reti

Written By Aaron Agulnek Last month, during Massachusetts STEM Week , I had the absolute pleasure of joining Lieutenant Governor Kim Driscoll , Senator Sal DiDomenico , Cambridge Mayor Denise Simmons , Commissioner of Early Education and Care Amy Kershaw , and the incredible staff from Representative Marjorie Decker’s office at King Open School in Cambridge. We were there to see something truly special — Science Club for Girls (SCFG) in action. As the lobbyist for Science

By Andrew Yam, SCFG Parent This summer, my daughter Amanda, a rising 6th grader, joined the Summer Rocketry Program with Science Club for Girls. As a parent, I was genuinely moved by how much this experience meant to her, and to all of us at home. Over the course of just two weeks, we saw Amanda grow in confidence, knowledge, and curiosity. Every evening she came home full of energy and excitement, ready to share everything she had learned, how rockets work, what “thrust” mea