The students try their creations after class. (Gary Harmon Houston Home Journal)
Girls Really Into Technology and Science or GRITS starts March 1, 2012 at Huntington Middle School. The five week program will focus on STEM activities to encourage girls in sciences. Volunteers are needed to assist with activities and snacks. The program takes place 3- 4:30 on Thursdays.
The Houston Home Journal had a two page spread with color photos in the March 6 edition of the paper.
The February 14 meeting of the Houston Peach Branch will showcase the AAUW Georgia Co-Presidents. Debbie Karvey and Laurie Shaw (who is a branch member) will provide the program. The social hour starts at 6:30 p.m. with the program at 7:00 p.m. We meet at the the Westcliff Cono Clubhouse at 303 Westcliff Circle.
Erika Leslie and Margaret Molyson
Houston Peach Branch enjoyed the guest speakers, Margaret Molyson and Erika Leslie at the November meeting. Molyson is the Chair of the Science Department at Houston County High School. Leslie is a senior at the same school.
Molyson traced her career in the sciences and talked about female students of today. Leslie was one of only 40 female students selected as a NASA Aerospace Scholar for 2011. Erika spent a week working with NASA engineers at the Johnson Space Flight Center (JSC) in Houston this past summer.
All of the trip expenses, including transportation, were funded by NASA. The program is known as WISH (Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math – High School). Erika competed with hundreds of other high school junior women for this honor and was one of only 40 selected from across the U.S. Erika has lots of photos and is willing to do an interview to share about the experience.
December 13, 2011
6:30 PM
Holiday Party at Lois Will’s Home
$12 inclusive at the door. Please RSVP to Lois.
Margaret Molyson
Margaret Molyson, STEM teacher at Houston County will be the speaker at the November 8 meeting of the Houston Peach Branch. The meeting will be at the Westcliff Condo Clubhouse, 303 Westcliff Drive, Warner Robins, GA.
Margaret Molyson grew up in New Orleans where she attended college and graduated from LSU in New Orleans in 1973 with a BS in Secondary Science Education. She also earned her Master’s Degree in Curriculum and Instruction from the same university and her Specialist Degree in Educational Administration from Columbus State. Mrs. Molyson taught in Louisiana for 14 years before coming to Houston County in 1992. She has taught a wide variety of students in her thirty years in teaching and has been teaching in the gifted program at HCHS since 1993. She has made numerous presentations at local, regional and national conferences and was named the Region 6 Star Teacher in 2008. She currently teaches chemistry and A.P. Biology. Mrs. Molyson is also the Science Department Chair and has represented the county on several state committees for the Georgia High School Graduation Test, the End of Course Tests and the state Science Education Advisory Committee. She is married to Col. Joseph Molyson (retired) who is the astronomy teacher at HCHS. They have two adult daughters, Elizabeth and Katherine.
Back: LaDue, Scarborough, O'Brien, Mathews, Smith; Front: Humphry, MacKay
Margaret Mathews and Carrie Smith
The hard work of sorting and pricing books for 5 months culminates in the annual used book sale. The sale funds the community RIF and GRITS projects as well as funding AAUW Funds. Margaret Mathews and Carrie Smith as Co-Chairs of the Book Sale continue their sterling performance in getting the project to completion. So far, sales are good and the tables are full.
Berlethia Pitts, Ph.D.
The October 11 meeting of AAUW Houston Peach is designed to encourage discussion on the best selling book The Help by Katherine Stockett. Dr. Berlethia Pitts, Assistant Professor of English and African American and Diaspora Studies at Fort Valley State University, will be the discussion leader. Dr. Pitts received her Ph.D. in African American Studies at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.
The meeting will be held at the new location at the Westcliff Condominium Clubhouse at 303 Westcliff Circle. Come at 6:30 p.m. to meet and mingle for light snacks. The program starts at 7:00 p.m. Members are encourage to bring a guest.
Mrs. Ada Lee
A new AAUW year begins this month, and with it comes changes.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 will be the first general meeting of the year, as well as our first meeting in our new location. This year’s meetings will be held at the Westcliff Condominium Club House on Watson Blvd. The social/refreshment time will start at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting will start promptly at 7:00 p.m.
Join us for a “fireside chat” with the 2011 Eleanor Granum award winner, Ada Lee. Hope to see everyone there. Remember that new faces are always welcome!