by Neil Richard
Four young ladies in 5th Grade at King George Elementary School applied to win a scholarship to Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama. Abigail (Abby is okay too) was the lucky recipient of the award sponsored by local residents Mark and Shari Bradshaw.
The Bradshaws created the Broadwood Space Camp Scholarship Award in an effort to promote interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) in elementary school girls because of their own daughter's experience. As a student at King George Elementary School (KGES), the Bradshaw's daughter loved topics related to STEM, especially those related to space and NASA. As their daughter moved through the Middle School, peer pressure began to mount against STEM because it "wasn't cool for girls." In an attempt to show her how cool it really was, they sent her to Space Camp. The intervention worked and she now has two engineering degrees from the University of Maryland and works for NASA.
Four young ladies in 5th Grade at King George Elementary School applied to win a scholarship to Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama. Abigail (Abby is okay too) was the lucky recipient of the award sponsored by local residents Mark and Shari Bradshaw.
The Bradshaws created the Broadwood Space Camp Scholarship Award in an effort to promote interest in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) in elementary school girls because of their own daughter's experience. As a student at King George Elementary School (KGES), the Bradshaw's daughter loved topics related to STEM, especially those related to space and NASA. As their daughter moved through the Middle School, peer pressure began to mount against STEM because it "wasn't cool for girls." In an attempt to show her how cool it really was, they sent her to Space Camp. The intervention worked and she now has two engineering degrees from the University of Maryland and works for NASA.
