The Math Mentoring Program

The Women and Mathematics Mentoring Program Kick-Off 2017 (An Orientation for students, parents and mentors)

Mary M. Townes Science Building North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC 27707 Thursday, January 5, 2017

5:30 - 6:00 Registration

6:00 - 6:10 Welcome Tina Ewing, WAM Program Director Chanel Sidbury, DPS Secondary Mathematics Specialist

6:10 - 6:15 20th Anniversary Program—Paula Sloan, Linda Peterson

6:10 - 6:25 Presentation of Certificates of Appreciation

6:25 – 6:30 A Parent’s View of the Mentoring Program—Ms. Nura Abdur- Rahim

6:30 – 6:35 A 2015-2016 Scholarship Recipient—Summayah El Azzioui

6:35 – 6:45 Field trips Victoria Thio, Coordinating Committee 6:45 – 6:55 Summer Enrichment Scholarships Arvis Bridges-Epps, Coordinating Committee

Projects, Description of Break-Out Sessions, Door Prizes Karen Stanley, Coordinating Committee

6: 55 – 7:20 Parents and Students meet the Mentors! (in the break-out rooms)

7:20 – 8:00 Program Expectations and Highlights for the Parents Tina Ewing, Program Director (Parents return to the auditorium)

7:20 – 8:00 Mentors and Mentees get to know each other and plan the semester together (Mentors and mentees stay in the break-out rooms)

Thank-you, parents, students and mentors for coming and participating in the Women and Math Mentoring Program!

Special thanks to Amgen Foundation; GSK; Dr. Stephen Shafroth; Texas Instruments, Inc.; Durham Public Schools; and North Carolina Central University for supporting the Women and Mathematics Mentoring Program in Durham County.

Visit us at www.WomenandMathMentoring.org