Teen Programs

Career Exploration, Leadership, & Life Skills (C.E.L.L.S.) is the youth development umbrella that houses a palette of semi-sequenced science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and leadership programs. Girls try on different STEM-related identities and are given the space to explore their own development through multiple pathways.

• Teen Mentoring Program
  Teen Mentoring Program

  This is a leadership program where upper-middle and high school girls serve as co-teachers and ‘near-peer’ mentors in the Science Clubs. It also serves as a job preparation program for adolescent girls to learn and practice teamwork, communication skills and many other critical 21st century skills.
  The Peer Mentor track encourages and recognizes leadership and skill competency. JMs who are in their junior or senior year of high school or have been with SCFG or other STEM programs for more than one year, and who have exhibited strengths in teaching, are invited to lead their own Science Clubs as Peer Mentors.

• Rocket Team
  Rocket Team

  Girls learn about science and engineering as they design and build their own rockets to enter the national Team America Rocketry Challenge. They are guided by mentors from MIT’s AeroAstro Department and Aurora Flight Sciences, where the team meets weekly. Girls in grades 8-12 are welcome to apply in September of each year.

• Media Team
  Media Team

  Girls interested in writing, creating their own infographics or videos can serve as a staff member on the MadSciMag editorial team. Staff members will get a chance to write, research, and produce an issue of our online magazine, MadSciMag. Girls in grades 9-12 are welcome to apply.

• Supper Sisters
  Supper Sisters

  Girls explores the science of health, hunger, and issues of food security, while cooking a healthy meal each week alongside Mentors. They also design a project that can be shared with the larger community. Girls in grades 9-12 are welcome to apply.

• Girls with a ‘Z’ (Zebrafish)
  Girls with a ‘Z’ (Zebrafish)

  Girls learn about the biological development, genetics, and behavior of zebrafish, an organism commonly used in laboratory research in fields ranging from environmental science to medicine. In addition, those who complete the program will share their knowledge with younger students by teaching our vacation week program in February. Girls in grades 9-12 are welcome to apply in October.

• Youth Council
  Youth Council

  Council members work with our alumnae and provide input into C.E.L.L.S. programming, such as retreats and community service projects. These experiences help girls gain additional leadership experience. Youth Council members also serve as spokeswomen of SCFG at important events. Girls in grades 8-12 are welcome to apply in September and February of each year.

• Teen Summer Program
  Teen Summer Program

  Girls gain leadership and teaching experience through our intensive 6-week program. Girls serve as Peer Mentors and lead our science clubs at various summer camps and summer schools in Cambridge. Girls ages 14 and up who are residents of Cambridge are welcome to apply to the Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program (indicate your specific interest in Science Club for Girls) in April of each year.

• Code Ed
  Code Ed

  SCFG partnered with Code Ed this spring to bring more computer science to our middle school girls. Over the course of ten weeks, these girls learned how to develop their own website under the guidance of female programmers.

• Monster Programming
  Monster Programming

  Girls in grades 7-12 take a crash course in computer science and use these new skills to craft a stuffed monster that has electric responses.

• Putting Girls on the MAP (Mobile App Project)
  Putting Girls on the MAP (Mobile App Project)

  Girls in grades 6-12 learn how to code and develop mobile app games that friends and family can download instantly.