Girls Who Code

Sammamish, WA

About Our Club


In 1995, 37% of computer scientists were women. Today, it’s only 24%. The percent will continue to decline if we do nothing. We know that the biggest drop off of girls in computer science is between the ages of 13 and 17.


We provide a safe space for the girls interested in STEM in the Sammamish area. During the school year, we meet at Skyline High School before school on Wednesdays. Due to the current situation, we are meeting remotely on Mondays at 5:00pm via Zoom. See "Join" to sign-up and be on our mail list.

Our Values

MISSION: WE'RE ON A MISSION TO CLOSE THE GENDER GAP IN TECH. Girls Who Code is a national non-profit organization working to close the gender gap in technology. Our programs educate, equip, and inspire girls with the computing skills they'll need to pursue 21st century opportunities.

VISION: THE GENDER GAP IN COMPUTING IS GETTING WORSE. We're reaching girls around the world and are on track to close the gender gap in new entry-level tech jobs by 2027.

CORE VALUES


SISTERHOOD

We believe that diverse ability, culture, identity, and opinion makes our organization stronger.

BRAVERY

We believe being brave is about being resilient, persistent, and ambitious.

ACTIVISM

We’re not just preparing our girls to enter the workforce - we’re preparing them to lead it, to improve it, to completely and totally transform it.



Executive Board


Meet the girls behind the scenes!

Paris

President

Melanie McKune

New York

Vice President

Sanmathi Prakbar

San Francisco

Director of Communications

Mona Du

Paris

Secretary

Sydney Nguyen

New York

Treasurer

Lauren Holford

San Francisco

Director of Meetings

Somya Prasad

San Francisco

Director of Social Media

Ashley Butz


New Members

Join our Club!

If you are interested in joining Girls Who Code, Sammamish, please fill out this Google form to get in touch.

Existing Members

Please follow the steps to sign-up with Girls Who Code HQ for our club. This will allow you to view our club's content and other resources.

Go to the Girls Who Code HQ to Sign up (you will need a parent email) and enter in our club code.

For Academic Year: WA30535

For Summer: WA30536

Feeling Stuck?

See the Official Girls Who Code FAQ page for help.

EVENTS



RECENT POSTS

First Post

Post by President, Melanie McKune, July 16, 2020.
Club Planning

Welcome to Girls Who Code Sammamish! We're so glad you're here. My Vice President, Sanmathi Prabakar, helped me to develop this website. If you haven't looked at our Executive Board, I'd like to introduce you to the girls I work with to empower other girls in our community through learning how to code. Currently, we have had multiple planning meetings to set up the club and meetings. Our first official meeting is on August 3rd 8:00pm via Zoom which will be sent out to our mailing list. Our Director of Social Media, Ashley Butz, is hard at work updating you through our Instagram @girlswhocodeshs. Each meeting is comprised of icebreakers to build community, a woman in STEM spotlight, work-time on group projects, and stand-ups to instill confidence in our members. Can't wait to be apart of this innovative and uplifting club? See our "Join" tab to sign up for the first time or if you're an existing member, sign up through Girls Who Code HQ to access our club curriculum and other resources. Also checkout our "Events" tab to see some action shots and to stay up-to-date with our upcoming events calendar. Finally, I would like to thank the Founder of Girls Who Code, Reshma Saujani, and all the other people who have spent their time working to close the gender gap in STEM environments. The Future is Female!



Merch?! Friends?! Outreach?! Oh boy!

Post by President, Melanie McKune, July 24, 2020.
Club Planning

As we near the launch date for our club and the first official meeting, we are hard at work planning and working on other projects. Most of the Exec Board is working on outreach- Ashley has been posting on the Instagram and Sydney has been sending emails to our local middle schools-but Somya and Lauren are working to design merch! Soon we will have stickers and t-shirts available for members. We currently have around 20 girls in our club, but the second meeeting is going to be on August 17th and will be a bring-a-friend meeting! Each member which invites a friend to our Zoom meeting will be shipped a sticker! Also, every member who participates will be entered into a raffle to win a free t-shirt! I can't wait to see who our girls bring. Soon I would like to have male members join, as this club is not exclusive, but rather inclusive.



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