Kaysville — The Davis School District is making a special effort to keep girls interested in technology fields.
Davis Catalyst Center is a magnet school that offers a wide range of courses for high school students, typically two hours a day.
On Tuesday, those students were helping teach courses to younger students in areas such as drones, construction and graphic design.
Students heard from women working in important technology jobs in Utah. Natalie Stromberg, Business Development Coordinator at Davis Catalyst Center, said girls in fifth through eighth grade tend to turn away from technology because they see it as a boy's job. He said that this is often the case.
“It was fun because I was able to use tools that I wasn’t familiar with,” Addie Seeb said. But this event was about much more than nails, glue, power tools, and wood. It was about exploring different areas.
They hope to break that stereotype by showing that women can also take on leadership roles in these career fields.
“We chose the name 'Tech Her' because technology people are innovators,” Stromberg said. “They are people with the power to change the world, and they are truly the engineers who can change the world.”
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Tuesday was her first time at the tech, and she's hopeful she might do it again, though she hasn't decided how often she'll do it yet.
“I feel like girls can do that,” said Maggie Crosby, a fifth-grader at Morgan Elementary School. “It was fun and I think it was cool.”
“We wanted to show women that they can find themselves in these empowered women,” Stromberg said.
