To kick off the start of Women’s History Month, Amazon donated $50,000 to the female students in Conner Middle School’s STEM program.
Approximately 22 female students who showed special interest in science, technology, engineering and math went with Conner Middle School to Amazon’s STEM Day experience that encouraged students to interact, think creatively and imagine future innovators in themselves.
STEM Day included a VIP tour of the air hub and the 800,000-square-foot robotic sort center led by Assistant General Manager Liz Hamedi. During the tour, students saw STEM principles at work and learned about the innovative and advanced technology that enables Amazon to process millions of customer packages per week.
The students also got to do a Vex IQ Gen 2 Robotic kit competition, where they built their own robotic devices with the help of Amazon’s Air female team.
“It’s so important to give students access to computer science and STEM education,” said Vice President of Amazon Global Air Sarah Rhoads. “We’re proud to partner with Boone County Schools, and we hope to provide young people in this community with the tools and connections they need to build, imagine and innovate.”
The event concluded with the site’s first-ever panel of Amazon Air female leaders who discussed how they broke individual barriers in the aviation and logistics industry and prepared students with the best practices on how to do the same.
“In order to take advantage of Kentucky’s historic economic growth, it is incumbent upon all of us – schools, government and private industries, to work together to create a highly skilled workforce,” said Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman. “That’s why announcements like this excite me because it gives students from Conner Middle School more exposure to STEM education, providing them a leg up on jobs of the future.”
