District to Host Inaugural GIRLS Empowerment Summit on March 30

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The event, planned during Women’s History Month, is FREE to high school 12th-grade females.

Aldine ISD will host its inaugural GIRLS Empowerment Summit for female high school 12th graders from across the district later this month. The district invites the soon-to-be grads to get grit fit, remember they are irreplaceable, realize how resilient they are, determine the legacy they want to leave behind, and celebrate their beauty, inside and out, through self-love and self-respect. The acronym GIRLS stands for — Grit, Irreplaceable, Resilient, Legacy, and Self-love.

Event Details

Thursday, March 30
10:00-11:30 a.m.
M.O. Campbell Educational Center (MOC) — Arena
1865 Aldine Bender
Houston, TX 77032
All 12th-grade female students will be invited to attend.*

*Students must return a signed parent permission letter to their senior class sponsor to participate. Permission forms must be turned in before March 22. The sponsors will receive the invites and parent permission forms on March 8 to distribute them to students.

Chief of Schools Dr. Katherine ‘Katy’ Roede, who is behind the summit, thinks these events that inspire young women are invaluable.

“This summit will be a time for young women from across our district to come together to learn from district and community leaders and to rely on their strengths and experience to navigate their post-secondary school aspirations. 

“Our young women graduating this spring are going forth in a world of many unknowns. I want young women to leave the GIRLS Summit experience profoundly believing in their own powers and self-worth. It goes back to the acronym for the summit, GIRLS — Grit, Irreplaceable, Resilient, Legacy, and Self-love.”

Celebrating During Women’s History Month

The timing couldn’t be better. March is Women’s History Month — the district celebrated International Women’s Day (March 8)  by wearing purple — celebrating women’s social, economic, cultural, and political achievements throughout history.

Purple is the theme color for IWD 2023. Internationally, purple is a color that represents women. It signifies justice, dignity, self-respect, bipartisanship, constancy to purpose, loyalty, gender equality, and unswerving steadfastness to the cause. Purple is also the color that symbolizes visionary thinking and royalty.

Empowered Women Empower Women

Listening to the voices of empowered women empowers young women. They will hear from women who managed to bounce back despite challenges through grit, hard work, and resiliency. They are now leaving a legacy of strength for those women coming behind them. The goal is to create sparks that ignite action and cultivate the power of diverse women.

Student performances will take place between each speaker.

Transportation to the MOC

The district will provide bus transportation.

Questions

If they have any questions, students should speak to their senior class sponsors, who are helping coordinate the summit.