Take Two: Inspiring Women Role Models!

CALENDAR EVENTS

3/8 Coed Wood Shop Classes Begin

3/13 Field Trip, Regular Uniform & Lunch from Home!

3/15 Celebrate Spring Events - Modified Hot Lunch Service Today...
3/18 Safety Week

3/19 Grade 1 Parent Coffee, 8:30 AM in the Reception Room

3/24 Pinewood Derby, Gym - 10:00-1:00

3/28 & 3/29 Parent Conferences, ASP Open

March is National Women's History Month! In addition to reading biographies about women who have made significant contributions in their professional fields, career presentations by first grade parents have been scheduled.

MEET: Mahk Rahimi
Interior Designer

Formerly at Kendall Wilkinson Design 

  Mahk works closely with clients to find out what they want. 
  She finds inspiration in books, magazines, and other print
  resources to inform clients about the many choices they have.
  have in decorating rooms in their homes. Typical questions
  include: What colors do you like? What style do you want in
  the room? How will the room be used?

Presenting a Project: Design a Bedroom

  Mahk introduced the design project to the girls. Working
  with a folded room, girls were given a variety of materials to

  use in creating their own special bedroom.  

  Mahk helps with cutting out a window opening. Girls had a 

  wonderful time designing special features for their rooms.
  Creativity flowed as curtains were hung, rugs covered floors, 

  and beds were decorated with blankets and pillows. 

Meet: Leslie Duskin
Software Engineering, The Real Real

E-Commerce Story Board

  Leslie introduced the girls to the world of e-commerce. She      

  enjoys working with her team of people. They strive to work

  efficiently as well as being cost-effective. Orders typically
  take 2 days to turn around from getting picked, packed, and
  shipped to customers. Orders being shipped outside the
  country take 5 days for delivery. Leslie uses math everyday

 including: adding, dividing, percentages, multiplying, and 

 checking the inventory.

What Happens Once You Place an Order?

After an order is received, it goes to the picker who finds it.

  The item is brought over to the packers to get ready for
  shipping out to the customer.

It takes a team to fill an order!

MEET: Anne Schafer
Associate Professor of Medicine, UC San Francisco
Staff Physician, San Francisco VA Medical Center

Anne finds her work exciting. She enjoys getting to know her

  patients over time, sometimes over many years. She feels
  rewarded by the trust patients put in her. They know she will
  do her best to help improve their health. Anne has a full
  schedule taking on many roles: teaching medical students,
  working in the clinic, designing research studies to find 
  answers to questions, and finding volunteers for studies.
                                     In the Doctor's Office

 After talking with her patient, Dr. Schafer checks the patient's

 heart. Then she uses the laptop to review the patient's past 

 history. The patient fell and broke her hip last fall. Dr. Schafer 

 reviews the xray. She tells the patient about a study that will 

 test a new medicine to treat and strengthen bones.

In the Research Lab

In her role as a researcher, Anne checks in with colleagues

about findings from studies they are conducting. She states,

"What we learn from this study will help us take better care

of people with fragile bones in the future."

MEET: LaDreena Walton
Investigator, Dept. of Police Accountability

  LaDreena shared about her responsibilities as an investigator
  in the Department of Police Accountability. She wants to find

  out what happened in cases where a police officer has been

  reported in a situation. Officers have rules that they need to 

  follow and they are responsible for their actions. LaDreena's
  role is to investigate, meet with witnesses, and look at
  evidence in order to make a decision. Final recommendations
  may be sustained or not sustained based on her investigation.

The Investigation Process

LaDreena showed the process of an investigation through a 

series of drawings. The first picture sets the scene with an
officer stepping on a kid's balloon. Then each drawing showed
the steps in the investigation from talking with the officer to
the witnesses.