AAUW FL Tech Trek camp is a week-long STEM camp for rising eighth grade girls. Girls live on campus in residence halls, attend core classes, hands on workshops, field trips and a Professional Women’s Night. Potential campers must be in the seventh grade, nominated by their teacher, complete the application process and interview before selection is made by an AAUW state committee. Since the program’s inception in 2013, fifty-four Flagler middle school girls have been selected to attend AAUW Florida Tech Trek. Read more at the AAUW FL Tech Trek site.
With the exception of a $50 registration fee, all costs are fully funded by AAUW Florida Supporting Foundation, Inc. Donations for Tech Trek are appreciated and can be mailed to AAUW Flagler at PO Box 354873, Palm Coast, Florida 32135-4873. Please make checks payable to AAUW Flagler and note “Tech Trek” in the memo section. You may also donate through our secure, online payment portal through our website: https://flaglercounty-fl.aauw.net/
2024 Tech Trek Campers
Emma Ball
Jade Esposito
Emma Ball and Jade Esposito, both students at Indian Trails Middle School, were selected to attend the 2024 AAUW FL Tech Trek Camp. They are attending he first camp to be held on the campus of Stetson University in Deland from Sunday, June 9th through Saturday June 15. A second camp will be held from Sunday June 16th through June 22nd on the campus of Florida Atlantic University in Jupiter. There will be 48 girls attending each camp.
2023 Tech Trek Campers
Maria Araujo
Addison Assy
Elianna Torrens
Rocio Martinez
Selections have been made and all 4 of our Tech Trek girls were selected to attend camp this year.
2022 Tech Trek Campers
Read about our 2022 Tech Trek Campers in the Palm Coast Observer
and Flagler News Weekly.
2021 Tech Trek Campers
Lillian Ames-Indian Trails
Ava Jean Muldoon-Indian Trails
Lorelei Killmer-Buddy Taylor
Arianna Slaughter-Buddy Taylor
Mallory Blackburn-Buddy Taylor
Jasper Donoso-Imagine School
Lily Mota – Indian Trails
2021 AAUW Tech Trek – Seven Flagler County students were chosen to attend the virtual 2021 Florida Tech Trek Camp – two students from Indian Trails Middle School (ITMS): Lillian Ames and Jasmine Vitkauskas, along with five Buddy Taylor Middle School students: Mallory Blackburn, Lorelei Rose Killmer, Ava Jean Muldoon, Megan Rhee, and Arianna Slaughter. Two of four Flagler recipients from 2020, Jasper Joy Donoso (Imagine School) and Lily Mota (ITMS), will also be in attendance. The virtual camp will be held from July 19-23. This year, AAUW Florida Tech Trek identified 104 girls for this STEM experience. Of those, 44 are from the Tech Trek Class of 2020 and 60 represent Tech Trek 2021.
Read about our Tech Trek participants in Flagler News Weekly, the Palm Coast Observer and the News-Journal
2020 AAUW Tech Trek Winners – Four Flagler County students were chosen to attend the two 2020 Florida Tech Trek Camps. Jasper Donoso from Imagine School and Lily Mota from Indian Trails will attend the camp at Stetson University in Deland, June 14-20. Morgan Ashley Chafe and Sophie Pedro from Buddy Taylor Middle School will attend Florida Atlantic University in Jupiter, June 21-27. 2020 Tech Trek Camps were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
2019 AAUW Tech Trek Winners – Six Flagler County students were chosen to attend the two 2019 Florida Tech Trek Camps – Stetson University in Deland, June 9 – 15 and Florida Atlantic University in Jupiter, June 16 – 22. Each camp accepted 48 girls. The selected campers were Kumite Clavizzao, Haley Tarala and Aun’Yale Howard from Buddy Taylor Middle School, Naomi Knight from Imagine School and Summer Barnes and Leila Jackson from Indian Trails.
Tech Trek campers Haley Tarala, Leila Jackson, Kumite Clavizzao and Naomi Knight
http://daytonatimes.com/2019/03/21/aauw-flagler-picks-six-students-for-tech-trek-scholarship/
https://www.stetson.edu/today/2019/06/aauw-brings-first-tech-trek-to-stetson-for-middle-school-girls/
2018 AAUW Tech Trek Winners – Five Flagler County students were chosen to attend the Florida Tech Trek Camp on the campuses of Palm Beach State College and Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, FL held June 10-18, 2018. There were 64 slots available to students statewide. The girls from our county selected to attend were Alyssa Thompson and Haley Ritter, from Buddy Taylor Middle School, Josephina Silano, from Indian Trails Middle School and Arwen Frye and Haley Ryman, Imagine School at Town Center.
2017 AAUW Tech Trek Winners – Two Flagler County students were chosen to attend the Florida Tech Trek camp at Palm Beach State College on the FAU Boca Raton Campus from June 11-17, 2017. There were 64 slots available to students statewide. The girls from our county selected to attend were Karissa Jackson from Indian Trails Middle School and Giva Clavizzao from Buddy Taylor Middle School.
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Florida Tech Trek 2017
2016 AAUW Tech Trek Winners – Two Flagler County students were chosen to attend the Florida Tech Trek camp at Palm Beach State College on the FAU Boca Raton Campus from June 12-18, 2016. There were 60 slots available to students statewide. The girls from our county selected to attend were Ashley Andrews and Jayla Alton.
2015 Tech Trek Winners – Three Flagler County girls were selected to attend the American Association of University Women (AAUW) Tech Trek STEM Camp 2015 at Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL on June 27 – July 3. Only forty four girls statewide were selected. The Flagler County girls selected are Aleah Selman and Madison Mead from Buddy Taylor Middle School and Brea Dwyer from Indian Trails Middle School.
2014 Tech Trek Winners – Eight Flagler County girls were selected to attend the American Association of University Women (AAUW) Tech Trek STEM Camp 2014 at Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL on July 13-19. Only forty girls statewide were selected for this program. The girls included Loneke Selman, Alaina Behler, Sarah Metscher, and Mariann Trecki from Buddy Taylor Middle School and Nicole Januskiewicz, Emily Wise, Gabrielle Wong, and Zoe Estberg from Indian Trails Middle School.
2013 Tech Trek Winners – Six Flagler County girls were selected for the first AAUW FL Tech Trek Camp July 21-26, 2013 at University of Central Florida. The Flagler County girls were Delaney Booth, Abigail Chirco, Kalie Januakiewicz, Elizabeth Recker, Hannah Williams and Joslyn Wilson.