Our Lady of Peace student Stephanie Yatko launches STEM program at Boys and Girls Club

SCRANTON – Our Lady of Peace School student Stephanie Yatko will instruct a new STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) program for the Boys and Girls Club of Northeastern Pennsylvania’s GALLS (Giving All Little Ladies Smiles) group. Orchestrated by Yatko, the program will include hands-on experiments constructed for multiple age groups.

Yatko participated in the STEM program at West Point Military Academy.

The project is funded by scholarships awarded by Toyota of Scranton and the Scranton Area Foundation. It was created after Nicole Sullivan, of Toyota of Scranton, met Yatko and challenged her to extend her knowledge of STEM to the local community.

The 12-year-old then coordinated with the Boys and Girls Club directors, Toyota of Scranton and the Scranton Area Foundation to get the idea off the ground.

Toyota of Scranton and the Scranton Area Foundation are providing scholarships to the Boys and Girls Club of NEPA to conduct STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) experiments for the GALLS (Giving All Little Girls Smiles) program. From left, Laura Gentile and Tricia Thomas, of the Boys and Girls Club; Nicole Sullivan, of Toyota of Scranton; Stephanie Yatko, Our Lady of Peace School student and program instructor; Maggie Nasser, of Scranton Area Community Foundation; Richard Kasavage, of the Boys and Girls Club, and Yahaira Gonzalez Ramos, of the GALLS (Giving All Little Ladies Smiles) Program.

https://www.theabingtonjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/web1_ABJ-Yatko-STEM.jpgToyota of Scranton and the Scranton Area Foundation are providing scholarships to the Boys and Girls Club of NEPA to conduct STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) experiments for the GALLS (Giving All Little Girls Smiles) program. From left, Laura Gentile and Tricia Thomas, of the Boys and Girls Club; Nicole Sullivan, of Toyota of Scranton; Stephanie Yatko, Our Lady of Peace School student and program instructor; Maggie Nasser, of Scranton Area Community Foundation; Richard Kasavage, of the Boys and Girls Club, and Yahaira Gonzalez Ramos, of the GALLS (Giving All Little Ladies Smiles) Program. Submitted photo