Girls Empowering Girls and The Pad Project Club Spread Awareness of Period Poverty for International Day of the Girl
On Tuesday, October 11, Archer’s Girls Empowering Girls (GEG) club hosted their annual International Day of the Girl festivities in the Courtyard. GEG members hosted booths for students to make friendship bracelets, take photos supporting this year’s International Day of the Girl theme, and learn more about current issues facing women and girls.
This year, GEG teamed up with Archer’s new Pad Project club to collect menstrual hygiene products and host a bake sale. Thank you to Archer alumna Kelsey Branstetter ’06 who got involved and donated cupcakes from her baking company, Sugar Kane’s Bake Shop, for the sale. The proceeds of the donation drive and bake sale are going towards The Alexandria House, a transitional women's and children's home for people moving from emergency shelter to economic stability and permanent housing. Alexandria House helps women become financially stable and enter into safer living conditions. Watch our video to learn more.
The Archer School for Girls admits students of any race, color, religion, national and ethnic origin, sexual orientation or other legally protected status to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national and ethnic origin, sexual orientation or other legally protected status in its hiring or in the administration of its educational policies and programs, admissions policies, financial aid programs or other school-administered programs.
The Archer School for Girls’ mission is to educate students in an environment specifically designed for girls. As such, the school will consider any candidate for admission who identifies as a girl. Once admitted to Archer, all students in good academic standing who abide by Archer’s code of conduct and who meet requirements for graduation will be eligible to receive an Archer diploma, regardless of any change in sexual identity or other legally protected status.
