Students from Palatine's Pleasant Hill School, Hanna Murakami (left), Julia Leonard (center) and Stephanie Sieben, make dough during the Second Annual Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Conference for fifth and sixth grade girls at Niles West High School. | Jeff Krage~for Sun-Times Media
The Second Annual Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Conference presented at Niles West recently was so popular that the third expo already is being planned for this fall. And once again it will feature fun, hands-on activities for fifth and sixth-grade-students, while advising their parents how to prepare their daughters for high school and college.