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Baton Rouge area community outreach
ExxonMobil Ambassadors Committed to Education (ACE)
ACE members are employees of the ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Refinery and the Chemical Plant who are committed to increasing students‘ interest in math and science, and we do so through the following programs:
1. Ambassador Program – focuses on reaching 10 North Baton Rouge schools located near the Refinery and the Chemical Plant: Banks Elementary, Brookstown Elementary, Capitol Middle, Claiborne Elementary, Dalton Elementary, Delmont Elementary, Greenville Elementary, Istrouma High, North Highlands Elementary and Scotlandville High School for Engineering Professions. With ExxonMobil being a sponsoring company of WBRZ's WeatherNet-2 program, many of our partnership schools are WeatherNet-2 sites.
In the above schools, we participate in classroom demonstrations, tutoring and science fair preparation and judging. We also join Volunteers in Public Schools (VIPS) in the effort to improve reading skills of elementary school students. Through the “EveryBody Reads” initiative, each employee is assigned one reading partner and commits to reading with him/her at least two times a month.
2. Speakers Bureau Program – focuses on sharing technical expertise with students from all Baton Rouge area schools. We have a variety of presentation materials available to use during classroom visits, job fairs or club meetings. We can also judge science fairs.
If you want an ExxonMobil volunteer to come to your school to make a presentation and help with science fair judging or career day, contact us at Baton_Rouge_Area_Ambassadors@ exxonmobil.com. Science teachers can view our Classroom Tools for ways to supplement classroom activities.
3. ExxonMobil Science Days at the Louisiana Art and Science Museum (LASM) Program – each year, students of our 10 Ambassador program schools listed above and three EMCOT partnership schools attend the LASM Science Days. They watch chemistry demonstrations, view a show in the planetarium and participate in hands-on activities.
