Club Athena is a girls-only STEM education club that promotes character, confidence and courage as our members are taught essential life skills and career development. Our club members, young girls in grades 6 through 12, are exploring male-dominated career paths in the automotive, motorsports and transportation industries. The exposure they gain will help them determine if their strengths will fit roles in design, engineering, technology, or business.

An Athenian is:

Courageous
I choose the right path even when it is the most difficult. I face my fears and I grow beyond my comfort level.

Character
I tell the truth, keep my promises, am dependable and volunteer without expecting reward. My character grows as I work towards this oath to better my team and myself.

Confident
I strive to become a better person and hone my skills. The self-assurance I develop from my ability, perspective and sufficiency to do what I want to do, feel how I want to feel, and be who I want to be allows me to be my own cheerleader no matter what.

Continuous
I develop a long-term mindset and learn the steps that it takes to reach a goal.

Positive
I lead with positivity. I choose to happily do my tasks. I am a good friend and lead by example sharing good energy wherever I go.

Responsible
I arrive on time with everything that I need. I follow the rules of my family, school, and team. I obey the laws of my community and country.

Respectful
I speak and act appropriately; being respectful, courteous, and cooperative to my peers and adults.

Safe
I respect Athena Racing property and make healthy choices. The safety of my team and I come first.

Skilled
I participate in and complete assignments. I accept new challenges in order to grow.

Strategic
I create goals and work towards them. I use my time, supplies, money and resources wisely.

Our foundation for our teachings is based on the character traits of the Greek Goddess Athena. We blend her characteristics into everything we do and the curriculum that is taught. We focus on the characteristics of: strategy, skill, inspiration, wisdom, strength, courage, culture, math and the arts.

Our four Cs of our diamond on our  logo  symbolizes the Athenian traits of: Character, Courage, Confidence, and Continuity.

You must be a female (XX chromosome) student in middle school or high school to be a member of Club Athena. Why you ask? Girls and boys learn differently and have different needs. This is a female-only STEM education program supporting female students in career paths that have been historically dominated by men. In the male-dominated automotive, motorsport and transportation sectors where women only represent .06% to 17%, our nonprofit supports the #GirlsinSTEM who are venturing into career paths where there is no or little female representation.

However, our Courses are open and available to the public – regardless of gender or age.

And yes, #GirlDads, we would love to see you wearing Club Athena merchandise to show your support of our club and what your daughter is achieving here.

• Driving
• Engineering
• Entrepreneurship
• Etiquette
• Fabrication
• Internship
• Mechanics
• Marketing
• Personal Finance
• Photography
• Public Speaking
• Robotics
• Safety
• Wellness

No! Our goal is to expose our members to ALL of the career paths that are available! It isn’t even necessary to have a driver’s license! Although with DRIVE we are teaching the fundamentals of driving on a racing sim to better improve performance and safety on the street.

At Club Athena, our team believes in getting our hands dirty! You won’t realize what you love, like, or never-want-to-do-again until you try it. Our founder grew up learning how to do a variety of jobs in construction from driving a bulldozer to building her first house while she was in college. Because of that hands-on experience, she had better ideas based on real-life experience as to what would and would not work when designing and innovating new products.

We are currently accepting membership applications. There is no fee to apply.

If approved, we will onboard you to our private members-only online club on the 5th of each month.

If our membership is at capacity, you will be added to the wait list.

Membership registration lasts until you graduate or become inactive. You must be a member in order to register for all Club Athena events.

If you are serious about a STEM career, this is the club to join!

Every member is required to do one activity a month to remain an active member.

The activity chosen can range from one hour spent on a course or attending “Life Lessons with Loxley” up to the 15 to 25 hours per month that you will devote to your WINGS project over a 7-month period to complete your portfolio piece.

It all depends upon the devotion and involvement of each individual. As our members say, “you get out of it what you put into it.”

NO. If you chose not to do the work and become inactive, you will be replaced by someone who does want the benefits provided by our program.

If you are removed from the program and reapply, you will go to the bottom of the waitlist.

When you graduate from high school and are in good standing with Club Athena, you will automatically become an alumni member for life.

Yes, you can choose the $100 monthly fee or save money with the annual membership fee of $1,000.

Some activities have additional fees associated with them.

Travel and lodging is not included for in-person events.

No, each member is responsible for setting up their own fundraiser on the Club Athena platform. The funds that they raise, exactly the same as the sports and band fundraisers at your high schools, go directly to that individual member’s training.

By providing this method of funding, each member is taught the fundamentals of finances, budgeting, marketing and sales.

This also levels the playing field to include members from all socioeconomic backgrounds. The only thing that stops a member from being fully engaged in Club Athena’s training, activities and fundraising is themselves.

Our membership ranges from 11-18 years old. A high maturity level is needed as the content is purposely delivered at a higher level to prepare them for their future. Information and emails are sent directly to the members. It is each member’s responsibility to pass information along to parents/guardians and schedule items on their family’s calendar. We believe putting the responsibility on the member better prepares them for college, career, and life in general.

Boys & Girls Club: 162 years old, founded in 1860

Girls Inc: 158 years old, founded in 1864

Girl Scouts: 110 years old, founded in 1912

Society of Engineers: 72 years old, founded in 1950

Athena Racing: 3 years old, founded in 2019

Club Athena at Athena Racing: 3 months old, started Summer 2022