Parents of selected students on the focus group and their Year 7, 8 and 9 daughters watch the screening of "Hidden Figures" together

Capital was invited to watch the screening of 'Hidden Figures', a movie about three black women who were able to make outstanding progress at NASA in the 1960s when women or people of colour would have been unable to make these advances.
About 400 girls from schools around London were in attendance and the event was intended to inspire girls at Capital to believe in themselves and pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths.
Parents of some of the students were also in attendance. Writing to Mr Okoh in appreciation of the experience of watching the movie with her daughter. 

​Mrs Zoey Morris (Tiana's Mother) wrote: "I really enjoyed the film (Hidden Figures), it was a privilege to be invited to attend with my daughter. It was very inspirational and showed the young ladies that it is possible to do things that seem impossible."
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On the day, there was also an innovative ideas competition held, and out of the 400 innovative ideas entered and out of 10 winners, Capital City Academy won three prizes which was an outstanding achievement for the school. The winners were: Louisa, Celeste and Tiana. Another great benefit of the trip was the Year 9 girls making a decision to choose Computer Science on the options evening held on the 2nd March which was a direct result of watching the movie, 'Hidden Figures'.
Capital City Academy pupils also met and were inspired by Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE, who is the youngest person to graduate with a postgraduate degree from Oxford University. Ms Imafidon has agreed to come over to Capital City Academy to speak to girls at the school on the 23rd March. They will also be filming the event on that day as part of a STEM documentary.