After trying active recruiting for the first time, one teacher enrolled 64 students in his CS AP course and noted it was “by far the biggest I have taught in AP”. More students wanted to take the course but he had to turn them away due to space constraints. At the same time, the gender composition of his class rose from his typical 12% girls to 31% girls. Another indication of this teacher’s effectiveness with his female students is that three of the girls from his class won this year’s regional NCWIT Aspirations in Computing Awards, a competitive honor granted by the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT). ‒ 2009 participant