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My Journey with STEM and LPS When I enrolled in college, my goal was to earn a bachelor’s degree in communications. I was drawn to this field by my fascination with its various disciplines and areas of study—specifically media production, media research and analysis, and business communications. I loved making short films as a student …
by Jenelle Whitman
A story from Ms. Licata’s Southern California LPS classroom Why do I participate in LPS? Well, the obvious answer is to expose my students to a diverse group of STEM professionals. My school is a Title 1 school that has 100% free and reduced lunch, meaning it’s located in a lower-income area. I want my …
by Jenelle Whitman 
We’re sharing real STEM professional letters to pre-scientists annotated by LPS teachers and staff to provide STEM pen pals with inspiration and ideas for their own letters. We asked our 2021-22 LPS teachers and staff to pick a letter that stood out to them and tell us why. We hope this series serves as a …
by Jenelle Whitman 
Another ‘year in review’ blog post means we’ll share how we finished the 2021-22 school year and how the 2022-23 school year is going! We work with schools to bring students new avenues to learn about STEM careers. Since we work with schools, that means that at the beginning of 2022, we were halfway through …
by Jenelle Whitman
We’re sharing real STEM professional letters to pre-scientists annotated by LPS teachers and staff to provide STEM pen pals with inspiration and ideas for their own letters. We asked our 2021-22 LPS teachers and staff to pick a letter that stood out to them and tell us why. We hope this series serves as a …
by Jenelle Whitman
We’re sharing real STEM professional letters to pre-scientists annotated by LPS teachers and staff to provide STEM pen pals with inspiration and ideas for their own letters. We asked our 2021-22 LPS teachers and staff to pick a letter that stood out to them and tell us why. We hope this series serves as a …
by Jenelle Whitman
We’re sharing real STEM professional letters to pre-scientists annotated by LPS teachers to provide STEM pen pals with inspiration and ideas for their own letters. We asked our 2021-22 LPS teachers to pick a letter that stood out to them and tell us why. We hope this series serves as a resource for pen pals …
by Jenelle Whitman
We’re sharing real STEM professional letters to pre-scientists annotated by LPS teachers to provide STEM pen pals with inspiration and ideas for their own letters. We asked our 2021-22 LPS teachers to pick a letter that stood out to them and tell us why. We hope this series serves as a resource for pen pals …
by Jenelle Whitman
We’re sharing real STEM professional letters to pre-scientists annotated by LPS teachers to provide STEM pen pals with inspiration and ideas for their own letters. We asked our 2021-22 LPS teachers to pick a letter that stood out to them and tell us why. We hope this series serves as a resource for pen pals …
by Jenelle Whitman
We’re sharing real STEM professional letters to pre-scientists annotated by LPS teachers to provide STEM pen pals with inspiration and ideas for their own letters. We asked our 2021-22 LPS teachers to pick a letter that stood out to them and tell us why. We hope this series serves as a resource for pen pals …
by Jenelle Whitman 
“Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore.” (Note to teachers: you’re not crazy; things have definitely changed.) Returning to normal in education is not happening. Normal is long gone. It has actually been in our rearview mirror for some time. Teachers were just able to conveniently ignore the fact that the ways students …
by Jenelle Whitman 
As they enter the room, I wave the envelopes in the air. They know what it is, and the room comes alive with excitement. They can barely wait until their name is called the envelope and pass out the contents. Their pen pal letters have arrived! Watching them devour their letters, with intermittent shouts of, …
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