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We’re excited to share these stories, tips and updates from Letters to a Pre-Scientist community members!

Meet the 202 Pen Pals Who Won Awards This Year!
Our STEM pen pal volunteers make our program possible. They donate their time, expertise and stories to make STEM more relatable and interesting for our student pre-scientists. They have proven

2024–25 Recap: 24,659 Letters Exchanged!
The 2024-25 LPS program year was all about growth and vision‑building. With the unwavering commitment of STEM pen pals, teachers, students, donors, and our wider community, we created more moments

Second Annual LPS Sticker Design Contest!
One of the ways LPS strengthens our community is through our annual LPS program sticker. For the second year in a row, we’ve hosted a sticker design contest, inviting our

Awesome Letter: Excellent Explanations of Abstract Concepts
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. Our LPS teachers

Awesome Letter: College is for everyone!
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. Our LPS teachers

Awesome Letter: Introduce your Fun Career!
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. Our LPS teachers

Awesome Letter: Authentic Connections
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. Our LPS teachers

2023-24 Recap: 23,984 LPS letters exchanged!
The 2023-24 school year raced by so quickly! Fortunately, it brought many smiles from pre-scientists and many milestones for Letters to a Pre-Scientist. For the first time ever, Letters to

First Annual LPS Sticker Design Contest!
One of the many ways LPS chooses to unite our community is through our annual LPS program sticker. Every year, for the past four years, we’ve designed an official sticker