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We’re excited to share these stories, tips and updates from Letters to a Pre-Scientist community members!
LPS Wrapped 2025-26
Signed, sealed, delivered! The 2025–26 LPS school year is officially wrapped. None of this happens without the STEM professionals, teachers, students, and donors who show up year after year –
8:15 AM ➡️ 5:05 PM with an LPS Program Manager
The Letters to a Pre-Scientist team is small, mighty, and deeply committed to the students, teachers, and STEM professionals we serve – and to each other. We spend a lot
Curiosity in a Flask: Meet the Student Behind This Year’s LPS Sticker
Each year, we invite our pre-scientists to reflect on their experience in the pen pal program and express what STEM, curiosity, and connection mean to them through art. Then, we
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