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For the past few years, we have had the incredible fortune of attracting more STEM professionals who want to be pen pals than we have the capacity to match with student pre-scientists, hence, the waitlist! In fact, during the 2018-19 school year we had as many STEM professionals on our waiting list as we had …
by Lucy 
How did you choose your career? How did you know what college to go to? How did you learn what to do when you felt like giving up? Who did you learn from when you were growing up? Everybody needs a mentor, someone who can help you through big questions like these. For my very …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
by Ms. Cronmiller, 6th grade teacher in CA. Find all of the teacher blog posts here. This poem illustrates the excitement, chaos, and quiet moments when students have a letter-opening day in my classroom. Student energy seems to explode when class is started with a “Letters are here!” Then, fast scrabbling happens as letters are …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
LPS leadership and scientist volunteers had a blast participating in the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Family Science Days in DC over President’s Day weekend! Every year, AAAS puts on a two-day free event for families to engage with and learn about science and take part in various fun activities. The event …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
A few months ago, Mr. Ohama’s students reclaimed a wasteland space on their school’s campus and turned it into a garden. On the morning of April 24th the morning television show Good Day Sacramento came to do a live feature in our new school garden. They sent a reporter to interview students and Mr. Ohama …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
Steph Sharuga is a pen pal and Outreach Officer extraordinaire, who earlier in the school year helped connect several Letters to a Pre-Scientist classrooms with marine biology researchers working on a ship off the coast of New Zealand! Steph and her pen pal even got to meet each other over video chat! They were both …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
In this Scientist Spotlight post, welcome to Amy Nusbaum, an LPS pen pal for the past two years! In addition to this Spotlight, she’s written a guest blog post for us that will be posted in early March, so keep an eye out for even more about Amy’s unique perspective on the importance of LPS. …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
As the school year comes to a close (how it’s flown by!), we’re already thinking ahead to the next year of LPS. Leading up to registration opening over the summer for teachers, scientists, and coordinators to sign up for participation next year, we’re excited to start a series of posts highlighting many of the ways this program …
by Aliyah Weinstein 
Happy Thanksgiving! We hope all of our U.S.-based readers are enjoying the holiday! The LPS team is thankful to all of the classrooms and scientists who participate in our program each year and continue to make Letters to a Pre-Scientist a growing success. We asked some of the scientists to share why they love participating in …
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