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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 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 
This blog is written by Mya Whitton, Black In Neuro Scientist and LPS STEM professional pen pal mentor. She shares her experience navigating how to speak candidly about her college experience with her pre-scientist without discouraging their enthusiasm about higher education. Being honest with a child is difficult because adults work so hard to keep …
by Jenelle Whitman 
In 2020 we waited until we would “go back to normal.” We were proud of our proactive and quick work to quickly transition the snail mail program into an electronic one, but in 2021 we realized we are never going back to normal. In 2020 we were energized to be persistent and determined to stay …
by Jenelle Whitman 
published in Science Sandbox News by Omar Vera https://www.simonsfoundation.org/2021/12/15/youve-got-snail-mail-how-letters-from-stem-professionals-are-changing-young-lives/
by Jenelle Whitman 
We’ve published videos every month this school year from longtime STEM pen pals and LPS teachers! Check out a list of some of our favorite videos from the year below! Everyone belongs in STEM; an interview with longtime pen pal Sam Sharpe 2020 Year in Review LPS Best Practice: Include photos and …
by Jenelle Whitman 
The goal of this blog series is to provide STEM pen pals with inspiration and ideas from real letters written by STEM professionals. We hope this series serves as a resource for pen pals to make letters accessible and engaging for pre-scientists. This letter was written by STEM pen pal Trinity to an 8th grade …
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