Letters to a Pre-Scientist

Letters to a Pre-Scientist connects students to STEM professionals through snail mail to broaden students’ awareness of what STEM professionals look like and do at work, and inspire all students to explore a future in STEM 🪐⚙️🌱

📬 STEM Pen Pals don’t just write letters — they spark connection and build belonging. ✨ Registration is still open. Be the reason a student smiles this school year. #STEMforAll #STEMPenPals #LettersToAPreScientist #SciComm #ScienceOutreach

There’s still time to apply to be a STEM Pen Pal! 💌✨ Help a middle schooler see themselves in STEM by exchanging just 4 letters over the school year.  ⏳ Applications close soon!  prescientist.org/volunteers #STEMPenPals #LettersToAPreScientist

That simple idea became @LettersPreSci, a nonprofit that’s sparked thousands of life-changing stories by pairing students with STEM mentors around the world 🌍

Letters to a Pre-Scientist is now recruiting STEM professional pen pals for the 2025-26 school year. Volunteers send and receive letters with a student, to inspire all students to explore a future in STEM. Learn more: prescientist.org/volunteers/ #WomenInScience @LettersPreSci

🎬 Behind the scenes alert! 💌✨ #LettersToAPreScientist #STEMPenPals #STEMforAll #BehindTheScenes #SupportSTEM #VolunteerTraining #LPSInTheWild #ScienceOutreach

🚨 It’s here! STEM Pen Pal registration is now OPEN! 💌🔬 Join Letters to a Pre-Scientist and inspire a middle schooler by sharing your STEM story. ✅ Remote + flexible ✅ 10-hour total commitment ✅ Big impact on a young mind prescientist.org/volunteers/ #STEMPenPals

🚨 STEM Pen Pal registration opens next week! 💌🌟 Want to inspire the next generation of scientists, engineers, and changemakers—just by being yourself?  Sign up for our mailing list now to know when registration opens!  prescientist.org/mail #STEMPenPal

🎉 Announcing our 2024–25 STEM Pen Pal Award Winners! 🎉 Out of 3,258 amazing volunteers, 202 STEM Pen Pals were recognized by their classroom teachers for going above and beyond. Check out our blog to read more! prescientist.org/meet-the-202-p…  #VolunteerAppreciation

Not only did the LPS team meet up in person this week—we also hosted an LPS Volunteer Meetup! 💌✨ We got to connect face-to-face with some of our amazing STEM Pen Pals and generous donors who help make our work possible. 💙  #LPSInTheWild  #CommunityPowered

📍This week program managers Laura and Christine travelled from their homes in Michigan and New York for an LPS team meet up in CEO Lcuy's hometown Takoma, MD.  #LettersToAPreScientist #STEMforAll #TeamworkMakesTheDreamWork #MissionDriven 💭✨

We read some incredibly heartwarming quotes from students about how the some of the LPS Stem Pen Pals shaped their view of science—and themselves. 🧠💫 We’re sharing a few of those quotes with you today.   #STEMforAll  #LPS

🛍️💙 Have you grabbed your LPS swag yet?!  C’mon, treat yourself! 😎 You deserve a cute tee, a mug—or maybe both?! ✨ Check out a couple of pics of our community rockin’ their LPS gear. 🛒 Grab yours now: prescientist-shop.fourthwall.com #LPSInTheWild  #LPSMerch

This student is deep in their final pen pal letter of the year, soaking up wisdom, encouragement, and maybe a new favorite science fact. Every envelope opened this year reminded us just how powerful personal connection can be. #LetterstoaPreScientist #STEMpenpals ⁠

Today’s smiles come courtesy of a STEM pen pal who shared their story, their science, and a little spark of inspiration.  ⁠ #LetterstoaPreScientist #STEMeducation

📬💌 We’re not crying… you are. This amazing class just had their last letter opening day and let’s just say… emotions were HIGH. 😭💙 #LettersToAPreScientist #STEMforAll #STEMPenPals #LPSteachers #MiddleSchool #ScienceEducation #LetterOpeningParty 📖💌✨

🎉💌 Ms. Pitters just wrapped up her last Letter Opening Day of the year! Let’s give her—and all the incredible LPS teachers—a BIG round of applause for making this year unforgettable for their students and STEM pen pals! 👏👏👏  #LPSteachers #LetterOpeningParty #STEMPenPals

📝 Thank-you notes from our incredible students—full of appreciation, and heart. These small reflections remind us why this work matters. 💙 #STEMforAll #STEMPenPals #LettersToAPreScientist #MiddleSchool #ScienceEducation #LPSteachers

🎉📦 2025 LPS Swag Sale is Live! 📦🎉 Rep your love for Letters to a Pre-Scientist with t-shirts, mugs, socks, and planners A portion of every sale is donated back to LPS. 💙 👉 prescientist-shop.fourthwall.com #LettersToAPreScientist #LPSInTheWild  #LPSmerch

📬💌 One last Letter Opening Day to wrap up the year—and it’s full of all the feels! 🐱 One student even received some cute pet kitty photos—proof that these connections go way beyond science. #LettersToAPreScientist #STEMPenPals #LetterOpeningParty #MiddleSchool  📖📸🐾

The LPS team visited the Lewis Latimer House Museum in Queens! 💡 Latimer—child of formerly enslaved parents, inventor of the carbon filament, collaborator with Bell & Edison—was also a poet, painter, abolitionist & advocate for Black inventors. #STEMforAll #LewisLatimer #SciEd