Summer High School Student Program Started

1989:

In July 1989, LLE held its first Summer High School Student Program. The program challenges high school students to explore research topics and careers under the tutelage of LLE scientists, engineers, and staff in a state-of-the-art environment. The students spend eight weeks working full time on projects supervised by LLE staff.

Several students have been included as authors of LLE publications and conference presentations, and some have been selected as semi-finalists and finalists for the USA Physics and Chemistry Olympiad teams and the prestigious Intel (formerly Westinghouse) and Siemens-Westinghouse Science Talent Search. Many of the students go on to major in science at nationally recognized universities, and some have gone on to earn their Ph.D.’s and M.D.’s.