2021-02-01T10:57:38-08:00 2020-06-30 562330778 David A Feldman CPA Inc 5800 Hannum Avenue Ste E Culver City CA 90230 990 2019-07-01 200607113 PS Science PSSC 4242274606 1000 W Hillcrest Blvd Inglewood CA 90301 Gennifer Yoshimaru President 2021-02-01 true David A Feldman CPA P00023578 3108269116 2019 2022-09-23 18:48:47Z Julie Olds Executive Director 490026 false X www.psscience.org X 2003 CA P.S. Science, originally a program of Crossroads Community Outreach Foundation, Inc.(CCOF), which was formed as a separate 501 (c)(3) organization by Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences in 2004 to share resources with undeserved schools in the greater Los Angeles community, absorbed the 501(c)(3) in June 2017 in order to focus all efforts on bringing rich STEM programs to under-served elementary schools. 16 16 9 160 0 372685 370053 157345 86367 0 1301 20671 531331 477091 0 0 362685 339164 0 71878 164805 169967 527490 509131 3841 -32040 395306 425466 62200 395306 363266 X The great minds of tomorrow are in elementary schools everywhere, but science isnot. PS Science brings inspiring lessons to classrooms that cultivate a deepunderstanding of the world and grow students and teachers who are confident andinspired by science. true true 309582 85950 Beginning in September 2019,the PS Science program provided weekly, 90-minute engaging hands-on science lessons to over 2,200 students and 80 teachers in grades K through 5 throughout the school year. We delivered all lesson materials to our partner schools each week. 17199 417 S-Team Rangers Summer Science CampWe are pleased to report that our 5th annual S-TEAM Rangers Summer Science camp for our oldest PS Science students wasrun through Zoom in June 2020. Camp materials bags were assembled and delivered to all participants, high school mentor/coaches recruited, and the remote two-week camp was an incredible success with a great blend of STEM activities including dissections, coding with micro:bits, creative product design, electronics, magnetism and more! The forty students who participated gave the camp the highest rating and continued Zoom meetings on their own twice weekly throughout the summer to further their new friendships and STEM interests. 10319 Code ClubPS Science now offers an after school Code Club for 4th and 5th grade students who are interested in exploring coding and programming. The club meets weekly after school throughout the school year. Participants receive a materials kit containing a micro:bit microprocessor and additional sensors and components. Most projects are based on the MakeCode website at https://makecode.microbit.org/ Students become skilled at creating code, programming sensors, testing and revising the output with lights, sounds, and other sensors. Projects will vary each semester, and have included battling robots, kinetic sculptures, robot dance contests, and more! This is an introductory club and no prior coding experience is necessary. There was one Club in this fiscal year that served 30 students. 6880 343980 true true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 6 0 true 9 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 16 16 true false false false false false false true false false false true true true true true true true false false CA X Julie Olds 4242274606 1000 W Hillcrest Blvd Inglewood CA 90301 Julie Olds Executive Dir. 40.00 0.00 X 89063 0 0 Roger Weaver Past President 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Gennifer Yoshimaru President/Chair 3.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Corinne Schulman Co VP/Chair 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Babak Fardin Trustee 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Heather Felix Trustee 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Alex Klyce Co VP/Chair 3.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Jennifer Malin Trustee 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Joanie Martin Trustee 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jennifer Michael Trustee 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Leslie Aronzon Trustee 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Sharyar Baradaran Secretary 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Marc E Hankin Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 J Lloyd Bud Jacobs Trustee 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Parker Pearson Trustee 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Eric Borstein Trustee 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Betsy Dill Trustee 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 89063 0 false false false na 0 370053 370053 Summer Camp 611600 86367 86367 86367 0 0 0 0 0 33606 12935 20671 20671 0 0 0 477091 86367 20671 0 0 0 0 89063 26719 35625 26719 0 195033 165778 13652 15603 0 31967 27172 2238 2557 23101 19636 1617 1848 0 0 2794 2794 0 0 0 0 5101 5101 5330 5330 2237 2237 0 51748 46573 5175 0 0 0 0 0 0 8528 8528 Program materials 50436 50436 Grant writer 24200 24200 Payroll processing 6861 6861 Transportation 5294 5294 7438 2372 4115 951 509131 343980 93273 71878 364596 294756 100000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30710 30710 0 395306 425466 62200 0 62200 X 395306 363266 395306 363266 395306 425466 -32040 X false false false X 215050 356690 396111 372685 370052 1710588 0 0 215050 356690 396111 372685 370052 1710588 344416 1366172 0 0 0 1710588 0.79870 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED X X X X false Tap Into Science at Boomtown 33606 33606 5628 645 6662 33606 33606 5628 645 6662 12935 20671 Form 990, Part III, Line 2: New Services Science LessonsIn 2019-20, we added three new schools to the PS Science service partnership, bringing the total schools served to 10, the classrooms served to 80, and total number of students who received weekly STEM programming throughout the school year to 2,200. As a sign of the level of appreciation for the PS Science program, all schools are continuing with their PS Science partnership in 2020-21, and in schools where we were not already serving all classrooms, we have been asked to expand to serve additional classrooms. After school closures in March 2020, we modified our K-5 lesson plans to make them simpler to do with common things found at home and created a library of instructional videos which we sent to all our classroom teachers each week to support them in conducting lessons over Zoom with their students. The PS Science instructors continued to conduct lessons through Zoom with all classes that were able to do so. We continued our after school CodeClub and our summer S-Team Rangers camp remotely, delivering materials kits to participants and meeting remotely through Zoom. Beginning in September 2019,the PS Science program provided weekly, 90-minute engaging hands-on science lessons to over 2,200 students and 80 teachers in grades K through 5 throughout the school year. We delivered all lesson materials to our partner schools each week. From August 2019 February 2020, materials were delivered each week to our 80 participating classrooms. As a product of the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic at the PS Science Headquarters, our students and teachers (and moms, dads, baby sisters and grandparents, etc) experienced weekly science lessons in their homes. Each week, the PS Science Instructors modified our K-5 lesson plans to make them simpler todo with common things found at home, and created a library of instructional videos to help our young scientists in their investigations. We now have a full library of quality PS Science lessons and as a natural outgrowth, we created a PS Science YouTube channel and over the summer have been posting new science videos to it each week. Check it out and subscribe at https://www.youtube.com/user/PSScience. Its a great resource to stimulate STEM learning, and it is available to anyone for free!When schools closed this spring, the school Family Science Night events that had been scheduled seemed doomed. But with more creative thought, we were able to conceive of a Remote Family Science night featuring a video presentation of a friendly alien Ovo who needed help from our students to design a landing pod so he could visit earth. After an initial YouTube live presentation, students worked with their families to build and test egg drop landing pods. We held a follow-up Family Science Night presentation the following week to share the students videos of their landing pod designs with the community. It was an extremely fulfillingexperience to involve families in their children's science learning and we hope to recreate this Remote Family Science night program for more of our schools in the 2020-21 school year.PS Science now offers an after school Code Club for 4th and 5th grade students who are interested in exploring coding and programming. The club meets weekly after school throughout the school year. Participants receive a materials kit containing a micro:bit microprocessor and additional sensors and components. Most projects are based on the MakeCode website at https://makecode.microbit.org/ Students become skilled at creating code, programming sensors, testing and revising the output with lights, sounds, and other sensors. Projects will vary each semester, and have included battling robots, kinetic sculptures, robot dance contests, and more! This is an introductory club and no prior coding experience is necessary. There was one Club in this fiscal year that served 30 students. Form 990, Part III, Line 3: Ceased Conducting or Significant Changes To Services Ceased:During the 2018-19 year, PS Science partnered with P.S. Arts to deliver a STEAM Science & Dance program titled Science With a Twist to five classrooms in the Inglewood School District. Six classroom teachers and 150 students participated in the immersive twelve week program, receiving 90 minutes of science and 60 minutes of dance each week. The dance lessons were themed to support the concepts being learned during the science lessons. At the culmination of the program, students choreographed and performed dance routines that embodied the concepts they had learned in Science. A professional evaluation done of the program showed the students had high content retention and engagement. Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Code ClubPS Science now offers an after school Code Club for 4th and 5th grade students who are interested in exploring coding and programming. The club meets weekly after school throughout the school year. Participants receive a materials kit containing a micro:bit microprocessor and additional sensors and components. Most projects are based on the MakeCode website at https://makecode.microbit.org/ Students become skilled at creating code, programming sensors, testing and revising the output with lights, sounds, and other sensors. Projects will vary each semester, and have included battling robots, kinetic sculptures, robot dance contests, and more! This is an introductory club and no prior coding experience is necessary. There was one Club in this fiscal year that served 30 students. Form 990, Part VI, Line 2: Description of Business or Family Relationship of Officers, Directors, Et Some of the Board members are current or former employees of Crossroads School for the Arts & Sciences. Form 990, Part VI, Line 8: Explanation of No Contemporaneously Documentation of Meetings There are no committees with the authority to act on behalf of the Board. Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process Form 990 is prepared by an independent CPA who delivers a draft copy to the President. They review and discuss the forms. Any necessary revisions are made and a final copy is delivered to the President for signature and filing. A copy of the 990 is then made available to the Board of Directors prior to filing. Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts All board members annually sign a written conflict of interest statement that discloses any conflicts. To date no known conflicts have arisen. Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management The Board of Directors determined the Executive Directors salary based on similar Executive Salaries in the Los Angles area. Two 3% raises have been added since 2016.All Board members are unpaid volunteers. Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available The following organizational documents of P.S. Science are available for inspection or copying at the organization's office during normal business hours at no charge, except for a nominal copying fee:1) Tax Exemption Application2) IRS Determination letter3) Articles of Incorporation4) By-Laws5) Form 990 for the most recent and prior two years. The public inspection copy of the Form 990 will not include Schedule A excess contributors or the Schedule B.The most updated versions of all of the preceding forms will be available.When responding to a public inspection request for any organizational document or Form 990 by anyone, P.S.Science will fulfill such request in a timely fashion without inquiring as to the reason for the public inspection request.