SSSC’s Scientists in the School is a unique program that provides rural students exposure to a wide discipline of sciences by implementing hands on and engaging classroom and field experiences with professional scientists. This 20 year program has been perfected over the last two decades and is now a carefully coordinated, strategic science education system that is executed by facilitating working scientists into the curriculum at each grade level in Sitka schools, creating a pipeline of authentic scientific experiences during the entire academic career of Sitka youth.