One instructor · Three packages

Work with Leslie.

Bright Minds isn’t a curriculum — it’s an instructor. Three ways to put Leslie’s lab-bench experience to work for your student, depending on whether you want a full semester, a fast trial run, or something custom.

A high-school science lab at 9 AM: paired wooden benches with compound microscopes and open lab notebooks.

Most families

Package 1 · Cohort

Saturday Fall Cohort

A pre-health lab semester, 8 students, 8 Saturdays.

· 8 Saturday mornings, Sep–Nov
· 8 students max, 7th–12th grade
· Real microscopy, dissection, lab notebook
· Capstone — college-application-ready
· Letter of completion from instructor

$695

per student / cohort

Reserve a spot → See the 8-week pathway

A summer-morning lab bench: microscope, dissection tray, fresh lab notebook, and a small wooden tag reading 'DAY 1'.

Try first

Package 2 · Workshop

Summer Lab Bench Workshop

Three July mornings. The fastest way to see if Bright Minds is a fit.

· 3 mornings, mid-July, ~3 hrs each
· 8 students max, 7th–12th grade
· Microscopy, an invertebrate dissection
· A real lab notebook to take home
· A great way to test before the cohort

$245

per student / 3 days

$100 credits toward Fall cohort.

Reserve a workshop spot → See the 3-day arc

Hands writing in a lab notebook beside a microscope and an open anatomy reference book.

Selective

Package 3 · Private

Private Instruction

1:1 or small-group lab work for a single family or pod. By inquiry.

· 1:1 pre-health lab skills (microscopy, dissection, A&P)
· High-school biology mastery / capstone defense
· Small-group (2–3 students from one family/pod)
· Limited capacity — existing relationships first
· Scope and rate set per engagement

By inquiry

Selective basis

Inquire about 1:1 → How private instruction works

Why these three, and only three. Each package is a different shape of the same craft: Leslie at a lab bench with a small number of students. The cohort is the headline. The workshop is the trial. Private instruction is reserved for engagements where 1:1 attention is genuinely the right instrument — not a substitute for the cohort.

At a glance

Which package is right for your student?

	Cohort	Workshop	Private
Length	8 Saturdays (~24 hrs)	3 mornings (~9 hrs)	Per engagement
Group size	Up to 8 students	Up to 8 students	1–3 students
Best fit	Pre-health-curious 7–12 graders	Trial run before committing	Custom needs / existing clients
Capstone	Yes — LOR-eligible	Mini capstone	As scoped
Booking	Open enrollment	Open enrollment	By inquiry

Not sure? Email Leslie with a sentence about your student and she’ll point you at the right one.

Why Leslie

The same instructor either way.

Whichever package you pick, you’re working with the person who runs the A&P lab program 1,000+ pre-health undergraduates move through every term at Boise State — and who taught biology in Idaho public middle and high schools before that. The packages differ. The instructor doesn’t.

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