POP Milestones Timeline
| 2009 Spring | First afterschool programs begin at ARE |
| 2011 Fall | Special program for flood-displaced children at the Event Center |
| 2011 Fall | POP begins a second afterschool program at VHE; 120 kids! |
| 2013 Fall |
POP is suspended by Physics Chair for no stated reason |
| 2014 Fall |
POP is back in business! |
| 2015 Spring | POP starts afterschool program at JCE, to run twice a year for K-2 kids |
| 2016 Spring |
POP serves 4 schools, including the newly reopened MacArthur Elementary School |
| 2017 Spring | African Road School splits program to allow doubling the enrollment: 100 |
| 2020 Spring | POP receives $5000 grant from SPIE, the Society of Optics and Photonics |
| 2020 Spring | POP enrolls record 6 interns … and then the pandemic hits |
| 2021 Fall |
POP Legacy: First (2) POP volunteers that had POP programs in school! |
| 2022 Fall | Post-pandemic recovery: 19 after-school programs to 4 schools! |
| 2023 Spring | New record: 31 events, 27 school trips, 9 topics |
| 2024 Fall | First POP volunteer/parent with a kid in a POP program |
| 2024 Spring | New topic record: 10 topics, at 20 school trips |
| 2025 Spring |
POP enrolls 6 interns, rolls out 3 new programs: AA, BB, and GM |
| 2025 Fall |
New record! Most volunteers at an after-school program: 22 |