Trio of local students attempt to influence White House ener

group of local high school students making their mark on the white house. the trio wrote to president trump regarding energy policy in the united states -- and to their surprise received a response straight from washington. 47abc's brandon bossert has more from newark. three seniors at worcester tech high school receiving validation after they received this response letter from president trump and the white house buttsot well seeing the envelope i was like oh my gosh we got a letter from the white house buttsot it's pretty exciting because we're just three high schoolers on the eastern shore that we're just doing a school project. track one other peers sent letters to local policy makers -- but the trio shot for the stars -- sending a letter to pennsylvania avenue as part of their class project -- in their pre-engineering class. it actually seemed like it was a pretty genuine letter that answered our questions a little bit. buttsot it actually seemed like he wrote back to what we were actually writing to him about and it wasn't just audited or anything like that track two the letter centered around nuclear energy -- and its pros and cons and impact on the environment. after much research -- they concluded nuclear energy is a positive energy for the future of the nation. now with new technology it's much safer and very efficient. track three the project is designed to teach these students the art of throwing out what you thought you knew and sort through the facts to come up with your own conclusions. i think i had to push them a little bit because some of them already had pre conceived notion about a particular source of energy buttsot it gives them different perspectives, scientific perspectives about the particular energy source track four an example of preparing students for life after the classroom. we can give them real life problems real life skills where they see the connection to themselves as an adult.it's very motivating for them. track five and the letter validates their work -- and shows that the white house is listening. and him agreeing with them, yes guys i do want to make sure we have a clean environment, i do want to make sure that you as our students coming will work in the clean work spaces.i feel like it was important. track six brandon bossert 47abc. these pre-engineering students are part of worcester tech's five stem academies -- where students spend one semester a school year splitting days between their regular school and tech. and this fall -- the high school will be adding computer sciences to its curriculum. the school adds new programs every year based on the needs in society. the computer science program will teach the basics of coding, and include a-p courses which can be used toward college credits. the academies offered at worcester tech offer students in the area a chance to take on real life career experiences before they have to make their choice of majors in college. success rate of this program is seventy percent.so seventy percent go to engineering schools, and the other thirty they decide you know what engineering is not for me.which is great because i just their parents a whole bunch of money or i just saved those kids a whole bunch of money because they don't have to find out the first year in college that they don't like engineering these programs are four years long -- students have to apply to get in at the worcester tech high school website. we're told about 40 students are accepted annually per program. a few lucky high school