Five seventh-grade girls were accepted into Splash this summer, a prestigious science program at Seattle University.

Tasha Addington-Ferris, Megan Antalan, Riley Bunch, Michelle Raney and Alex Valenti, will spend July 24 through August 18 at Seattle University studying environmental engineering, aerodynamics, mathematics and computer science along with 25 other girls.

In the competitive process, the students wrote essays and collected recommendations from their science teacher, Liz Olivere.

Student's in Seattle University's program do what America's top scientists do every day: perform experiments and gather data, analyze the results with charts, graphs, and computers, and ask questions about the significance of the outcomes.

They will work with scientists on research projects and learn about career opportunities.