Burlington-Edison students take part in college prep program

Once a week after school, a group of Burlington-Edison High School students get on a school bus and head north about a half an hour.

Their destination: Western Washington University.

On a recent week, the students’ destination was the university’s Science, Math and Technology Education building, where they shot air cannons, got up-close and personal with a tarantula and played a game of hide-and-go-seek with the help of a thermal imaging device.