Our company has been very excited to watch the incredible successes of the West Philadelphia High School “X Team” as they take on other competitors with very deep pockets and many years experience for the coveted “X Prize” for high efficiency vehicles. In fact high end Tesla Autos recently dropped out of the competition, perhaps because they couldn’t compete against the West Philly High School team!
We are excited to see our local congressional representative Chaka Fattah also supports these kids. We would like to see Philadelphia as a city get behind these kids and others in our city who are also passionate about learning.
City kids get a bad rap when it comes to their performance in school. The West Philly High “X Team” is proof that urban kids want to learn. The are smart, hard working, successful people. And our company supports the notion that “learning with your hands” is where it’s at.
You can read about the recent visit these kids had with Chaka Fattah and Dr. Braun, NASA’s chief technologist here: