Fifty-five middle schoolers. Three hundred-fifty elementary school kids. Thirteen public school teachers. Three STEM co-teachers and five after-school instructors. Dozens of TAF volunteers. Add them all together, plus families and friends, and you have the TAF Expo, our annual exhibition, competition and celebration of the hard work and STEM learning of TAF’s K-8 enrichment programs, [...]
Visiting the Statehouse: TAF Academy Students Shine
At TAF Academy we stress the importance of 21st century skills such as inquiry and collaboration, and we give students as many opportunities as possible to exercise those skills. Earlier this week the 11th & 12th grade students took a field trip to Olympia to see how government works. We have been working on a political campaigns [...]
Catapult Lab: Project Based Learning from a Teacher’s Point of View
Project based learning is not just a methodology or set of practices, it is a means for liberating many learners. A student in my class, I will call him “Buddy”, is a delightful and resilient young person with plenty of enthusiasm and an eagerness to learn. Buddy never stops moving and even when sitting still, [...]
Tales of a Freshman (And TAF Academy Alum!)
My name is Cameron Sharpe and I graduated from TAF Academy last year. I was one of the original students that attended TAFA when the school began five years ago. I now attend University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia. I just finished my first year at college. I learned so much this past [...]
TAF’s executive director appointed to Charter School Commission
Trish Millines Dziko was recently appointed to Washington State’s new Charter School Commission, as one of nine members who will vet charter applications and hold new schools accountable for results. In addition to Trish’s work at TAF, she’s served on numerous committees to improve public education: she co-chaired the HB2722 bill to close the achievement gap [...]
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