TAF e-news

Since 2009, the Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) has annually chosen TechStart students as Technology Leaders of Tomorrow through a scholarship competition (Thanks, WTIA, for your enthusiasm and support!). This year, TechStart middle schoolers designed video games and members of the WTIA voted on the finalists. If you hurry, you can vote for the winners after trying out their games online. And sign up to attend the awards ceremony—the Annual Industry Achievement Awards on March 15th at the Showbox SODO. We can’t wait to see you there!

TAF Academy’s high school students are looking for opportunities to put their talents to use through service learning, including spring and summer internships and job shadowing. These come as part of TAF Academy’s new senior project requirement; the requirement is new, of course, since this year’s will be our inaugural graduating class! Click below to find out what kinds of opportunities students are looking for (hint: they include medicine, community service and graphic design) and what students’ qualifications are. To get involved, email davidh@techaccess.org.

This month has been very busy at the site of TAF’s future headquarters—the Bethaday Community Learning Space. The construction team has kept things moving by bringing water lines into the building, installing the plumbing, erecting concrete walls for the east wing and installing metal decks. It’s finally starting to look like the model – Wow!