Our Story

Hello, I’m Sydney Manning and I am interning for TAF this autumn. I am currently a sophomore at the University of Washington majoring in psychology. I’m interested in neurobiology and […]

Nada Oakley – Excellence and Love By: Carlito Umali In my senior Buddhist Philosophy class, I heard my professor say, “You become a teacher because you cannot thank one enough.” […]

Erin Gruwell began student teaching in 1994 at Woodrow Wilson High School in Long Beach, California.  She was assigned to a classroom of low-performing and troubled students. When racism became [...]

Marva Collins is a hero for her influence and activism in education. Collins was born in Alabama in 1936.  She eventually worked as a substitute teacher in Chicago where the […]

George Washington Carver was born in Diamond, Missouri, around 1864. Carver learned to read and write going on to earn his high school diploma from Minneapolis High school in Kansas. […]

Today is our first Model Monday!  Each Monday during our Back to School Campaign, we will be honoring one of our Educational role models by featuring them on our Blog […]

TAF and TAF Academy students are being noticed for their hard work, passion, and innovation. Near the end of the school-year, Seattle Urban League Young Professionals (SULYP) hosted a Leadership [...]

Sherry and the TAF holiday committee have made sure that there is no place like TAF for the holidays! While encouraging all staff members to contribute decorations that celebrate and […]

AJ and Paulo, two sixth graders from TAF Academy, led me on a tour of their school recently.   Before embarking on our tour, TAF’s supplemental service coordinator, Amanda, reminded them […]

Teacher: “An electron is a subatomic particle that is negatively charged” Class:  “YES!” “I knew it!” “Sweet!” Me: “…Wow” I’m new to TAF and visited my first TechStart classroom at […]