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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 [...]

It’s a familiar sight at lunchtime at any school: The recruiting table. Flyers, forms, enticing posters, a couple of chipper people wearing nametags and company t-shirts, shouting: [...]

After June 9th’s TechStart Expo (see more Expo pictures here!), the TechStart team faced a daunting task: taking apart all 70 competing and non-competing robots and getting our 107 Lego [...]

They trained…they tested…they programmed…now they’re ready  to amaze you with racing robots, astonishing animations, and wonderous websites! This Saturday, June 9, 2012, [...]

Have you marked your calendar yet? TechStart’s biggest annual event, the TechStart Expo, is less than two months away! Please join us Saturday, June 9, 2012 at the Brockey Center, […]

Highlands Elementary held its 5th grade parent night on Thursday, February 2. This year’s evening event had a new focus: 88 students from three classes demonstrated, competed with, or otherwise [...]

Last week, 15 TechStart classes proved that they can answer this, and many, many other questions about what they have learned in the Fall 2011 session of TechStart. The last […]

This coming Winter Session (starting January 9), TechStart After-School students in Seattle and White Center will transition from exploring Light, to Sound. Their main project will be recording [...]

As Lynda explained a couple of weeks ago, our classroom volunteers come from all over. Jean McMillin, our TechStart teacher at Hilltop Elementary, recently told us this story about her […]

One of the pleasures of my job is to gather and read feedback on the TechStart program directly from current and former students. As part of our application process for […]