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Gov. Inslee cites TAF Academy

TAF Academy’s first science fair, held at the Bethaday Community Learning Space, was AMAZING. We’ve had a couple of weeks to reflect. Here’s some feedback from David Harris, TAF [...]

Each year, the Center for Educational Effectiveness names the top 5% of schools in Washington State in terms of improvement, based on combined math and reading scores over the past […]

TAF has been around for 16 years now, and we’ve seen a lot of the area’s high-achieving youth of color off to college. We know you have stories to tell about your […]

Here’s something FANTASTIC – seven King County school districts joined forces as the “Road Map Consortium” — a reference to their participation in the Road Map [...]

The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History opened a new permanent exhibition in November, and TAF is there. Our executive director and co-founder, specifically, is included as one [...]

Let’s hear it for the STEM Advisory Team at TAF Academy. This dedicated team meets four times during the school year to provide teachers with expertise and connections to resources […]

TAF Academy will continue as a “partner school” following passage of Charter School Initiative I-1240. Through our groundbreaking partnership with public school districts, we are able to provide [...]

TAF Academy students are gearing up for college, and part of that means following the Roadmap to College motto – “Done by Dec 1.” All TAF Academy seniors must click […]

We’re thrilled to announce that the Safeco Insurance Foundation has just committed $800,000 to TAF to help build the Bethaday Community Learning Space. This, combined with an earlier gift, [...]