Books, Buoyancy, and Beyond: Literacy Night at Beverly Park
Last month, TAF’s TransformED school, Beverly Park, hosted its Literacy Night which also included student exhibitions. A wide range of community partners showed up in support of the [...]
First Creek’s Thermal Energy Final Exhibition!
Tacoma Power came out in full force for First Creek’s exhibition day! Last time we checked in with 6th graders at TransformEd partner school First Creek Middle School, they had [...]
Icy Weather Can’t Stop Presentations at Roosevelt!
Roosevelt Elementary School came into the TAF TransformEd network with a wealth of experience and history. When we began a partnership during the COVID19 pandemic, its teachers had seen a lot. [...]
Brigadoon Students Can Survive in the Wilderness Without Technology!
Well before Brigadoon 5th graders presented about how to survive in the wilderness without technology, there was plenty of excitement in the building. The front office staff was eager to come see [...]
If At First You Don’t Succeed: Project Launch Day at First Creek Middle School
First Creek Middle School is TAF’s newest TransformED partner, and at their recent project launch, the heat was on … literally! The 6th graders at First Creek will spend the next few [...]
Building a Better, More Inclusive Education System (A Summer Intern’s Perspective)
This blog post was written by TAF’s Bank of America Student Leaders® summer intern Kausar Abukar. For the last 7 years, TAF has hosted interns from this program. Summer 2023, TAF hosted [...]
Roosevelt’s Presentation of Learning Brings Curiosity and Joy
If you were driving past Roosevelt Elementary on April 27th, you would know something fun and exciting was happening just beyond the school doors. Outside, a long line of excited parents and [...]
Young Scholars Become Rainforest Experts By Publishing Storybooks
A big part of the work TAF does in public school centers around project-based learning (PBL), but what exactly does that teaching method entail? PBL allows students to purposefully respond to a [...]
