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TCHS, KHS TAFE Students Excel at National Competition

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TCHS, KHS TAFE Students Excel at National Competition

Students from Timber Creek High School and Keller High School represented their campus chapters of the Texas Association of Future Educators (TAFE) at the Educators Rising National Conference, held June 25-29, 2025, in Orlando, Florida.

Educators Rising is a career and technical student organization that prepares its members for a future in teaching or other educational careers. At the national conference, state-level award winners competed in both team and individual competitive events and contests.

Eighteen Timber Creek High School students and three Keller High School students placed in the top 10 of their respective events at the Educators Rising National Conference, competing against more than 3,500 students from across the country. Timber Creek had the largest group of national qualifiers from Texas, with 27 students representing its program.

"This is an outstanding success for our program," said Emily Boehringer, TCHS TAFE sponsor. "I'm so proud of our kiddos! Competing against 3,500 other students, they represented Keller ISD wonderfully."

two TCHS TAFE students holding white ribbons

The placements were:

First Place, Blue Ribbon - Interactive Bulletin Board (JV) 

  • Lexi Fullner, TCHS
  • Hayden Matteson, TCHS 

Red Ribbon - Interactive Bulletin Board

  • Valeshka Mondolo, TCHS 

Red Ribbon - Teacher Created Materials

  • Robin Gonzalez, TCHS
  • Alyssa Richardson, TCHS  
three TCHS TAFE students holding a laptop

White Ribbon - Project Visualize Service Project

  • Ava Bower, TCHS
  • Karine Dunston, TCHS 

Fourth place - Creative Lecture

  • Zyla Stack, TCHS 

Fifth place - Exploring Education Administration Careers

  • Alice Davis, TCHS 

Sixth place - Inside Our Schools

Two TCHS TAFE students holding spanish children's book
  • Kaitlyn Friedman, TCHS
  • Clare Mixon, TCHS
  • Keira Evans, TCHS 

Seventh place - Exploring Non-Core Subject Teaching Careers

  • Isabela Mendoza, TCHS 

Eighth place - Ethical Dilemma (JV)

  • Natalia Torrens, TCHS
  • Olivia Tobkin, TCHS
  • Addison Pfaff, TCHS 

Eighth place - Teacher Recruitment PSA

three KHS TAFE students
  • Ellen Garritson, KHS
  • Maddie Russo, KHS
  • Suzette Hansen, KHS

Ninth place - Children’s Literature Pre-K Spanish

  • Yuna Estrada, TCHS
  • Natalia Estrada, TCHS