Puget Sound Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology
TechREACH program

The mission of the Puget Sound Center is to leverage the power of technology, diversity and leadership to transform teaching and learning. In support of that mission, TechREACH was launched in 2003 with start-up funding from a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation grant and a Seattle Foundation grant.

About TechREACH
The mission of TechREACH is to increase middle school girls’ interest in science, technology, engineering and mathematics through hands-on high-quality curriculum, mentoring and real world projects. We create a supportive, diverse educational community focused on girls’ needs through partnerships with parents, schools, communities, business, and higher education.

TechREACH is offered through after school clubs targeting at-risk middle school girls—the group most likely to fall behind in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics areas. In 2005-06, TechREACH is expanding to serve approximately 250 middle school girls from Western Washington schools in the Seattle, Edmonds, Kent, Everett, Marysville, Burien, Mukilteo, Renton, La Conner, Lynden and Whidbey Island areas.