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Student stories

See the impact computer science classes supported by TEALS have made for high school students as they learn fundamental skills for success in the digital world.

Students in action

Partnering with TEALS, McDonogh 35 is now teaching a computer science program for the first time. Hear from the students about the benefits of this class.

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TEALS student Joevell Arnold leans against a window in an office environment.

Passion for computer science nurtured through the TEALS program

Joevell Arnold took his first-ever computer science (CS) class through TEALS. Now he is teaching artificial intelligence and coding to everyone from elementary-aged kids to professional basketball players.

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A young woman standing outside near at a bus stop wearing headphones and giving a peace sign with her right hand.

Persistence in tech

Arabia took her first ever CS course in high school, it sparked interest to go on to study CS and Studio Art at Smith College. After graduation Arabia founded Politics on the Go, a civic engagement tech startup, and a collective, Da Cypher. She's also a Venture for America Fellow and works as a Project Manager at a tech company. It all started with one CS course!

Student Patrick Wilson codes on a laptop.

A student identified the need for a digital tool

Patrick Wilson, a CS student at Kansas State School for the Blind (KSSB), developed a time-saving app. After a semester of learning python in his TEALS CS course, Patrick coded a screen-scraper. This app sends a daily lunch menu directly to subscribed classmates' phones.

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Bring TEALS to a school in your community

TEALS supports standard high school course offerings relevant in today's digital world including Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence/Data Science/Machine Learning.