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.”
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
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
- 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
- Ellen Garritson, KHS
- Maddie Russo, KHS
- Suzette Hansen, KHS
Ninth place – Children’s Literature Pre-K Spanish
- Yuna Estrada, TCHS
- Natalia Estrada, TCHS










