In year two of small schools on the Evergreen campus, there is growing excitement about the partnerships, projects, and direction of the Technology, Engineering & Communications School known as Evergreen High TEC. On its way to becoming known as the premier engineering program in the area, the staff at TEC has established strong partnerships with the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Technology, including an advisory board made up of volunteers from The Boeing Company and NASA. 

TEC has added rigorous engineering curriculum that offer students the opportunity to earn college credits from several prestigious universites including Duke, Purdue, and Rochester Institute of Technology. Staff has also aggressively pursued funding partnerships and grants that have provided tecnology and equipment for a shop and lab for students. Students and volunteers are currently preparing for their FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Robotics competition, a prestigious competition involving hundreds of students from Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) schools in the U.S. and Canada. 

TEC recently was granted authority and funding to host a Summer Youth Program through Gateway Academy, a Project Lead The Way (PLTW) initiative. Gateway Academy is a project-based experience, designed to introduce middle school students to the fundamentals of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Students work together in a fun, exciting environment using leading-edge technologies to sample such disciplines as robotics, aeronautics, rockets, and eco-design. This program is intended to recruit students into PLTW® coursework at the middle school and high school level.

In addition to these new additions, rigorous academic work continues in the basics; algebra and language arts teachers are working with specialized coaches to implement best practices in their content areas.