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The 2018-2019 DETSA State Officers traveled to Mallard Lodge on July 12th for the annual summer retreat. At the retreat, the officers created the 2018-2019 plan of work, planned monthly service projects, and started planning for the Fall Leadership Conference (FLC).  The officers also had time to “make a splash” when we went out canoeing. It was a great time! As a team, we were able to have fun, bond, share thoughts, smile, laugh, and Read more…

Top state medalists from throughout Delaware represented Delaware at the National Technology Student Association (TSA) conference held in Atlanta, Georgia on June 22-26, 2018.  Students competed with national finalists in events such as computer-aided design; dragster design; engineering, inventions & innovations; leadership strategies; manufacturing prototype; medical technology; on-demand video; promotional graphics; structural engineering; system control technology; video game design; VEX robotics, website design and more. The conference was the largest in TSA history, with more than 8,000 Read more…

Past DETSA State President Connor Wagaman (Concord High School) shared “despite having always enjoyed science and math, I once had a strong aversion to technology; I was wary of its potential to waste time – unaware of its power to improve the world. Then, in eighth grade, I joined the PS duPont Technology Student Association. It was amazing! Mr. Singer, our advisor, kept the lab open late, and the atmosphere focused – but fun. In Read more…

A key component of national TSA’s strategic plan is “Telling Our TSA Story.” Mike Fitzgerald is the state advisor for Delaware TSA and Delaware SkillsUSA. He also provides leadership throughout the state as the education associate for the Career Clusters of STEM; information technology; architecture and construction; manufacturing; and arts/AV technology and communications for the Delaware Department of Education. Now, Mr. Fitzgerald shares several ways to #TalkTSA, as Delaware TSA spreads the word across the state—and Read more…

“I may be small, but I can do it all.” That was the theme of Priya Gupta’s campaign slogan as she ran for office at the Delaware Technology Student Association (TSA) state competition last month. Standing at barely five feet tall, Gupta exemplified the gung-ho attitude of the nearly 900 middle school and high school students competing in the Delaware STEM contests. As a freshman at Caesar Rodney High School in Camden, DE, Gupta is currently the Read more…