School welcomes 14 new student techs

JAG:Why did you decide to be a student tech? Garrett Cumbie: I thought it might be a good opportunity for [putting it on my] résumé and [for] college. J:What is your favorite part about being a student tech? GC: [My favorite part is] being able to help people that have no clue what’s going. J:What is one thing you want students, teachers and/or parents to know about the MacBooks? GC: [So...

JAG: Why did you decide to be a student tech? Aidan Thomas: [Dorothy] Swafford recommended me to do it, and I said “that sounds pretty cool. I know Macbooks well enough and Apple stuff well enough. I want to do it.” J: What is your favorite part about being a student tech? AT: My favorite part about getting to help all of the people who need help is getting that warm fuzzy feeling in my belly. ...

JAG: Why did you decide to be a student tech? Mitchel Schumacher: I am pretty interested in going into the field of information technology and this is an early opportunity to experience that so I was pretty interested to take the opportunity. J: What is your favorite part about being a student tech? MS: Probably helping others, that’s pretty fun. J: What is one thing you want students, teac...

JAG: Why did you decide to be a student tech? Alex Whipple: Because I felt that it's something that way to deal with in my career path of computer science which is where I'd like to go for college. It seemed like a fun thing to do and it's good to help out the general school populace. J: What is your favorite part about being a student tech? AW: Properly being able to fix the problems on my own just cu...

JAG: Why did you decide to be a student tech? Zachary Botkin: I thought it would be a good opportunity to get into the [information technology] field and help other kids and students around the building with new technology. J: What is your favorite part about being a student tech? ZB: I like helping students and teachers with their technical problems and get experience in IT. J: What is o...

JAG: Why did you decide to be a student tech? Manoj Turaga: I thought it would be a great opportunity to help people with my knowledge of technology and helping them with things that they might need help with for their MacBooks. J: Where did you learn about technology? MT: I live in a very technology forward environment. My dad is a software engineer and my mom does networking, so my love for technolo...

JAG: Why did you decide to be a student tech? Wyatt Lindsey: First of all, it’s something I’ve always been really interested in. I like technology a lot, and I’m pretty good at it. It seemed like a good way to increase my skills and get some connections. JAG: How did you become a student tech? WL: You apply to be a student tech. There’s an application and then you go through an inte...

JAG: Why did you decide to be a student tech? Colton Brake: Initially, my teacher proposed it to me because she knew that I was into technology. She told me about it, and I realized the opportunities that it would provide me and what I’d be able to get out of it. That was really the biggest thing that made me do it, and I knew that it would be a fun class to take. Problem solving is something ...

JAG: Why did you decide to be a student tech?  Daniella Phale: It was something that sparked my interest, I’ve always been intuitive with Apple MacBooks and iPhones. Being a student tech was really up my alley.  JAG: What is your favorite part about being a student tech?  DP: Just making people smile because their computers are broken and they count on us to help them fix it. Especially ...

JAG: Why did you decide to be a student tech? Collin McKinnon: I decided to do it in case I ever wanted to go into the tech field in college, it would help me learn some of the basics of helping people out and [fixing common problems]. J: What’s your favorite part about being a tech? CM: The fact that I can sit here, relax, and meet more students, and get to know teachers better through...

JAG: Why did you decide to be a student tech? Cameron Long: I decided to be a student tech because I love working with technology. It’s always been something I like to do in my spare time. [I also like] helping my parents with any technology problems they might have.  J: What is your favorite part about being a student tech? C: Just seeing the smile on peoples faces after they have been helped and know...

JAG: Why did you decide to be a student tech?  Carson Everhart: I have an interest in technology, so I felt as if I could better myself by joining student tech and learning new things about the Macs. J: What is your favorite part about being a student tech? CE: Helping out with some of the more simple problems because you get through them a lot easier and it seems like they’re just things th...

JAG: Why did you decide to be a student tech?  Madison Vosburg: I’ve always been interested in computers. My dad and stepdad are both engineers so they showed me how to [work with computers]. My dad and I built a computer when I was pretty young so I’ve always been into computers and I thought it was a good opportunity to help students around Mill Valley.  JAG: What is your favorite part abo...

JAG: Why did you decide to be a student tech? Srikar Turaga: Well, later on in life, I want to become an engineer, especially on the computer side. Taking this tech internship lets me get involved in the tech sector, [see] how everything works, [and be] an IT specialist and work with people who are experiencing [tech issues]. I am able to use that experience as a way to get me into college and la...