Thanks to all who joined in for Tech Search Party last night. It was a great turnout, the weather cooperated, and more than $18K was raised for Alvarado Elementary, James Lick and Marshall Elementary.
Final standings were amazingly close. Five teams all correctly solved all 10 clues, but only the top 3 finish in the money, so to speak.
Congrats to our prize winners:
- Team Kai
- Is our children learning?
- Trot for Teacher
The Geek Squad at TSP Headquarters went to the email time-stamps to confirm that just seconds separated the top 5 finishers. Just shy of geek dominance were Seriously? in 4th place and Achilles HEAL rounding out the top 5.
The award for Best Team Name came down to these finalists:
- Alvarado Elementary, My Dear Watson
- DroidUnderMyBum
- The Frito Banditos
- Is our children learning?
- Miraloma Dragon Behinds
- Moms on a Mission
- Placeholder Name
- Trot for Teacher
- Veggie Guice 2.0 Cloud Experience
DroidUnderMyBum came away with first place. Honorable mention goes to Team With a TechSearch Tattoo. I honestly thought they were bluffing, but clearly they meant business.
Tech Search Party comes together with lots of help, not the least of which is
- Diane Smith, Dan Lanir, Darren Platt and Chris Stover for heading up our reporting
- Chester Hartsough for leading the charge at James Lick
- Michele McMahon-Cost for bringing the energy from Marshall Elementary
- Carmen Bal for being such an amazing help with this Web site
- Todd David for helping to guide government and sponsor outreach
- Supervisor Scott Weiner for helping out for the third year running
- Supervisor Jane Kim, Mayor Ed Lee, Hydra Mendoza and the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services
- Lucia Coronel for Spanish translation and overall support