School for the Talented & Gifted
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The School for the Talented and Gifted at the Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center (commonly referred to as TAG or TAG Magnet) is a college preparatory magnet secondary school in the Dallas Independent School District. It is distinctly known for its liberal arts, AP-intensive education style focused on students within a small scale learning environment.
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[edit] History
TAG Magnet was originally located at L. G. Pinkston High School. In the 1990s, DISD allocated money for a new "magnet center" as an experiment in accelerated high school education. This magnet center would house six different schools, each which offer college-preparatory and pre-professional programs alongside a solid academic education. Initially, TAG students were taught alongside the students at the other magnet schools. But after it threatened the existence of TREK because of lack of supervising teachers, TAG was given permission to have their own teaching staff that was specialized in talented and gifted teaching methods for the classroom.
[edit] Curriculum
TAG Magnet offers a liberal-arts style, AP-intensive education to give the proper foundation for college-bound high school students. Beyond the core curriculum, students get to choose among AP electives.
The Mission of the School for the Talented and Gifted is to provide an environment in which the unique worth, dignity, and abilities of each individual are not only recognized but cultivated and celebrated as well. We wish to provide an educational experience that empowers highly capable students to interact with their intellectual peers in creative, academic, aesthetic, and social endeavors in order to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow and to become life-long learners, responsible citizens, and contributors to the betterment of society as a whole in an ever-changing world.
[edit] Awards
- TAG was ranked by Newsweek's Jay Mathews Challenge Index as the #1 High School in the United States in 2006.
- TAG is consistently rated #1 by D Magazine's Best Public High Schools in Dallas.
- TAG is a NCLB Blue Ribbon School.
[edit] Tradition
Integral to the TAG environment, traditions play a major role in school spirit. There are many traditions at the Talented and Gifted magnet, some are student traditions, such as Arts Week, ICAP, and Scrapbook, and some are school traditions such as TAG-IT, TREK, and TAG Forum. While some of these traditions have been lackluster in recent years, many students are still working hard to preserve them for future classes at TAG Magnet.
[edit] Arts Week
Arts Week is a well known tradition at TAG that allows each student to show off their artistic talents. Arts week usually occurs in the fall, but as of late, due to a lack of participation, it is also scheduled for the spring. The person in charge of Arts Week has a ceremonial duty to relieve themself of their position and induct a new leader at the end of each Arts Week.
[edit] ICAP
Independent Creative Arts Publication, or ICAP, is a bi-yearly pamphlet which contains many of the students' poems, artwork, and random submissions. ICAP is where the creativity of TAG students, staff, and friends can be expressed without censorship. ICAP is both for the enjoyment of the student body and also a place where unique ideas and views may be expressed.
[edit] Scrapbook
Scrapbook is a yearly tradition in which the senior class collectively pulls together a scrapbook of events throughout the year, and before graduation, publishes a copy for all the seniors and sells copies to any underclassman that wants one. The scrapbook is officially a collective publication of the members of the Senior Class and expresses their opinions and memories of the school. It is not, and should not be, sanctioned by the school. "Uhh!"
[edit] Inklings Literary Magazine
Inklings is a monthly publication featuring student submissions of editorials, reviews, poetry, and general fiction stories. It is also TAG's first and only regularly published, school-affiliated magazine.
[edit] External links
Magnet middle and high schools Rangel Young Women's High schools Adamson | Hillcrest | Madison | Molina | North Dallas | Samuell | Seagoville | South Oak Cliff | Sunset | W. T. White | Woodrow Wilson Magnet high schools School of Government, Law, & Law Enforcement | School of Science & Engineering | School for the Talented & Gifted | Skyline Career Development Center | Washington HS for Performing and Visual Arts Magnet PreK-8 schools Dealey Montessori Magnet 4-8 schools Travis Academy/Vanguard
