Recommended Reading

To Kill a Mockingbird
     by Harper Lee
Recommended by: TAG Staff
Recommended for: Grades 7 & 8

A striking novel about life in a quiet southern town rocked by a crisis of conscience.

From The Principal's Desk

GENERAL ELECTRIC AWARDS $1MILLION GRANT.

I am pleased to announce that TAG is the recipient of a $1 million grant from the General Electric Foundation. In response to a proposal from my office, the Foundation has awarded us $250,000.00 per year for the next four years.

This grant will underwrite almost all of TAG's teacher and staff development through the end of the 2013-2014 academic year. It will also provide funds for upgrading classroom computer equipment and for purchasing the remainder of the Smartboads™ we will put in every TAG classroom.

Most importantly, the grant will fund the training of teachers to help their students prepare for state and national examinations. Already, this year, we have used grant money to contract with Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions. Kaplan is providing materials and techniques to teachers to aid their preparation of 7th graders taking state math tests in fall 2010. We will extend exam preparatory training to all middle-school teachers by 2011-2012.