The School for the Talented and Gifted at the Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center in Dallas, Texas
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We are pleased to recognize The School for the Talented and Gifted at
the Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Center in Dallas, Texas, as this month's
Claes Nobel School of Distinction. Locally referred to as TAG or TAG
Magnet, the school is ranked #1 by Newsweek in its Best American High
Schools for 2006. The public school draws students from the entire
Dallas Independent School District. Last year students received 18.5
million dollars in college scholarships; 40% of the student body receive
free or reduced lunch. TAG has also been ranked number one by the Texas
Educational Excellence Project at Texas A&M University, which also
ranked the school number one in the state in African-American and Latino
achievement.
Other awards include 2003 No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon School;
Awards from the Advanced Placement Program of the College Board:
Recognition for having the highest passing rates in the world for Art
History, Computer Science, and Human Geography for 2004-05; Ranked first
in the state of Texas for overall passing rates as a school since 2001;
Rated "Exemplary" by the Texas Education Agency every year since the
inception of the program in 1990; Texas Business Education Council Honor
Roll Award in 2004; UIL Champions for District 9-AAAAA in both 2004 and
2005
We congratulate Principal F. Michael Satarino and applaud how well TAG
is fulfilling its mission:
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.