TAG (Talented and Gifted)
Talented and Gifted (TAG) education serves the purpose of providing instruction that challenges high-end learners and meets each student’s learning needs. Through TAG, advanced instruction is provided in the classroom setting for gifted students. In compliance with the Oregon TAG mandate for gifted education, the PPS TAG program focuses on meeting the student’s instructional level and rate of learning every day in the classroom across the curriculum. Nominations for TAG are accepted in the fall of each school year. TAG testing takes place in the early spring. Announcements regarding TAG are posted on the TAG bulletin board near the office and in the In Touch newsletter.
Irvington is expanding our enrichment program for TAG students. Classroom teachers are being trained in additional differentiation strategies, TAG students will have the option of individualized pacing through the Accelerated Math and Accelerated Reading programs, and we will be holding TAG Family nights where parents will learn strategies to use at home with their children. Questions? Contact Irvington’s TAG Coordinator, Kathleen Ellwood, kellwood@pps.net.
2011-12 TAG Dates
9/16 — Student/Parent Surveys sent home for existing TAG students
10/3 — All 2nd graders screened for TAG qualification
10/20 — TAG parent information night — 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. at the Grant High School Library, 2245 NE 36th Ave.
11/18 — Deadline for submission of TAG nomination forms
January — Nominated students tested
4/5 — TAG parent meeting
Interested in receiving TAG-oriented information?
Interested in communicating with other parents of TAG kids? Join Irvington’s TAG listserve group if you would like to stay abreast of what is happening with Irvington’s TAG program. Sign up for the TAG Google Group at: http://groups.google.com/group/irvington-school-tag?hl=en. This will enable you to post messages and receive email messages from the group. The postings are available for anyone to view at http://groups.google.com/group/irvington-school-tag/topics.
Irvington school volunteers make it happen!
PTA coordinates parent involvement at school but you are in charge of what you’d like to do. Not all families look the same and not all volunteer roles are the same and both can change from year to year. If you had 10 hours to share with our school this year, what would you like to do? Together many hands make light work and our community grows. Best of all your child will see you actively involved in his/her future.
