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PC-TAG is honored to announce this year's PC-TAG Teacher of the Year for HPISD. The annual PC-TAG Teacher of the Year Award honors and rewards an educator who encourages and inspires a love of learning in their students. Teachers are nominated by parents and students in the spring each year. Unlike most years, this year, the board made an exception and chose two deserving recipients. Dr. Christopher Miller, HPMS Principal and Amy Kovac, PC-TAG President surprised these two deserving individuals with their awards. Congratulations to Claire Zaika-Taglioli, TAG Algebra and TAG Geometry teacher and Shannon Taliaferro, 7th Grade TAG Language Arts teacher for receiving this prestigious honor.   In honor of Earth Day, on Friday April 22nd, PC TAG elementary students enjoyed an incredible STEAM program that features TREES! Students gained hands-on academic enrichment in science, ecology, soil science, recycling, and expressive art as they explored their roles as stewards of our Earth's precious environment. Students had 90 minutes to complete various activities including building recycled planters, measuring and calculating weight of trees, learning how to protect our ecosystem and understanding mycorrhizal networks. The event was sponsored by Park Cities Talented and Gifted (PC-TAG), an organization dedicated to advocating for talented and gifted children in the Highland Park Independent School District. PC-TAG strives to enhance the educational experience for talented and gifted students throughout the district. To see upcoming events, visit PC-TAG Programs Page. TAG Explorations explores the wonders of the heart in third grade. The heart of the pig is most like the human heart. The Bradfield third graders were able to dissect a pig heart and learn more about the anatomy and function of the heart. Each campus receives pig hearts donated by PC-TAG! PC-TAG happily welcomed our MIS and HPMS teachers and staff back to school this week with a wonderful breakfast from Jen's Place Bakery and Cafe Wednesday, January 5th. A big thank you to our resource committee members Jennifer Munoz and Dianna Bowen for hosting this event. Jennifer Munoz saw January 5th was National Bird Day and was able to incorporate that theme into the breakfast decor.
PC-TAG hosted a meet-up for Hyer families at the Hyer playground this past weekend. Yummy Donuts for the kids + Starbucks coffee for the adults = great start to a Saturday. The kids had fun on the playground while the adults enjoyed meeting one another. Hyer’s beloved TAG teacher Carrie Boydston joined the event and everyone was excited to see her outside of the classroom.  PC-TAG hosted a meet-up for Bradfield families at Fairfax Park this past weekend. Kids enjoyed Einstein bagels and had fun at the playground and on the basketball court while parents enjoyed coffee and conversation. Look forward to a meet-up for 4th graders from all schools in the Spring! Our robotics grant dollars are hard at work in Mrs. Myers' engineering course as seen in the article below that was published in the Raider Weekly at MIS/HPMS.  The PC-TAG Techie Factory event was a huge success. Over 60 elementary students and parents enjoyed an entertaining, science-filled afternoon. The event was hosted at University Park Elementary. The event was designed to engage and teach students real world skills in a fun, hands-on environment. Participants learned how to mix, master and create their own musical DJ style through the use of DJ hardware and software, code in Roblox and develop instructions to command Dash, the robot, to move around the cafeteria. The middle schoolers were the first students to participate in a PC-TAG student program this year. Our first event was hosted by Techie Factory. We had over 60 MIS/HPMS students and parents in attendance. The workshops featured Roblox game making, DJ music making, coding and eSports. The students thrived in this very hands-on workshop learning the technical tools necessary to build and create. |
