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The Talented and Gifted School for Young Scholars (TAG) is one of New York City’s five public citywide gifted and talented (G&T) schools. Founded in 1989, TAG is located in the vibrant neighborhood of East Harlem and serves grades K-8.
TAG has the most diverse student body of the five citywide G&T schools. Our students are exceptional, with incoming kindergartners scoring in the 99th percentile on a national test used to determine admissions to gifted programs in NYC. In general, TAG students work at least one year above their grade level. TAG consistently ranks as one of the top performing schools in NYC and received an overall grade of “A” in its most recent progress report. TAG was also the recipient of the Blackboard Award for Outstanding Elementary and Middle School in 2013. Mayor Bloomberg recognized TAG as one of the top 22 schools in NY State in 2013. Please see the promotional flyer for the Robotics lessons. The program will start on 28 March and will run every Tuesdays for 10 weeks. There are two sessions - one for the upper elementry (4th and 5th grade), and another one for second and third grade. Please note that the seats are limited to only 12 scholars per session. Please note the timings as scholars in 2nd and 3rd grade who are not in the Y after-school program may need to arrange the pick-up during school dismissal and drop off for the program at 3.45pm on their own. Scholars in 2nd and 3rd graders who are not in Y program may join the earlier session if seats are available as both sessions are for beginners. Since we do not have an enrichment coordinator, parents who sign up are required to volunteer once during the session from 2:15pm to 5pm (arriving by 2pm to manage dismissal, until all the scholars leave the school). As this is a pilot program, we are still working on the best way to organize it and run it successfully. We will keep you informed should there be any changes. Please register now. Grade 4 and 5: https://www.codeadvantage.org/registration?id=IZJTC1IS4XASGXHL Grade 2 and 3: https://www.codeadvantage.org/registration?id=QZBRESNNSPBQFZLU Contact Amit/Fangyu/Rasheedah Brown-Harris if you have any questions, comments or concerns.  Registration is STILL OPEN to register for virtual Mandarin Classes.
If you know anyone interested, please have them email below (email address and instructions below and on flyer) AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, if we do not get enough students registered, we will have to cancel this semester. :( Registration is STILL open. Classes started this Wednesday Feb 8th. But we need more students to register. Classes will run from February 8th to June 21st.There will be a total of 18 classes, $360 for the term. Invoicing will go out to parents once they register and they are more than happy to accept split payments. Classes will be on Wednesdays from 6:30pm-7:30pm. Email Daphne to register (see flyer) at Daphne@manhattanmandarin.com ManhattanMandarin.com | M2Tutoring.com Contact Daphne or Enrichment if you have any questions, comments or concerns about this program. If you are interested, please email asap, we would love to keep these classes going for our young scholars.  Mandarin Classes are back virtually for our TAG Community.
If you know anyone interested, please have them email below (email address and instructions below and on flyer). Registration is open now and the deadline is Friday February 3rd. Classes will start February 8th and end June 21st, no class on 2/22 or 4/12 for Mid-winter break and Spring break. There will be a total of 18 classes, $360 for the term. Invoicing will go out to parents once they register and they are more than happy to accept split payments. We will keep the current time of Wednesdays 6:30pm-7:30pm and open up two additional introductory classes for Grades K-2 and 3-6. If the current students would like to continue with us into next term, the parents will just need to send a quick notice to confirm their attendance. Email Daphne to register (see flyer) at Daphne@manhattanmandarin.com ManhattanMandarin.com | M2Tutoring.com Contact Daphne or Enrichment if you have any questions, comments or concerns about this program. As we approach year-end, get your iPledge donations in to record a tax deduction for 2022! Yes, donations to the TAG PTA are TAX DEDUCTIBLE! Corporate Matching: And please check with your employer or your HR department to see whether they match donations, and how the program works. Many companies will match their employee’s donations dollar for dollar (some even more!). Corporate matching may be subject to an annual cap for each employee so get your iPledge donation in for 2022 to get your 2022 corporate match! Don’t leave your 2022 CORPORATE MATCH on the table! iPledge #1 Goal: It’s simple. 100% school-wide participation. No donation is too small or too large and if you can’t contribute money, the iPledge site gives you the option to donate your time. So, please, we ask everyone to pitch in at whatever level they are comfortable with. See details on iPledge here and answers to corporate match FAQs Where are we on Fundraising? The TAG Community is SO grateful to all donations made to date, bringing us up to $50,000 and 1/6 closer to our $300,000 target! What will it take to reach our Target? We need MORE iPledge DONATIONS and we need a successful AUCTION GALA to reach our target! PLEASE help move the thermometer up and help keep all our PTA Funded programs and community enrichment that make TAG so special!  Any idea of which companies have corporate matching programs? Yes, see list below for companies with a history of corporate matching.  Dear TAG Families,
Our 2023 Auction "TAG, IT’S GAME NIGHT" will take place on Saturday, May 13th at 6pm at Alhambra Ballroom. The Auction Gala is our largest fundraiser of the year and we hope parents will join us to celebrate our fabulous school community and help us reach our fundraising goals! The only way to raise money in an auction is to have A LOT OF ITEMS DONATED to sell in the auction! AUCTION GALA #1 Goal: It’s simple. 100% school-wide family participation in helping to support this important event. We are calling on TAG families to SOURCE DONATION ITEMS, generate SPONSORSHIPS and SELL PROGRAM ADS! Auction Gala Schoolwide Contest: For each TAG family that sources a combination of 2 auction item donations, Gala Program Ad purchases or Heartfelt Dedications (shout-outs in Gala Program), your students win a DRESSDOWN DAY! Any class with 75% participation wins a PIZZA PARTY! Lots of questions on how in the world to go about sourcing donation items? ALL YOU NEED is linked here in the FAMILY INFO PACKET! From example solicitation emails to a list of auction item ideas, we’ve got you covered!
Reaching out to businesses to get auction items just really not your thing, don’t worry, there are many ways to show your Auction Gala support and make your participation count for the contest: create wall art for event, flyer to advertise, come up with your own marketing ad to encourage item donations or record a short video clip on why TAG is special (get that media consent form in and it may be chosen to play at event) or otherwise get creative! LOG CONTEST PARTICIPATION for your TAG student here: tinyurl.com/studentauctionlog Together, let’s make TAG, IT’S GAME NIGHT an EVENT TO REMEMBER! Thank you in advance for your support. We look forward to our best auction ever! More information & forms:
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