NBRS Badge for School for the Talented and Gifted
School for the Talented and Gifted - Dallas , TX
TAG Academic Decathlon Team
The School for the Talented and Gifted strives 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 academic, creative, 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.
We collaborate to take our students and provide them with the skills and cultivate their talents so they are accepted to the colleges/universities of their choice with the money to go there and to be successful at those institutions of higher learning. TAG students follow an extensive Pre-AP and Advanced Placement (AP) curriculum that includes a minimum of ten required AP courses. In addition, TAG offers many opportunities for academic, civic, and personal enrichment through its wide variety of honor societies, academic competitions, clubs, and organizations.TAG graduates are accepted to and attend the most prestigious colleges and universities in the country, such as Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Columbia, NYU, Caltech, MIT, Cal Berkeley, Vassar, Amherst, Oberlin, Middlebury, Univ. of Chicago, Swarthmore, Rice, Bard, Reed, Morehouse, Emory, Howard, the Honors Programs at UT-Austin, Texas A&M, Washington University-St. Louis, and the U.S. Military Academies.
2022 Awardee
School for the Talented and Gifted
1201 E. Eighth Street
Dallas , TX, 75203-2545
Principal at time of Nomination:
Mr. Arnoldo Zuniga
Title I School, Magnet School
Dallas Independent School District
Urban or large central city
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.
Student Demographics