Talented and Gifted (TAG)
Registration
TAG Options
Cambridge High School TAG Options: website: http://cambridgehstag.weebly.com/
Cambridge TAG teachers (listed alphabetically):
Kari Flores, TAG Dept Chair and Math floresk@fultonschools.org
Anu Krishna, Math krishna@fultonschools.org
Ann LeClair-Ash, World Languages AshAnn@fultonschools.org
Sarah Rhodes, Social Studies rhodess@fultonschools.org
Christina Sheara, Language Arts ShearaC@fultonschools.org
Mark Schuler, Social Studies Dept chair schulerm@fultonschools.org
The high school student has a variety of options in receiving gifted services. The options are: Seminars, Independent Projects, Directed Studies, Career Internships (11th and 12th graders only), Advanced Placement (AP) Classes and College Classes.
Seminars:
Teacher-designed courses are offered based on student interest. The objectives and activities of each seminar are clearly defined in a contract that the student signs at the beginning of the seminar. The student transcript reflects credit/non-credit.
- Each seminar is guided by a contract developed by a TAG teacher and approved by local school administration and the TAG office.
- The seminar contract includes documentation of meeting hours and assignments/projects requiring some work outside of the seminar to earn TAG credit for the semester.
- Seminars meet twice a week during B2 time on Wednesdays and Thursdays (starting September 11)
- Sign up through Microsoft forms (https://forms.office.com/r/XsQ9REwqq7) by Friday, August 23.
TAG seminars offered this semester (fall semester 2024)
Psychology in Everyday Life (Ms. Rhodes): Psychology helps us to understand ourselves and others and as such this seminar will use books, experiments, and current events to discuss psychological applications in our everyday lives. In this seminar, students will read books related to the field of psychology as well as discussing current events and some of the more famous experiments in psychology.
Global & Cultural Experiences (Ms. LeClair-Ash): Are you interested in different cultures and do you want to add “Global Experience” to your future résumé? Students will explore the many opportunities for gaining international experience, such as study abroad, work & volunteering abroad and backpacking through different countries. We will make interdisciplinary connections with history, arts, science and technology.
Logic (Ms. Krishna): Do you enjoy a challenge? Do you like to strain your brain? If so, the logic seminar might be right for you. In this seminar you will test and expand your knowledge to solve problems and puzzles through logic. You will learn how logic is the basis for the development of technology that we use every day and how using logic might open new doors to your future.
From Campus to Cubicle: Navigating the Real World (Ms. Flores): Are you interested in contemplating your future for college and beyond? Do you need a time and place to research your options? Do you want to learn how to make yourself competitive for the future? In this seminar you will research career options, research college pathways to your desired career and develop strategies to make yourself appealing to prospective colleges and employers.
TAG Diplomacy (Mr. Schuler): Diplomacy is a strategic board game that we will play online via two different websites. It was originally released in 1959. Its main distinctions from other board war games are its negotiation phases and the absence of dice and other game elements that produce random effects. Set in Europe in the years leading to the Great War (World War I), Diplomacy is played by two to seven players, each controlling the armed forces of a major European power (or, with fewer players, multiple powers). Each play aims to move his or her few starting units and defeat those of others to win possession of a majority of strategic cities and provinces marked as “supply centers” on the map; these supply centers allow players who control them to produce more units. Following each round of player negotiations, each play can issue attack and support orders, which are then executed during the movement phase. A player takes control of a province when the number of provinces that are given orders to support the attacking province exceeds the number of provinces given orders to support the defending province. Alliances are created and betrayed as the situation changes and no alliance is permanent. Diplomacy is a true study of Machiavellian thought and execution. For more information on diplomacy or to learn the rules go to webdiplomacy.net or vdiplomacy.com or contact Mr. Schuler. There will be a short paper requirement with this class and attendance is paramount. Three or more absences will result in no credit for the course.
Career Internships: (11th and 12th grades only).
Businesses provide the student with the opportunity to work with professionals in a field he or she is considering as a career. The student leaves school for one or two periods a day. The transcript reflects a numeric grade for this course in addition to the TAG credit earned.
- Prospective interns must apply for internship during spring semester proceeding the school year in which he or she wishes to intern.
- Each internship is guided by a contract.
- The students must maintain a business plan, time sheets, on-site evaluations.
Advanced Placement Courses:
These college level courses meet daily and prepare the student for the College Board Advanced Placement exam. The transcript reflects a numeric grade for these courses in addition to the TAG credit earned.
College courses:
There are college level courses taught through dual enrollment (College English, Georgia Tech Calculus, etc.) which can count for TAG credit. The transcript reflects a numeric grade for these courses in addition to the TAG credit earned.
Independent Projects:
If no other option works for your student (for example, the student is not enrolled in an AP or college class AND does not wish to complete a seminar during B2 time), then an independent project could work to earn TAG credit. It is similar to a seminar in that the student will meet with a TAG teacher (Ms. Sheara) to develop a contract, and then work independently (on their own) to complete the project. The student and TAG teacher will meet some other pre-determined number of times each semester. The student will earn TAG credit upon completion of the project.
- Each Independent project is guided by a contract developed by the student and TAG teacher.
- The student must meet with the TAG teacher to show development of project on a regular basis (as determined and agreed upon by student and TAG teacher).
- The student must present the completed project by the due date to earn TAG credit for the semester.
- Sign up through Microsoft forms (https://forms.office.com/r/XsQ9REwqq7) by Friday, August 23.
Notification to Parents of Screening
