Welcome to Haynes Bridge Middle School TAG Parent Night!
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Program OverviewThe middle school student receives gifted services in one
to four advanced content classes designed to challenge the gifted student through a rich and rigorous curriculum.
These classes include as well as extend and enrich the Fulton County core curriculum. They are a part of the student’s daily schedule.
Classes are taught by experienced professionals who have received an endorsement in Gifted Education from the Georgia Department of Education.
There is a priority on limiting class sizes.
Placement
Based on achievement scores, past academic performance, and teacher recommendations
Student may be served in each content area for which he/she qualifies
“B” or above in the subject area Test scores within two years on a nationally normed
achievement test as follows• Language Arts at or above the 90th percentile in total
reading• Social Studies at or above the 90th percentile in social
studies• Science at or above the 90th percentile in science
How is a TAG class different from an on-level class?
teachers use a variety of teaching strategies in order to encourage higher levels of thinking, creativity, and independent learning
including activities that develop independent learning skills
enrichment and/or academically accelerated material spend a larger portion of time on higher order skills such
as critical thinking and problem solving
adjust the pace and the complexity of the curriculum opportunities to move through core curriculum materials at
an appropriate rate
Sample Schedules
Student A
Period SubjectTeacher
1 Earth Science C Hooks 2 Language Arts
K Saef 3 Reading
B Straw 4 Team Time S Kwon 5 Social StudiesM Lee 6 Math 6A Clark
7 Phys Ed 6 J Saint 8 Art S Schofield
Student B
Period SubjectTeacher
1 Math 7 Adv A Farooqi 2 TAG LA C
Johnson 3 Spanish J
O’Kelley 4 Team Time S Kwon 5 TAG SS J
Robinson 6 TAG Science S Kwon 7 Chorus A Cole 8 Art S
Schofield
Classroom “Knowledge Tree”The students plant the “seed” of questions relating to science, and other students research and the answers
bloom as “leaves” all year round.
Welcome to Earth Science!
Science should…•..be hands-on •..be relatable•encourage students to explore
You Can Expect Projects Like…Geology Unit
-Create a machine that will drill to the center of the earth
-Rock-a-Ween- tell the story of rock transformation with
a twist of Halloween Meteorology Unit
- Predict the next tropical storm of a chosen country and
create an evacuation planAstronomy Unit
-Race Around the Solar System- Astronomy Version of the
“Amazing Race” Resource Unit
-Research and create a proposal for City Council on best energy resource for City of Alpharetta in 2043 (30 years from now)
Math Placement Determined by the general education teacher Based upon system guidelines Courses taught by a gifted endorsed teacher in
mathematicsMiddle School Mathematics Placement Guidelines for 2012-2013 School Year
Current Grade Level Student's Current Course
Student's Current Performance Next Year Placement Course Number
5th Grade
Math 5 On-Level
Level 1 or 2 on latest CRCT Math 6 On-Level 27.0210000
Math 5 On-level Unit Assessment Average ≥ 88% OR ITBS ≥ 90% AND Level 3 on latest CRCT
Math 6 Advanced27.0210040
Math 5 Advanced
Math 5 Adv Unit Assessment Average < 80% Advanced OR Level 1 or 2 on latest CRCT
Math 6 On-Level
27.0210000
Math 5 Adv Unit Assessment Average ≥ 80% AND Level 3 on latest CRCT
Math 6 Advanced27.0210040
Math 6Math 6 Summative Assessment Average ≥ 70%
Math 7
27.0220006 or27.0220046
Math
6th Grade Math 6 Adv. Math 7 Acc.
7th Grade Math 7 Adv. Math 8 Acc.
8th Grade Math 8 Adv. CCGPS Coordinate
Algebra Honors CCGPS Accelerated
Coordinate Algebra Honors
TAG Social Studies 6th & 7th Grades
Geography History Government Economics
8th Grade Georgia Studies
Evaluation of Student Performance
Student is evaluated on the same reporting system as in other classes (progress report with a numerical grade)
Evaluation based on test grades, assignments, and classroom performance
An annual review conference is held with parents to discuss student’s progress
If a student is experiencing difficulty in the gifted program, a conference is held to discuss continuation options of probation within or dismissal from gifted services