**Congratulations to all students who recieved medals and who qualified for regional competition at Baylor University in Waco (April 20-21)! Please see the list of the winners HERE! Thanks to all students who attended and competed in all the different events!
**National Merit Finalists and National Achievement Scholars!!
Congratulations to these TAG seniors who have been named National Merit Finalists:
Joshua Dela Cruz
Samuel Fernandez
Liam McShane
Benjamin Renard
Sheridan Taylor
Congratulations to these TAG seniors who have been named National Achievement Scholars:
Theo Adama
Nicholas Okafor
**Congratulations to the TAG Magnet Destination Imagination teams that participated in the DI Regional tournament at Greenhill School, Addison, last Saturday, February 18. All the teams did outstandingly well, placing 1st or 2nd in the various challenges.
Two of our teams that placed 1st will advance to the state tournament to be held April 13-14, in Corpus Christi, under the theme “Floating with Creativity”. Teams that advance from the state tournament go to the DI Global Finals, to be held at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville May 23-27.
TAG teams and their awards are listed below:
•The Real Kids, 1st Place Team, Challenge C, Secondary Level, comprised of -Carmen Maciel, Hershey Pilla, Kendall McCune, Diamdee Johnson and Konrad Witkoski.
•Team Awesome, 1st Place Team, Challenge E, Secondary Level, comprised of Jamie Nguyen, Walter Poffenbarger, Vincent Tran, Brian Tschiemer, Noah Mendoza, Patrick Moore, and Art Leangsuksun.
•The Ladies, 2nd Place Team, Challenge C, Secondary Level, comprised of Nohemi Mora, Yuri Choi, Marlaina Wright, Ezra Calado, Michelle Laundry and Jovahana Avila.
•Ker BLam, 2nd Place Team, Challenge D, Secondary Level, comprised of Michael Kipp, Archibald Fraser, Fiona Fraser, Joey Wikelski and Ella Loman
**Sheridan Taylor (Class of 2012), a National Merit Finalist, has been selected as a 2012 recipient of the NCWIT DFW Metroplex Affiliate Award for Aspirations in Computing by the National Center for Women & Information Technology DFW Metroplex Awards Committee.
She will be recognized for her computing-related aspirations and for her demonstrated, outstanding aptitude and interest in information technology/computing; solid leadership ability; good academic history; and plans for post-secondary education. Congratulations for receiveing this distinction.
Sheridan will be recognized at the Metroplex Technology Business Council Tech Industry Luncheon on Friday, April 20, 2012.
You can learn more about NCWIT atwww.ncwit.org. To stay informed about the Award and connect with other girls interested in computing join the Facebook Group, NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing.
**The Dallas ISD District Science and Engineering Fair was held Saturday, January 28 at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Congratulations to:
Gwen Edgar (1st Place-Plant Sciences category AND "Best of the Best"-secondary) for her "Sustainable Farming" project
Bhagyashri (Ruby) Pandey (1st Place-Behavioral Science)
**The following TAG students placed at the District Championship Swim Meet last Friday, January 27, and qualified for the Regional Swim competition as members of the Bryan Adams or Woodrow Wilson's swim team. Congrats to:
Abigain Cartwright
Michael Kipp
Patrick Moore
Seth Nelson
Joey Wikelski
**Rising seniors, Sofia Weir and Emma Fullinwider, traveled to El Salvador after receiving a grant from the Omprakash Foundation. They provided training and materials to elementary school children. Click on their names to see their profiles and read about their experiences.
**Rising junior, Sheridan Taylor, organized the Girl Power Conference to empower and encourage middle school girls to pursue their dreams. Her event is featured in Advocate Magazine. See the article here.
**Sara Edris, Class of 2010, was named the 2010 College Board State AP Scholar. The award is given to the top male and female students in each state who achieve scores of three or higher on the greatest number of AP exams and the highest average score on all AP exams taken.
**Donivon Fletcher (Class of 2008) is profiled in this DALLAS MORNING NEWSpiece about his selection as a Bezos Aspen Scholar and his experience at the Aspen Ideas Festival in the summer of 2007.
Fletcher Article
**Donivon Fletcher (Class of 2008) was named a Bezos Aspen Scholar (only 12 high school juniors from across the country are selected) and attended The Aspen Ideas Festival in the summer of 2007. The program is funded by the Bezos Family Foundation.Bezos Scholars Page
**Anne Simons (Class of 2007) is featured in this DALLAS MORNING NEWS piece about her accomplishments as the Texas State AP Female Scholar. Anne is currently attending Brown University.Simons Artlcle