2. Mrs. Manuel Philosophy & Mission
Important Information About Our School

3. Welcome to Heather Hills!
Mrs. Manuel – Principal
Mr. Roman – TAG Center Coordinator

4. Talented & Gifted TAG Center Program
Mission: To respond to the needs of students who excel in specific academic areas, exhibit high performance in intellectual, creativity and leadership skills or show the potential for performing at remarkably high levels of accomplishment when compared with other students of similar age, experience, or environment. TAG students come from all socio-economic, demographic and ethnic groups.

5. Program Components A full day instructional program
Highly trained teachers
Integrated approach to language arts instruction
Foreign Language
Accelerated and Enriched Mathematics
Interrelated Arts Program
Computer Lab
Gifted Students with Special Learning Needs

6. Enrichment Opportunities
Jr. Great Books
Stock Market Game
Johns Hopkins Center for Talented Youth
Junior Achievement
Write-A-Book
Field Trips
Destination Imagination
Interrelated Arts Program
Talent Quest

7. Talent Quest
Heather Hills staff provides students with opportunities to further develop their unique talents and interests through participation in a talent development and enrichment program held weekly.

8. William and Mary Language Arts Curriculum
Language arts units focus on:
Analytic and interpretive skills in literature
Persuasive Writing skills
Linguistic Competency
Communication Skills
Reasoning Skills

9. Issues and Themes: Connecting to Overarching Concept of Change
Students learn that change is everywhere
Change is linked to time
Change may be positive or negative
Change may be perceived as orderly or random
Change may happen naturally or may be caused by people

10. Tag World Language Program
International Culture and Language (ICAL)

11. Schedule of ICAL Units 1st and 2nd Quarter Grade 2: Japanese
Grade 3: Chinese
Grade 4: Spanish
Grade 5: Spanish
3rd and 4th Quarter
Grade 2: French
Grade 3: Italian
Grade 4: Russian
Grade 5: French and
Japanese

12. ICAL Course Overview (All classes will meet 2-3 times per week)
Grades 2-4
Basic expressions in the target language will be introduced
Music, folk tales and art will be integrated
Make connections aligned with the Common Core to Social studies, Language Arts and Math while studying the target culture
Cultural experiences to include technology, guest speakers and special programs
Grade 5
Communication skills will be developed through language themes including greetings, weather and calendar
Cultural research and authentic use of language through projects
Textbooks will include Discovering Languages Spanish and French, In Japan
Technology integration with Rosetta Stone Language Learning Program in Spanish