Teacher Advancement Program (TAP)™ Founder Lowell Milken surprised Forest Hill Elementary School, a rural Title I school in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, with the first TAP Founder's Award for its exceptional implementation of the comprehensive school reform. Newly created by Lowell this year, the Award comes with an unrestricted $50,000 cash prize for the school to use to help achieve its TAP goals.
Lowell presented the Award at the 8th Annual National Teacher Advancement Program Conference, held at the Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles, California. Hundreds of TAP participants from across the country were in the audience, as well as other influential leaders from a cross-section of fields with significant roles in shaping the future of education.
"It gives me great pleasure to present the first TAP Founder's Award to Forest Hill Elementary School," said TAP Founder Lowell Milken. "They have not only implemented TAP to the highest standards of excellence, but also have been true ambassadors of the program in their community and beyond. Forest Hill is a true model for TAP schools, and their achievements are an inspiration to us all."
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