2017 TAP Founder's Award Finalists

The 2017 TAP Founder's Award finalist schools are honored at a luncheon at the National TAP Conference. From left to right: NIET Chairman and TAP Founder Lowell Milken, Alice M. Harte Charter School (LA) Principal Robert Hill, Hmong College Preparatory Academy (MN) Elementary Interim Assistant Director of Teaching and Learning Krista Skoglund; Barrera Veterans Elementary School (TX) Principal Geneva Salinas; West Goshen Elementary School Principal (IN) Lori Line; G.W. Carver Primary School (LA) Principal Latatia Johnson; and NIET CEO Dr. Gary Stark.

Alice M. Harte Charter School in New Orleans is honored as a 2017 TAP Founder's Award finalist at a luncheon at the National TAP Conference. Each finalist receives a plaque and $10,000 prize. From left to right: NIET Chairman Lowell Milken, Alice M. Harte Charter School Principal Robert Hill, and NIET CEO Dr. Gary Stark.

Barrera Veterans Elementary School in Somerset Independent School District, Texas, is honored as a 2017 TAP Founder's Award Finalist at a luncheon at the National TAP Conference. Each finalist receives a plaque and $10,000 prize. From left to right: NIET Chairman Lowell Milken, Barrera Veterans Elementary School Principal Geneva Salinas, and NIET CEO Dr. Gary Stark.

Dodson Branch School in Tennessee is honored as a 2017 TAP Founder's Award finalist during a luncheon at the National TAP Conference. Each finalist receives a plaque and $10,000 prize. From left to right: NIET Chairman Lowell Milken, Dodson Branch School Principal Tammy Woolbright, and NIET CEO Dr. Gary Stark.

Hmong College Preparatory Academy in Minnesota is honored as a 2017 TAP Founder's Award finalist during a luncheon at the National TAP Conference. Each finalist receives a plaque and $10,000 prize. From left to right: NIET Chairman Lowell Milken, Hmong College Preparatory Academy Elementary Interim Assistant Director of Teaching and Learning Krista Skoglund, and NIET CEO Dr. Gary Stark.

G.W. Carver Primary School in Louisiana is honored as a 2017 TAP Founder's Award finalist during a luncheon at the National TAP Conference. Each finalist receives a plaque and $10,000 prize. From left to right: NIET Chairman Lowell Milken, G.W. Carver Primary School Principal Latatia Johnson, and NIET CEO Dr. Gary Stark.

West Goshen Elementary School in Indiana is honored as a 2017 TAP Founder's Award finalist during a luncheon at the National TAP Conference. Each finalist receives a plaque and $10,000 prize. From left to right: NIET Chairman Lowell Milken, West Goshen Elementary School School Principal Lori Line, and NIET CEO Dr. Gary Stark.