Mission & Vision
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Booker T. Washington Magnet High School is designed to meet the needs of students with special talents and interests and is committed to excellence in all things:
- In providing a hands-on interdisciplinary, arts-centered approach to instruction;
- In utilizing technology to support the curriculum;
- In challenging students to high levels of academic and artistic achievement;
- In stimulating creative thinking;
- In maintaining a safe, caring environment in which diversity is celebrated;
- In creating lifelong learners and productive citizens;
And in maintaining a supportive partnership among students, teachers, parents and the community
Awards
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NATIONAL AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
- Alabama Department of Education Report Card for BTW - "A"
- Award for Arts Innovation, International NetWork of Performing and Visual Arts Schools
- Community Partnership Award, International NetWork of Performing and Visual Arts Schools
- Star School, International NetWork of Performing and Visual Arts Schools
- School Arts Achievement Award, Alabama Alliance for Education in the Arts
- School of Character Finalist, Center for the Advancement of Ethics & Character, Boston University
- Twice Recognized by Redbook Magazine as "One of America's Best Schools"
- Home of two of Alabama's Presidential Scholars in the Arts
- Apple Distinguished Schools Award for Distinction in Technology Innovation
- Featured in the CBS Television "Class of 2000" Series
- BTW Jazz Choir and Concert Choir performed at Carnegie Hall, New York
- Featured in the American Teacher Awards three times, the Disney Channel
- The National Science Olympiad (The Top Ten Finishers, Chemistry, Top Ten School wide)
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NATIONAL AWARDS AND RECOGNITION for STUDENTS
- Two winners of the National Achievement Award
- National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists and Finalists
- National Achievement Scholarship Semifinalists and Finalists
- National Imation Computer Arts Competition (1 of 100 out of 1,200 entries)
- Grand Prize Winner, Scholastic/Epic Records/Sony Corporation, Lyric Writing Contest
- Featured Actress in "Fried Green Tomatoes," between the movies "The Prince of Tides"
- Dupont Science Essay Awards, Top Honors
- Featured Artists, Smithsonian Portrait Gallery, Corcoran Gallery, Washington D.C
- Featured Dancers with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Alabama Ballet, Touring Cast-Sesame Street
- Published in The Best Poems and Poets of 2002
- Cast Member of the Tony Award Winning Musical, "FOSSE" Touring Company
- Cast Member of the Tony Award Winning Revival of " The Music Man" Touring Company
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NATIONAL RECOGNITION for FACULTY
- Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics
- National Board Certified Teachers
- Three American Teacher Awards Honorees, Disney Corporation
- One American Teacher of the Year (Visual Arts), Disney Corporation
- Reader's Digest, American Hero in Education
- National Faculty's Recognition Outstanding Assistant Principal of the Year, National Association of Secondary School Principals & McDonalds
- National Dance Educator of the Year Honoree, National Dance Association
- Two Distinguished Teachers, White House Commission on Presidential Scholars
- One Toyota International Teacher
- Multiple Recipients Who's Who Among American Teachers
- Educational Advisor, Congressional Youth Leadership Council
- Board of Judges, Columbia Scholastic Press Association
- Educational Advisor to the International Summit of Young Technology Leaders
- National American Teacher Awards Review Committee Member
- National Youth Leadership Forum Member
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FEATURED IN NATIONAL PUBLICATIONS
- Redbook Magazine
- National Association of Secondary School Principal Journal
- NEA Today
- Educational Leadership
- Women's Day
- Minds Alive - Teachers as Scholars