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Sabin TAG Student Will Represent Colorado Sabin Middle School Talented, Accelerated and Gifted (TAG) teacher Carolyn Smutko congratulates student Lindsay Smith, whose entry was chosen from all the entries from Colorado to be featured on the National Council on Economic Education’s Web site: www.galleryofentrepreneurs.org.The National Council on Economic Education celebrates Entrepreneurship Week (Feb. 23 – March 1, 2008) with a number of activities, including the Gallery of Entrepreneurs Contest, a nationwide contest and drawing for young people in grades K-12. Students of participating teachers submitted entries celebrating entrepreneurs from the state in which their school is located. The National Council on Economic Education chose one entry from each of the 50 states to feature on their Web site. Prizes of $50 and a copy of the award- winning film featured on PBS titled These Kids Mean Business will be given to each of the 50 entries selected to appear. A number of eighth-grade TAG students from Sabin Middle School participated in this contest, and Lindsay Smith’s entry was chosen to represent Colorado. Her featured entrepreneur was Carl T. Hammond, founder of the Colorado- based Hammond’s Candy Factory. Sabin is very proud of Lindsay. |