they understand a concept. Intel gave the school three SmartBoards, and the school bought ten more with the award money. Georgia "Pay for Performance" award In January 2004, the school was one of 68 across the state which received award grants from the Georgia Department of Education in return for meeting achievement goals and effectively collaborating as a faculty. The school was awarded $130,456 for performance in the 2002-2003 school year. Academic programs Math and English cover a variety of topics each year, in preparation for the Georgia Milestones Test at the end of the year. Crews students earn higher scores on the test than other schools across the state. Each year, the scientists studied is just one branch. 6th-grade students study earth science (rocks, meteorology, oceanography, and astronomy); 7th-grade students study life science (mostly biology, some ecology); and 8th-grade students study high school physical science (physics and chemistry), and have the option to earn high school credit for the class. Social studies is done in a similar fashion. In 2005, the school began offering Latin language classes, and out of 445 eighth grade students, 104 elected to take the course. Latin is no longer offered at the school. At Crews, "Connections" classes (sometimes called "specials" in other schools) are extra classes which still make up part of a student's academic grade. Three Connections classes are electives, and these are all musical in nature: Band, Orchestra, and Chorus. As of the 2015-16 school year, the students have little say in which Connections classes they take. Other Connections include Computer Science, Art, Technology Education, Peer Leading (8th grade only), and Media Center Assistants (7th and 8th grades only). "Probe" or "gifted" classes are advanced courses in certain subjects: English, math, social studies, and science. In "inclusion classes," for one period a day, a special education teacher and the regular education teacher "team teach" the same class, in order for special education students (as well as regular students) to get more attention. Inclusion classes are taught in social studies, math, language arts, and mainly science (since special education teachers, who can teach the other three primary subjects on their own, cannot teach science in each grade level). There are no inclusion Connections classes. Music programs Chorus Chorus began at Crews in 1997, but due to budget cuts, it was lifted from the Connections program. In 2005, a new chorus teacher at Crews