It’s only been three years since Taiisha Swinton-Buck took the helm at Baltimore’s Digital Harbor High School, but in that time, she’s devoted herself to bonding with students via TikTok routines, leading by example on campus and making record-setting impacts in attendance, grade averages and graduation rates.
It’s those results that led to her being named Maryland’s Principal of the Year for 2021 — and it’s also the reason TODAY’s Al Roker met with her and 100 students from Digital Harbor Monday morning for a big surprise.
Swinton-Buck calls her students “a beacon of light” in her life, so he presented the student body with the sort of surprise they could really use. Every student at Digital Harbor is receiving a brand-new Dell laptop — theirs for keeps! They’re even getting a free year of internet access to make the most of those computers.
“It means everything to us,” Swinton-Buck after hearing the news. “At Digital Harbor High School, we’re focused on technology. Computers kept us connected during the COVID closures, and so we’re so happy that we can continue on trend. … We’re going to stay focused!”
The laptops and internet service donated come from NBCUniversal’s parent company, Comcast, and its Internet Essentials program. It provides broadband internet service to eligible families and is part of the companies billion-dollar commitment to digital equity.
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