PKP is currently working at all schools on the concepts of Win-win and Win-Lose situations.  They are reading and discussing current events as well as historical events to help them categorize and use the criteria for deciding what the situation should be.  The Article Review for level I and the Article Compare/contrast for Level II will be due to the teacher on:

  January 9, 2012

Parents: You should be hearing your children discuss these topics with you.  Please ask them to identify a win-win situation and the criteria that they used to identify it. 

Scholars:  please keep up the reading!!

The PKP students have spent the last month in conference with both their teachers and myself concerning their article review rewrites.  The final copies are in and they are currently researching how to put together the parts of a podcast.  They are learning how to use the technology to showcase their learning.

PHI KAPPA PHI YOUNG SCHOLARS SOCIETY

Second Year

Welcome back PKP Scholars!  We will be starting up with Phi Kappa Phi this year at Sunflower, De Anza Magnet and Wilson Jr. High.  Please ask your teachers about how you can participate.

  Description of the Student Program : Students would become Masters of each of these Domains of Scholarship as though they were levels. If a child mastered all 4 domains of scholarship they would be designated the Young Phi Kappa Phi Master Scholar.   However along the way, they have the opportunity to progress from Master Scholar of Discovery, Integration,  Application, ,and then Teaching.

 4th-8th grade students at DeAnza Magnet, Sunflower Elementary and Wilson Jr. High please ask your teachers about joining us!

We will send information home next week- Please be looking for it.

BACKGROUND: WHAT IS PKP?

In ECESD we offer advanced studies for our GATE students. The PKP program is offered as an opportunity to enhance their formal academic studies. The students learn how to do formal research projects and other studies, they have the opportunity to have scholarly discussions about what they are learning and eventually develop a thesis based on the research and case studies they will be exploring. They will also learn how to write a formal research paper and defend their thesis before a panel of judges. This is a year long process where the students who are involved aside from becoming scholars also learn how to develp perseverence, how to speak well publicly and how to manipulate technology for their presentation. The goal is that they master an 8th grade standard for presentation and research.

This year ECESD will once again offer our young scholars an opportunity to work towards a mastery of the Discovery Level (Level 1) that focuses on the depth of knowlege on one topic.  Our theme this year is : Conflict Resolution.  Our scholars who wish to master this level will be answering the question:

In what ways can conflict be resolved to promote a win-win outcome?

ECESD will also offer our returning Level 1 masters a chance to work on Level 2, the Integration Level.  At this level our returning scholars will focus on comparing situations where conflicts were resolved with both types of outcomes: Win-win and win-lose.  The scholars at this level will be exploring how different types of conflict resolution produce different outcomes.

MINI-Grant Community Service Projects

ECESD GATE supplements and enhances learning opportunities for students in the gifted classes by awarding six mini-grants of $25-$75 each for original ideas from the students for ways to service our community. 

Grant Projects could include:

• Development of an original project which promotes the GATE learners' academic, creative or leadership abilities.
• A research or community project conducted by GATE students or
• An opportunity to participate in an activity that provides a service/product to others in the community.

Please ask your child to ask their teachers about the opportunity to participate in the minigrant projects.

If you are a parent interested in having your child tested for GATE or dropped from the GATE program, please download the proper form and either send them via email to the district Coordinator or bring to Office #4 at ECESD. 

Thank you, Jeannette Quiroz

Si es usted un padre interesado en el programa GATE, o que quiere sacar a su hijo del programa, favor de llenar la forma apropriada abajo y mandarmela por email, o traermela a la oficina #4 en el distrito.

Gracias, Jeannette Quiroz