It's still spring heading full steam into summer and boy were we busy this quarter! To see who is going to medical school at Yale, who is leaving EEP In July and what major news regarding EEP campus space is brewing better keep on reading! As always, a condensed hard-copy version of this Newsletter will be sent via postal mail ASAP.
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Last Quarter's EventS
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The 28th biannual WPCT testing was Sunday April 15th and it was again a fabulous success. Well over 30 EEPsters, EEP staff and a dozen Parent volunteers welcomed 330 young gifted students and their parents to campus for this traditional Talent Search testing event. We thank the student and parent volunteers who assisted and served our guests. In addition and, as always, prior to the testing event we held the biannual PEEP General Meeting where the Director made his first appearance since his illness to talk with the parents of EEP en masse. EEP Parents rock and we thank them for attending, contributing and serving the tester parents and testers. Plus, we are glad to have our fearless leader back to direct the testing and Parent events!
As we prepared for the WPC exam, we were fortunate to welcome on April 2nd to campus a group of gifted middle school students and their teacher, EEP alum Mr. George Woo, on a Field Trip from Roger Temple Intermediate School from the Garvey Unified School District for a visit to the University campus and the famous EEP. Elders Michael Tecson and Elizabeth Chamberlain took the group on a campus tour and the Director showed the group the EEP lounge and held a Q&A session with them.
Who ever said gifted students aren't very athletic evidently witnessed this year's EEP Basketball Tournament (!!!) held over the course of a school week May 1st -3rd While no one was permanently damaged; this sure ain't the NBA!!! They actually weren't too bad for highly gifted early college entrants! (See Announcements for the winners!)
Gradnite at Disneyland was held on May17th where a merry band of 20 EEP Elders including many of the 2007 college graduates swarmed the Happiest Place on Earth along with 1000's of other same-age high school graduates. Many of our PEEPSters and the Director attended Grad Night back in their day when we hear they arrived in horse and carriage and roller coasters made of logs, were steam powered J so the tradition and normalcy of the EEP continues no matter what Outsiders may think!
Special thanks to EEPC and the PEEPsters who drove and chaperoned that included Grad Nite drivers/chaperones were Mr. Ronald Masson( Ronald), Amanda Jancu's cousin (Nina), and Mr. and Nancy Lustig (Alegra ). Laurie O'Brien (Frosty), Jean Petersen (Laura), and Eric Tung (Catherine)
Who ever said gifted kids don't dance evidently did not attend the EEP version of the high school prom otherwise known as The Anti Prom or the EEP Spring formal. The affair was held on May 19th in the World-class gourmet restaurant Firefly owned by PEEPSters Laurie and Karl O'Brien (Frosty). Thanks for shutting down your restaurant for a night just for us! We appreciate this sacrifice and gift! It was a mere coincidence that the Spring formal dance contest was won by the Team of Frosty O'Brien and his gal Pam Lee who performed a wonderful swing dance to the delight of the crowd.
EEPsters Rock!
Springtime is renewal time and in this vein, it was time to say goodbye and thank you to a great EEP Club (EEPC) administration and congratulations and hello to the new administration. So the EEPC Elections were held on May 23rd (See Announcements for the winners!) pitting the following three(3) candidate tickets against one other for the EEP leadership positions: Frosty O. & Jake P. / Nika N. & Lara R. / Lea U & Alex S. Keep on reading for ‘da winners! As you know from reading previous Newsletters and mass e-mails, Our Student Counselor Lisa and her husband Scott are expecting their first child in August and so we decided to honor her and her still developing baby girl at a Lisa Baby shower event held on May 24th, The EEP Club and office staff planned, organized and funded this happy occasion held in the EEP Kitchen with over 40 EEPsters joining in the celebration. For most it was their first Baby Shower ever, for some of the boys probably their last! The planners fully decorated the room in a sea of pink and other baby-friendly adornments included in the party was much delicious food that included a home made cake from Nancy' s Mom. Wow, good baby times in EEP for all!J
The good (and talented) times continued ala adolescence at the 3rd annual Supreme EEP Class (SEC) Show, This EEPster Talent Show was held at Almansor court in Alhambra on Wednesday evening June 7th. This year the SEC added an Art Show/Contest to the festivities and this year's EEP awards ceremony where the,” Student, Club and Parent of the Year” awards were announced (See News and Notices for winners). The SEC show featured Lea Urpa performing "One Day I'll Fly Away", Constance Jiang performing "Those Who Fight", Matthew Goldin performing "A Song" and his comedy stlings, Nika N was scheduled to perform but was, unfortunately, absent, Tori and Troi Irons singing guitarist duo performing "For A Second", The Duo 2d6 featuring Frosty O'Brien and Alex Lopez Stevens performing "Second to Some" and Maggie Herskowitz performing "The Wizard and I" Lea Urpa soloist, vocals, Constance Jiang soloist, piano Lara Roizen, soloist piano; Mathew Goldin, performance artist, the triple threat comedy styling's of a mystery student who also performed as a soloist-vocals and in a comedy act with Chris Kocurek,. Art contest entries included paintings/ sculptures by Edwin Peng, Jennifer Chen, Laura Petersen, Andrew Post, Sue-Youn Suki Kim, , Shauna Cheung, Matthew Goldin, and Tori Irons.
The EEPC sponsored camping trip to the beach at San Clemente was held June 12-15th and was yet another grand EEPClub success. The EEPsters do enjoy the sun and surf and, contrary to popular belief, gifted teens dig camping and roughing it (relatively speaking of course, as they didn't hunt their own food and they used public restrooms with running water!)
This term the EEP was involved in both the University and our own in-house Chess Tournament; guess it was not a huge surprise that EEPsters won both competitions! Special thanks to EEPC Student Life chair Nika Nourmohammadi who created and organized the EEP Tournament held in a Fine Arts classroom on May 4th. and the ASI Chess tournament that was held in Housing Phase Lounge II on April 27th (See Announcements for winners)
The 3rd annual EEP Elder Grad Dinner for the graduating class of 2007 was organized by graduates Laura Petersen and Elizabeth Chamberlain and was held at BJ's grill in Arcadia on Thursday June 8th from 6-9pm. Nearly all 25 graduates attended along with others present from their admission class who are graduating next year so it was, Wow, a true double-event success as an ad hoc class reunion that naturally and spontaneously occurredat the planned dinner. The Grad Dinner began in 2004 as a way for the year's graduates to have one last EEP event before beginning their lives outside of EEP and their alma mater Cal State L.A. Grads were presented EEP plaques and Commencement sashes by the Director commemorating their achievement of completing the degree as EEPsters, Compliments of the PEEP and the Program. While a tad sentimental it was a rather fun and turned into quite the joyous party, it was a treat to see former young teens as grown up men and women of letters. (See Accomplishments for a list of grads and where they are going next).
The 18th annual Provie Family Orientation, renamed the Pre-Summer Orientation was held on Thursday evening May 30th at the King Hall Lecture Hall from 6-9pm. This is the only time all the Provies and at least one parent are in one room at one time to discuss the Program and the Provie summer processes with the Director, staff, student Mentors, parents and alumni. Organized by the office with help from the Head Mentors Amanda Jancu and Swapneel Patel the event was attended by 60+ Provie hopefuls who asked many questions to the staff, parents and alumni, sometimes asking the same question more than once! We want to thank the following EEP Parents and Alum, who attended to help the Provies and their EEP,
Parents
Jack and Debbie Silvers (Haley)
Gina Herskowitz (Maggie)
Sharon Lowe (Brian Mui)
Dennis Pacheco (Jake)
Helene Chemel (Jennifer)
Donna Hay (David Nagy)
Susan and Ned Fenton (Michael)
Zoya Kavutskaya (Sasha and Kostya)
Valerie Dorfman (David)
Kurt and Jean Lee (Herbert, Pam, Margaret)
Nancy Jouhl (Sarah Sheehan)
Sehba Arif (Zeeshan and Myle)
Alumni
Dimitri Kosturos M.S '09
Myle Ott M.S
Tony Nguyen J.D
Tina Nguyen M.D
Christopher Chien M.D
James Walker M.S
Jackson Vane M.D ‘09
Laurie Kaye M.S
Laura Hwang M.S
Daniel Tamae PhD 2010
The University Public Affairs Office held the annual EEP Grad photo shoot on Friday May 25th. This is the opportunity to pose and photograph the EEP graduating class on campus by the Golden Eagle monument. Nearly 2/3 of the grads attended, all in cap and gown. It is one of the many culminating events of the year and probably the last time all these former Provies of would be on campus together since their Provie Orientations in 2001 and 2002!!
The 1st annual EEP Field Day was held on a beautifully sunny So Cal after noon in Eagle Rock at the Eagle Rock Recreational park from 11am-4pm on June 11th.The adult counselors present soon realized that a Field Day2007 is a picnic circa 1950-1970 with games and sports, though instead of the 3-legged race they now have a Raman eating tug-of-war and instead of the spoon race it was a hot dog relay. Instead of a slip and slide and hoola hoops they had a Moon Bounce, Thank goodness for water balloons and Frisbees, which made appearances too, J Field day was sponsored by the EEP Class Presidents, Freshmen Eugene Schwartz, Sophomore James Lee and Junior Stephanie Sung and student body president Pam Lee. Special thanks to Stephanie who took the main leadership role in the event planning and who did much of the heavy lifting involved in making this event a huge success! We look forward to more fun in the park in the future, as the EEPsters seemed very pleased and happy out in the sun having fun. It was way cool so thanks Stephanie and the rest for a wonderful idea and a very fun day. Also thanks to all Presidents for their help and work
We were proud of and a little sad to say goodbye to, the graduating class of 2007 at the University's 60th Annual Commencement exercises held on Saturday morning June 9th at Reeder Field, The day stayed cool which was very pleasant to those dressed in long black gowns and mortarboards! (See Accomplishments for the list of grads) Congratulations Graduates!!
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AnnouncementS
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Media coverage this term included stories on the EEP grads in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, the Pasadena Star News and the Sing Tao Daily (June edition) as well as the Chinese Daily News (Wednesday June 8th Edition). It is always nice to see the Program and our students acknowledged publicly, Congratulations EEPsters grads!!
San Gabriel Valley Tribune -- June 5, 2007
http://www.sgvtribune.com/search/ci_6060670
Pasadena Star News -- June 4, 2007
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/ci_6060670?source=most_emailed
Randi Swedenberg our academic counselor is Graduating and leaving our Happy EEP Family but we were fortunate that one of her last wonderful acts was to select her replacement Mrs. Monica Marquez- Savala. you may write to Monica at: EEPGA_Savala@yahoo.com Monica is a former teacher and current masters student in Counseling she is wonderfully energetic and positive and we look forward to her becoming a gem like Randi; Monica will be meeting each EEPsters in initial counseling sessions beginning in summer and continuing through Fall so ensure students sign up on the clipboard by the big blackboard (BB) in the living room ASAP. Thanks!
We are proud to announce the EEPC election results with a 58% voter turnout; the 2007-2008 EEPC are as follows. The New EEP Club Board is:
President Frosty O'Brien
Vice President Jake Pacheco
Secretary Margaret Lee
Treasurer David Segall
Social Chair Lea Urpa
Public Relations Chair Maggie Herskowitz
Academic Chair Swapneel Patel
Yearbook Chair Angela Chen
Student Life Assistant Jennifer Chen
Journalism Chair Chris Kocurek
Elder Council Natasha Spottiswoode & Jennifer Chemel
Congratulations new EEPC Administration!
The Winners of the 3rd annual EEPC SEC Show were the rap duo, 2d6 of Frosty O'Brien and Alex Lopez Stevens with 2nd place going to Tori and Troi Irons who sang and played guitars in their performance of an original song; All four of these young academically brilliant EEPsters are also wildly artistically talented to boot! Go EEP Talent! The art contest winner was Shauna Cheung for her acrylic sculpture exhibit. It was very cool to watch all the participants' performances and to see their work. EEPsters Art!
First annual EEP Field Day Winners: the Yellow Team (Herbert L., Kostya K., Jennifer C., Frosty O., and Jake P.) for their victory over Teams Red, Blue, and White.
The EEPC 2007 Basketball Tournament was a powerful display of EEP wild athletic talent, The Winning team was: 1st place Kevork Abrahamian, Steven Gee, and Rene Marquez, receiving a grand prize of $60 ($20 each). Albert Hung, Swapneel Patel, and Arnulfo Sanchez received the 2nd place title though no prize was available aside from collective awe and praise at the mad skills displayed by each.
The ASI Chess tournament winners: 1st Place : Konstantin Kavutsky; 2nd Place : Ronald Masson. The EEP tournament EEP Chess winners: 1st Place : Konstantin Kavutskiy2nd Place: Paolo Aragon
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AccomplishmentS
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EEP alum visiting or contacting us this term, in addition to those who attended Orientation in May include:
Young college grads get early start. 16-year-old Elizabeth Chamberlain among Cal State L.A.'s Class of 2007. Los Angeles, CA – Imagine entering medical school or law school at age 18, or earning a university diploma at 16—with honors. The stories are real for students known as EEPsters—participants in the Early Entrance Program at California State University, Los Angeles.With the advantage of starting college early, 25 students ranging from 16-21 years old will be receiving their baccalaureate degrees at Cal State L.A. Saturday, June 9, 2007. The exceptional students were admitted to Cal State L.A. through EEP, the only program of its kind in the nation. Modeled after a program at the University of Washington, Seattle, Cal State L.A.'s EEP admits extraordinarily gifted youngsters—some as young as 11—directly into college, providing the early entrants with monitored evaluation, regular counseling sessions, and the opportunity to study with like-minded peers.
Here is EEP's Class of 2007:
• Elizabeth Chamberlain ( Monrovia ), 16, English major. Chamberlain, the University's youngest graduating senior, plans to travel abroad for a year before applying to graduate school to pursue her goal of becoming a university professor. An honors student, she was vice president of the Humanitarians on Campus and a tutor for the University Writing Center.
• Joyce Ho ( Arcadia ), 20, biochemistry major. Ho, a recipient of an Alumni Scholarship and a Golden Eagle Award of Excellence, plans to apply to medical school to pursue a career in science or medicine.
• Christopher Humphrey ( Pasadena ), 19, computer science major. Humphrey has been offered a job at CZ Appliance Inc. upon graduation. Humphrey—named Cal State L.A.'s 2007 Computer Science Student of the Year—recently took 2nd place in the West Coast section of the Microsoft's programming competition, The ImagineCup.
• Albert Hung ( San Gabriel ), 19, biology major. Hung, who volunteers at Huntington Memorial Hospital, plans to apply to medical school and become a physician.
• Andrew Jick ( Altadena ), 19, business administration, option in business arts-prelegal; minors in economics and English. Jick will be interning with the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles—in the Government Benefits Unit in the East L.A. office—throughout the summer to obtain pre-law exposure. Jick, who is graduating summa cum laude, will apply to law school this fall.
• Paisley Kadison ( Beverly Hills ), 18, English major. Paisley has been admitted to multiple top 20 law schools and chose Stanford School of Law, with a goal to become an entertainment or sports lawyer. She spent one year at Oxford University in England , studying English language and literature.
• Clare Kasper ( San Marino ), 19, biology major; philosophy minor. Kasper, who will graduate magna cum laude, will attend the University Of Iowa Carve College Of Medicine this fall. She has conducted research through Cal State L.A.'s CURE, a program that provides research and training opportunities.
• Michael Kovshilovsky ( Torrance ), 20, biology major. Kovshilovsky, who will graduate magna cum laude, plans to attend the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA this fall. Michael was also accepted to: Miami Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami and Chicago Med, the Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University as well as Albany Medical College.
• Tiffany Kwong ( La Habra Heights ), 20, physics major. Kwong plans to apply to graduate school to pursue a Ph.D. in physics education. She received the G.E. Honors Scholarship in 2007.
• Owynn Lancaster (Shadow Hills), 18, anthropology major. A Deans' List student, Lancaster plans to apply to graduate school next year. He will be working as a substitute teacher after graduation.
• Jackie Lechtholz-Zey ( Los Angeles ), 19, business administration major, option in business arts-prelegal; minor in economics and sociology, option in law and society. Lechtholz-Zey, who will graduate magna cum laude, plans to apply to law school after taking the LSAT in September. In addition to her dual goal of obtaining a law degree and a master's in business administration, she hopes to start her own makeup design line or run an interior design company. She currently works at a real-estate development company.
• Herbert Lee ( Pasadena ), 21, computer science and biology majors. Lee will begin the doctorate program in computer science at UC Santa Cruz this fall. He will continue his research in bioinformatics after graduation.
• Pamela Lee ( Pasadena ), 18, biochemistry major. Lee plans to apply to medical school after graduation. She has been a medical volunteer at USC County Hospital.
• Samantha Lee ( Monterey Park ), 20, biology major. Lee will be working as a grant writer for Northeast Valley Health Corporation to gain work experience before applying to graduate school. She hopes to pursue a master's degree in public health, with focus on health management and policy in HIV/AIDS prevention and education.
• Chris Lemcke ( Burbank ), 20, computer science major, minors in math and creative writing. Lemcke will begin working as a web developer after graduation. He was program chair of ACM (Association of Computing Machinery) and technology chair of the EEP Club.
• Ronald Masson ( Los Angeles ), 17, biology major. Masson, who has conducted research on Sendai virus and cardio vascular disease, plans to apply to medical school. He has also volunteered at the Good Samaritan Hospital.
• Michelle Morales ( Alhambra ), 19, biology major. Morales will be attending the Yale University School of Medicine this fall. She was also accepted to Vanderbilt, Cornell, UCLA, University of Iowa and Temple . She received the David Cameron Fisher Memorial Scholarship, the Alumni Scholarship, the Ron & Nan Okum Scholarship and the NSS Dean's Scholarship.
• Timothy Ng ( Duarte ), 22, biology major; minors in math and Chinese. Ng—who received the 2007-08 Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Fellowship—will attend the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine this June. He was also accepted to Mount Sinai School of Medicine. He currently works at the City of Hope Beckman Research Institute.
• Laura Petersen ( Pasadena ), 19, psychology major. Peterson—who plans to pursue a career in clinical psychology, research and clinical practice—has been accepted to Columbia University . Laura was named the CSLA's Student Organization Member of the Year in 2006 and she represented Cal State L.A. at the 2006 CSU Statewide Research Competition.
• Andrew Post ( Altadena ), 18, computer science and applied mathematics major. Post, who received the University's 2007 Phi Kappa Phi Certificate of Merit, will be attending USC Gould School of Law in the fall. Achieving a high LSAT score last September, he was also admitted to Harvard Law and Duke University .
• Stephanie Tan ( Monterey Park ), 18, biochemistry major. Tan—the third sibling in her family to graduate from Cal State L.A.'s Early Entrance Program—will take a year off from school to gain work experience; she then plans to attend medical school and become a medical doctor. She will graduate magna cum laude.
• Catherine Tung ( Rowland Heights ), 19, biology major. An honors student, Tung is deciding whether to pursue a teaching credential or to apply to graduate school for a master's degree in public health.
• Geoffrey Yang ( Lancaster ), 18, biology major. Yang, who will graduate magna cum laude, will attend Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in July. He was also accepted to Jefferson Medical College , University of Rochester , and Drexel University.
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ReminderS
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Priority Registration for Fall 2007 will be EARLY this year during the 1st week of Summer 2007 on Monday, June 25th 2007
Advisement Slips due by Wednesday, June 20th at noon
Tuition due June 20th to 22nd, 2007
• We will alert EEPsters of changes @ Group Meetings, the Big Board and/or through mass e-mail.
• Group Meetings Summer 07 Week #4* July 10th-11th & Week #8 August 7th-8th * Due to July 4th Holiday Group Meetings moved from Week #3 to #4.
• EEP policy change on personal property left in the cubby area see Spring07 Newsletter in the Announcements
• PEEPsters located at http://earlyentrancefoundation.org/peep
• E-mail PEEP at earlyentrance@sbcglobal.net
• EEF/Parent Newsletter: http://www.earlyentrancefoundation.org/peep/newsletter.html
• EEP club/Student Newsletter and more at http://www.eepclub.org/?Page=home
• Pictures of cool EEP stuff go to: view http://www.eepclub.org/pictures/main.php
• Create an account today Visit www.eepclub.org a cool blog, conversation, posting opinions etc
• EEP Class Rings through Jostens in September, email: eleanorboudreau@jostens.com
• EEPC Contacts and Newsletter and MORE http://www.eepclub.org e-MAIL: eepclub1@gmail.com
• Students must have their basic subject Math and English coursework finished in their first 45 units, take the WPE prior to earning 135 units and should have the EEP staff direct them to a major advisor when ready.
• For the 06Yearbook DVD contact EEPCYearbook Editor Margaret Lee margaretlee.23@gmail.com
• Academic Advisor rsweden@calstatela.edu and Monica: EEPGA_Savala@yahoo.com
• Earn extra money by becoming an EEP Tutor. Contact 06 EEPC Academic Chair Sam Hsu at sammy_hsu@sbcglobal.net; 2007 contact: swapneelpatel1@yahoo.com
• Mock Trial Club contact David Nagy tealterror@sbcglobal.net for details
• American Medical Student Association (AMSA) contact Theresa at: tcheng5@gmail.com
Remember to use Lounge Resources
Student Information Binder (campus policies, alum contact e-mails, etc.) Course Evaluation Binders (faculty ratings / course evaluations by EEPsters) Group Meeting Binder (opportunities, EEPC events, sign-ups, policy changes) Hanging Wall File & Stand Alone File (campus forms and information on clubs, scholarships, campus phone directory, Honors classes, etc.)
CSULA-EEP Important Dates
June 11-17 -- Spring 2007 Quarter Break
June 18 -- Summer 2007 Quarter classes begin
June 18-July 2 -- Late registration/adjustments
June 20nd -- Fall'07 Advisement slips due
June 20-22nd -- Fall'07 fees payable
June 25th -- Fall'07 Priority Registration
June 25 -- No record drop deadline
June 26 -- Summer 2007 “W” withdrawal period begins
June 29th -- Provie Friday Orientation
July 13th -- Provie Friday Orientation
July 27th -- Provie Friday Orientation
July 2 -- Summer 2007 ADD Deadline
July 4 -- Independence Day; University closed
July 10-11 -- EEP Group Meetings
Aug 2 -- Withdraw Period Ends
Aug 3 -- Emergency Withdraw Period
Aug 7-8 -- EEP Group Meetings
Aug 27-Sept 1 -- Summer 2007 final examinations
Sept 2-19 -- Summer 2007 Quarter break
Sept 3 -- Labor Day; University closed
Sept 20 -- Fall 2007 Quarter classes begin
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News, Notices, Cheers and Jeers
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A Message to the Parents of the EEP from Richard S. Maddox
Our exclusive delivery method for the Newsletter and the Meeting Schedule is now through e-mail as you likely know, If you want a printed version of the entire text Newsletter mailed home to you call the EEP office at 323-343-2287
Just a brief reminder that the full, student-enhanced version of the EEP Quarterly Newsletter with photos is available on-line at: www.eepclub.org
See the Summer 07 Newsletter
For the parent Newsletter go to: http://www.earlyentrancefoundation.org/peep/newsletter.html
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NEWS & NOTICES from the Program Director
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Greetings EEP family
Well, if you haven't opened and read the entire Newsletter sent in e-mail week #1 of the summer term then you have missed a lot
As it was a very busy and active quarter. In my continuing efforts to be brief and succinct, I will address just three main topics this edition of News and Notices. 1.Due to a lack of staffing in an environment packed full of teens (i.e. the lounge) we have discovered we are not able to monitor all students 100% of the time to control for disruptive behavior. So in order to help save equipment and resources from damage/ waste and for the common safety of all students we must design and implement some method of behavior control, hopefully through self-policing so the students may be able, in the long term, to create a new culture of responsible, civil behavior. In essence, we believe it is best to have the EEPsters police themselves in regard to lounge behavior in order to control for some of the following poor behaviors:
Wasting resources, Misusing equipment, Horseplay, roughhousing indoors, Cursing and other inappropriate language, Improper cleaning activities including eating, preparing meals/food or drink and property storage, Risking the security of property and lounge, and Other Inappropriate language involving race, gender or sexuality
A new Program policy involving some type of EEP Citation or ticket system employing various EEPsters as behavioral control specialists backed by disciplinary actions enforced through the EEP office, parents and JD Board was proposed/discussed at group meetings but no consensus was reached. In addition, other ideas to control disruptive teen behavior were:
Cameras installed in every room, Parent volunteers used to monitor all rooms all through the school days, and Parent fundraiser money used to hire a full time student assistant whose primary function would be lounge supervision
I would like to hear from parents, students and alum with your ideas to keep the students safe and the program property free from abuse. Please send me your thoughts/ ideas ASAP to: rmaddox@calstate.la.edu I will continue to discuss with the students and the new EEPC administration as well. The goal is to have students' respect and value EEP resources, equipment and each other. In essence, we want them to be responsible and thoughtful. Not too much to ask we don't think! I would prefer them to police themselves but that rather laissez-faire plan does not seem to be working as well as we would like, as you will see in the upcoming jeers and cheers section
2. As noted in multiple previous Newsletters the campus has now followed the EEP in making e-mail the primary means of communication. Unfortunately even though we send e-mails to students and parents quarterly and we have asked for updated e-mail addresses from all parents and students for over a year we still find approximately 2/3 of all sent mail bounced back to us. We have included a separate flyer in this Newsletter as a reminder to please provide us a valid, working e-mail address. We promise no Spam, no ads and certainly we will never sell your address or disclose it to outside sources.
3. In approx. the next 12 months the EEP offices/ student space will be moving from Fine Arts. Final destination still TBA. I was informed in February that because the University Art department was planning to increase their MFA program that they would need to reclaim their space in Fine Arts that we have occupied since 2000 so we will be moving somewhere on campus. I will share more info that I may discover, with the students at Group Meetings and/or in mass e-mail notices to all. It is our hope that our new campus home will provide us adequate and appropriate space for now and the future. We will be expanding our fundraising efforts this fall in anticipation for the needs of larger space.
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CHEERS & JEERS
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Should any parent want to discuss their child's performance or if there are any questions or concerns please call the office to schedule a meeting. You may also feel free to call or e-mail Rich or Randi. Have a great quarter!
Rich
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StudenT ContributionS & The EEPC Presidential Message
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No contributions submitted – See Student enhanced version of the Newsletter for student input
President's Message
Hi everybody
I'm sitting at home writing my 3rd and last President's message for the EEP Newsletter, sunburnt, happy, and exhausted from a solid week of EEPC events. I've got some really great people to thank for making sure that our “hey it's the end of the year let's spend a lot of money and have a lot of events” blowout went well, but first I'll recap what we've been doing for the last quarter-
EEP Basketball & Chess tournaments were held in the middle of the quarter, winners are in the Newsletter announcements section. The EEP Yearbook was unveiled during 8th week, courtesy of Yearbook Chair Margaret Lee, and was of course accompanied by the EEP DVD. Next, a gaggle of EEP elders and their guests descended on Disneyland Grad night for the 2nd year running, resulting in some very tired EEPsters the next day. EEPC then organized a surprise baby shower for our wonderful counselor Lisa Sakamoto, held in the EEP kitchen. The annual SEC Show was held just this past Thursday at Almansor Court and again, winners are discussed in other parts of this Newsletter. The first EEP Field Day was held the Monday after the SEC Show at Eagle Rock Park , congrats to the Yellow Team (Herbert L., Kostya K., Jennifer C., Frosty O., and Jake P.) for their victory over Teams Red, Blue, and White. Gigantic quantities of both food and fun were enjoyed by all in attendance, and the event was a great lead into EEPC's San Clemente trip that occurred the next day. The fun of camping (Do eggs stay fresh when not refrigerated? How do you know when a hamburger is finished? Where is Post's ice cream???) coupled with beach activities was a perfect way to round out the year.
There are so many people to thank for helping with these events, plus a few others just for helping out this year, so I'm just going to write a list of people instead of going into pages of appreciation (which, I can assure you, all of these people deserve)-
PEEP
Christian & Christina Puiu-for chaperoning San Clemente without complaint, including feeding the droves of hungry EEPsters that congregated around their campsite
Ned Fenton-for donating Gladys, our beloved soda machine, as well as advising us constantly throughout the year
Donna Hay-for advice and advertising EEPC services to the PEEP
Laurie & Carl O'Brien-for letting us use their restaurant for the formal as well as aiding in organization and preparation
Ronald Masson-for advice and for constantly offering to chaperone our events
Staff
Randi Swedenburg-for chaperoning and attending our events, helping out at our meetings, and just getting involved whenever possible
Rich Maddox-for everything
Nancy Aguilar, Amanda Jancu, and Lisa Sakamoto-for advice & for helping us when we need it
EEPC Board
I already went into specifics about how much I appreciate each of my officers during my speech at the SEC show, so I'm just going to mention each of the officers plus a few others that helped out this year (if you really desperately need to know why you are being thanked then you can email me). So, galaxies of thanks to each of the following people for their contributions:
Natasha S. (VP), Elizabeth C. (Secretary), Swapneel P. (Treasurer), Laura P. (Social Chair), Margaret L. (Yearbook Chair), Frosty O'Brien (PR Chair), Sam Hsu (Academic Chair), Nika N. (Student Life Assistant), Stephanie S., James L., and Eugene S. (Class Presidents), and Herbert L. & Andrew P. (Elder Reps and Advisors to the President, whether she wanted their advice or not).
Also, I'd like to congratulate next year's administration and wish them the best of luck. I've had a great time working as an officer over the past years, and I hope your guys' EEPC experience is as positive as mine has been.
To my fellow graduates – congratulations and good luck in the future! I know it's hard to believe our time at EEP is ending, but I hope you all keep in touch as much as possible. Actually, that goes for everyone in EEP, I hope to hear from all of you in the next few years (read: please talk to me L ). I love and already miss all of you (except you Post) and I have thoroughly enjoyed serving as your president over the past year.
One final thank you, and take care, Pam
Pam Lee
EEPC 06-07 President
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Other EEPClub Stuff
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Newsletter contributions welcome for Fall 2007 - All rebuttals will be processed
Individual Meeting Schedule – Summer 2007
Meetings are held on Mondays, Wednesdays & Thursdays, 8:30am -12:30pm. Check your meeting time and make any changes ASAP. You may see Lisa anytime she is available. Please attend your scheduled meeting on time.
Group Meeting Schedule- Summer 2007
Meetings are held on Tuesdays and Wednesdays during Week #3 and Week #8.
You need attend only one (1) meeting per meeting week
Students who are not enrolled in summer (thank you!) or who have less than 9 units are not scheduled.
EEPsters who will be matriculated to ELDER status as of Fall 2006 need no longer attend mandatory EEP meetings effective immediately but your presence is welcome and enjoyed.