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CSULA PEEP Newsletter

In 2005 an electronic quarterly newsletter was instituted to facilitate communication and to promote a sense of community among the parents of EEP students. A link to the newsletter is emailed to every family member who wishes to be on the mailing list. If you are not already on the list, then please email us and ask to be added. Links for all the issues will remain on this website. With any questions, please email newsletter editor PEEP Donna Hay, or call her at 818/905-6249.

Current Newsletter: March, 2008
Past Newsletters: Mar'05, Jun'05, Sep'05, Jan'06, Apr'06, Jun'06, Sep'06, Jan'07, Apr'07, Jun'07, Oct'07, Jan'08.


CSULA PEEP Resources

We also have a private Yahoo Group set up just for PEEPs. Click on the "Join" button on the left to ask to join the CSULA PEEP group (admissions are verified by group administrator PEEP Virginia Mushkatblat), or you can do it from the PEEP Group page as well. The Group page includes a roster database to contact other PEEPs, and it has Rich's recent emails of general interest.

By request, information has been assembled on a variety of topics to help PEEPs and EEPsters. Please feel free to suggest new topics that will be of benefit to PEEPs, or additions to these documents on Emergency Procedures, Internships/Summer Opportunities, EEP Math Resources, EEP Math Tutorial dvds, and Scholarships.


Upcoming Events

Upcoming WCGTC conference:
          WCGTC 18th biannual conference in 2009, TBA
          Visit their website for more information

Upcoming NAGC convention:
          October 29-November 2, 2008 in Tampa, FL
          Visit their website for more information

Upcoming SENG conference:
          SENG 25th Conference Summer 2008, TBA
          Visit their website for more information

Upcoming CAG conventions are:
          CAG 46th Annual Conference February 15-17, 2008 in Anaheim, California
          Visit their website for more information

Upcoming events at CSULA are:
          Semi-annual WPCT and PEEP Meeting -- Sunday, April 13, 2008


National and Local News Articles of Interest

Young law school grad skips the bars and tries to pass the bar instead - LA Times, October 2007. Kathleen Holtz, 18, of Westwood has taken the bar exam and is on track to become the nation's youngest licensed lawyer. Click here for the complete article.

My Son Is A High School Dropout -- and Proud of it! - Mensa Bulletin, February 2007. PEEP Donna Hay writes an article about Early Entrance Programs available nationwide. Click here for the complete article.

Rhodes Scholar 2007 - 2001 CSULA graduate Leana Wen learned in November 2006 that she was one of the ultra-select group of 32 graduate students receiving the 2007 Rhodes scholarship. Click here for the complete article.

The Prodigy Puzzle - Ann Hulbert's November 20, 2005 New York Times Magazine article about profoundly gifted children. Focusing on Davidson fellows, she examines the history of research on giftedness, radical acceleration (including CSULA EEP), current educational opportunities, and intelligence testing. Click here for the article.

A Nation Deceived: How Schools Hold Back America's Brightest Students - America's schools routinely avoid academic acceleration, the easiest and most effective way to help highly capable students. While the popular perception is that a child who skips a grade will be socially stunted, fifty years of research shows that moving bright students ahead often makes them happy. Click here for the interactive Nation Deceived website, with the full report on acceleration.

Saving The Smart Kids - Time Magazine September 27, 2004 by John Cloud. "If the work is not challenging for these high-ability kids, they will become invisible. We will lose them. We already are." "A 2001 study found that 70% of kids who skipped ahead had no regrets." Click here for complete article.

Early Start - Gifted Education Communicator, Fall/Winter 2003, by Richard S. Maddox. An article for the CAG Journal describing the EEP Program at CSULA. "It is reasonable, if not absolutely necessary, to understand that such a program is not the right choice for all highly gifted students but it is viewed by the majority of EEP alumni as the only choice that would have allowed them to reach their potential as scholars and as people." Click here for complete article.

Could the Next Einstein be in Your Class? - Davidson Institute, 2001 brochure. Characteristics of profoundly gifted children, and suggested academic options. For a pdf online version, please click here.

But What About the Prom? - Gifted Child Quarterly, Spring 1992 by Kathleen Noble and Julie Drummond. An article for the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC), addressing students' perceptions of the Early College Entrance Program at the University of Washington. Click here for complete article. For a link to all of the research on the University of Washington EEP, please click here.

News articles about EEP and EEP students: 5/9/1984, 6/9/1990, 1/10/1991, 12/26/1991, 6/11/1992, 10/21/1992, 8/23/1995, 9/4/1997, 11/3/1997, 12/18/1998, 2/26/2000, 3/26/2000, 6/15/2003, Fall 2003

For a link to all CSULA news releases about EEP students, click here

For a link to other articles of potential interest, click here