Many OFW dream houses in ‘Little Italy’ still empty - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

Many OFW dream houses in ‘Little Italy’ still empty - INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos

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The President's Award for Educational Excellence award recognizes academic success in the classroom.

To be eligible for the President's Award for Educational Excellence, students at each award level (elementary, middle, or high school) must meet the requirements outlined below:

A. Individual Criteria

To be eligible for the award, students must earn a grade point average of 90 on a 100-point scale, (an A on a letter scale or a 3.5 on a 4.0 scale). When computing grade point averages at the respective award level, only the years at that level are to be included through the fall semester of the exiting grade.

Note: Elementary schools should not include K-3 in their computations.

B. School Criteria/Standards

Each school may also establish standards for the award that reflect a 90 percent level or higher on the traditional grading scale.

This category of the award enables school personnel to use new assessment and evaluation tools in developing award criteria at their school and apply the criteria fairly to all students.

The primary indicators of excellence must be based on academic achievement. School personnel may also consider, as part of the criteria, activities in which a student demonstrate high motivation, initiative, integrity, intellectual depth, leadership qualities and/or exceptional judgment. They may also require student essays and outstanding attendance, but these activities must bear some relationship to the academic performance of a student.

C. Additional Criteria

In addition to A or B, schools should use one or more of the following criteria to determine selected students:

1. State Tests and Nationally-Normed Achievement Tests: High achievement in reading or mathematics on state tests or nationally-normed tests. The school may consider college admissions examinations for seniors, for example the SAT or ACT.

OR

2. Recommendations from a teacher plus one other staff member:

• One recommendation should reflect outstanding achievement in courses such as English, mathematics, science, history, geography, art, foreign language, and any other courses that reflect a school's core curriculum. This judgment should be supported by tangible evidence of results on teacher-made tests, portfolio assessments, or special projects.
• The second recommendation from a school staff member should address: involvement in community service or co-curricular activities including tutoring other students and/or demonstration of creativity and achievement in the visual and performing arts.

The school principal has final authority to determine which students receive this award.

Nathan Dancing the Rainbow Song @ KFC Gathering

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by edmund (2010)

Pen and Crayons

Deepening

by edmund (2010)

watercolour edited in photoshop

Q & A Between Two Greatest

"Were you ever been worried?", asked by Dale Carnegie.

"No. I believe God is managing affairs and He doesn't need any advice from me.

When God is in-charge everything will work for the best in the end.

So what is there to worry about?", replied by Henry Ford.

Cooperate With The Inevitable

"God grant me this serenity to accept the things that I cannot change...

courage to change the things I can...

and the WISDOM to know the difference."

- Reinhold Niebuhr

God,

Grant me the serenity;

To accept the things I cannot change;

The courage, to change the things I can;

And the wisdom, to know the difference.

Living one day at a time;

Enjoying one moment at a time;

Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;

Taking, as He did, this sinful world

As it is, not as I would have it;

Trusting that He will make all things right

If I surrender to His Will;

So that I may be reasonably happy in this life

And supremely happy with Him

Forever and ever in the next.

- William Spence

Secret millionaire donates fortune to Lake Forest College

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Secret millionaire donates fortune to Lake Forest College
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Woman who lived frugally donates $7 million to alma mater

By John Keilman, Tribune reporter

March 5 2010, 4:35 PM CST

Like many people who lived through the Great Depression, Grace Groner was exceptionally restrained with her money.

The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/happynews/ct-met-lake-forest-donation-0304-20100304,0,1482999.story

http://www.chicagotribune.com

Law of Increasing Return

"Knowledge become power only through organization and use. Do not forget this: You can never become a leader without doing more you are paid for,

and you can not become successful without developing leadership in your chosen occupation."

- Napoleon Hill

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by edmund & nathan (2010)

MASTERMIND

"What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve." - Napoleon Hill