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2005-06

Coordinated by Shelley Bronzan, DHS PTA 2nd VP



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Admission Matters
 Wed., 11/2/2005, 7:30 PM, DHS Library.

After a short business meeting from 7-7:30 PM, two local authors will join us to share insights from their new book, Admission Matters.

Sally Springer is an Associate Chancellor at UCD and is a psychologist with over 30 years experience as a professor and university administrator. She has published two other books, Left Brain, Right Brain and How to Succeed in College. Marion Franck writes a weekly column in the Davis Enterprise about family life and local and national issues. She has also worked at UCD as a new college teacher advisor, lecturer and counselor.

Admission Matters can be previewed at Ms. Springer and Ms. Franck's website: www.admissionmatters.com. On November 2nd we will hear information about the increasing competitiveness of college admission, how colleges make their admission decisions, how to choose a college that is right for your student, how to "apply well" for college, and information about the financial aid process.

We hope you can join us on Wednesday, November 2nd at 7:30 PM in the DHS Library for this informative and important presentation. Please visit Ms. Franck's and Ms. Springer's website: www.admissionmatters.com and come with your questions.
  • Sally Springer, Author, psychologist, professor, administrator  and UC Davis Associate Chancellor
  • Marion Franck, weekly columnist for The Davis Enterprise and featured writer in UC Davis publications for parents
 Admission Matters: What Students Need to Know About Getting Into College (Jossey-Bass, 2005) by Sally Springr and Marion Franck
The brain and how it relates to your student's learning Wed, 2/1/2006, 7:30 PM, DHS Library.

Our speaker will be Deb Kimokeo, DJUSD District Crisis Guidance Manager who be giving a presentation about the brain and how it relates to your student's learning. It is a very exciting area of learning that is changing daily. Ms. Kimokeo will teach the way the research says is most effective, using a variety of strategies. As a preview, here are some things we now know about the brain and she'll be showing how they all have application to student learning.

  • Experience sculpts the brain.
  • The brain seeks meaningful patterns.
  • Memory is not static and decays rapidly.
  • Memory is not unitary, there are two types.
  • Emotions are a primary catalyst in the learning process.
  • Information that is learned within a context is more readily recalled in a similar context.
  • Deb Kimokeo, DJUSD crisis counselor