04 October 2005
Selection for U.S. study exchange scholars set
THE Dagupan City Schools Division is set to screen outstanding high school students from among nominees of various schools for the U.S. study exchange program sometime in May 2006.
The program will enable Dagupeño high school students to explore the culture and educational system of Milpitas City in California.
The cultural and student exchange between Milpitas and Dagupan is an initial focus area embodied in the memorandum of understanding between the two cities. City Mayor Benjamin S. Lim signed the MOU with Milpitas Mayor Jose Esteves to extend the sisterhood pact of the two cities last July 21 during his two-week official visit to the U.S.
Lim said the program will help Dagupeño high school students become well-rounded and highly responsible persons
“This will also make the students in the city globally competitive in all areas of knowledge, especially in the field of information and communication technology,” the mayor added.
Aside from the opportunity for cultural exchange, according to the mayor, the program will also allow the students to experience the public or private educational system of Milpitas.
Each participating secondary school will select five student nominees based on criteria set by the City’s Student Exchange Coordinating Committee not later than October 7, Schools Division officer-in-charge Aurora Domingo said.
“After an evaluation, the field narrows down to three who will be later endorsed to the mayor from among whom he will choose the official participants for the US student exchange,” she said.
The criteria require a candidate to be at least 14 years old; has a general weighted average of 85 percent or above (30%); has demonstrated outstanding leadership qualities (20%); has excellent oral and written communication skills in English (20%); has demonstrated good manners and right conduct (20%); and has actively taken part in extra-curricular activities (10%).
Esteves reiterated that visiting students will be hosted by families from various Dagupeño associations in Milpitas even as the students will be given a one-week break to stay with their relatives in the U.S.
In turn, Milpitas students would also soon visit Dagupan. (Sunshine D. Robles)
The program will enable Dagupeño high school students to explore the culture and educational system of Milpitas City in California.
The cultural and student exchange between Milpitas and Dagupan is an initial focus area embodied in the memorandum of understanding between the two cities. City Mayor Benjamin S. Lim signed the MOU with Milpitas Mayor Jose Esteves to extend the sisterhood pact of the two cities last July 21 during his two-week official visit to the U.S.
Lim said the program will help Dagupeño high school students become well-rounded and highly responsible persons
“This will also make the students in the city globally competitive in all areas of knowledge, especially in the field of information and communication technology,” the mayor added.
Aside from the opportunity for cultural exchange, according to the mayor, the program will also allow the students to experience the public or private educational system of Milpitas.
Each participating secondary school will select five student nominees based on criteria set by the City’s Student Exchange Coordinating Committee not later than October 7, Schools Division officer-in-charge Aurora Domingo said.
“After an evaluation, the field narrows down to three who will be later endorsed to the mayor from among whom he will choose the official participants for the US student exchange,” she said.
The criteria require a candidate to be at least 14 years old; has a general weighted average of 85 percent or above (30%); has demonstrated outstanding leadership qualities (20%); has excellent oral and written communication skills in English (20%); has demonstrated good manners and right conduct (20%); and has actively taken part in extra-curricular activities (10%).
Esteves reiterated that visiting students will be hosted by families from various Dagupeño associations in Milpitas even as the students will be given a one-week break to stay with their relatives in the U.S.
In turn, Milpitas students would also soon visit Dagupan. (Sunshine D. Robles)
