FPS

Program Goals

• Increase creative thinking, reading, and writing abilities
• Improve analytical thinking skills
• Stimulate an interactive interest in the future
• Extend perceptions of the real world
• Explore complex societal issues, ranging from business and economics to science and technology
• Refine communication skills - written, verbal and technical · Promote research
• Integrate problem-solving into the curriculum
• Encourage cooperative, responsible group membership and teamwork
• Offer authentic assessment

This is a great resource for FPS: 

http://www.fpspi.org 

October 

CMS FPS Workshop. 80 participants maximum. Return permission slips ASAP!

late October 

Practice Problem #1 

Time: 5:00 p.m.

Mid-December 

Practice Problem #2 

Time: 5:00 p.m.

December 

CmPS Intent to Submit Due to State

Mid-January 

Qualitfying Problem 

Time: 5:00 p.m.

Mid-January 

Scenario Writing Due

Time: 5:00 p.m.

Early February 

CmPS Final Report Due to State

Late February 

State Bowl Internet Submissions 

Local School
Time: 3:00 p.m.

Mid-March 

State Bowl On-Site Day

Kean University

Early June International Conference 

TBD