AVID 9-

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Class Description:  
AVID is a course for students in the middle with academic potential capable of completing a college degree. Students learn effective study skills, collaboration, inquiry, Cornell Notes, writing and share the goal of attending a four-year college. Applications and qualifying standards must be met for acceptance.

AVID is defined as:  
A structured, college preparatory program working directly with schools and districts
A direct support structure for first-generation college goers, grades 4-12
A schoolwide approach to curriculum and rigor working in over 2,700 middle schools and high schools in 39 states and 15 countries
Places AVID students in rigorous curriculum and gives them the support to achieve

The mission of AVID is to ensure that ALL students, and most especially the least served students who are in the middle:
will succeed in rigorous curriculum;
will complete a rigorous college preparatory path;
will enter mainstream activities of the school;
will increase their enrollment in four-year colleges; and
will become educated and responsible participants and leaders in a democratic society.

AVID Students will:  
Develop as readers and writers.
Develop deep content knowledge.
Know content specific strategies for reading, writing, thinking and talking.
Develop habits, skills, and behaviors to use knowledge and skills.

Course Outline:  
A.V.I.D. (Advancement Via Individual Determination) is an elective program that helps to ensure that all students, especially students who have average and above average academic ability and have not been previously successful in a college preparatory path, will increase their enrollment in four-year colleges. The three main components of the program are: 1) academic instruction, 2) tutorial support, and 3) motivational activities. The goal of AVID is to educate the “whole student.” This is achieved by unifying six important elements of education: students, curriculum, faculty, tutors, parents, and community.

Class News:
AVID Newsletter
Tutorial Request Forms  
Cornell Notes and Costa's Levels of Questioning will be utilized across the curriculum and campus this year. Do you know how to complete Cornell Notes? If not, ask Ms. R to teach you!

Student and Parents:
Check out the AVID Online Website!   AVID Online WEB Center
SAT Question of the Day   from Collegeboard.com!
Seniors: Trying to figure out how to pay for college?  
Fill out the   FAFSA   (Free Application for Finalcial Student Aid)! http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/

Scholarship Newsletter

Calendar:

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