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     7th Grade AVID!!
    Decades of College Dreams! 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    What is AVID?
                 Advancement Via Individual Determination
    "AVID trains educators to use proven practices in order to prepare students for success in high school, college, and a career. AVID brings research‐based strategies and curriculum to educational institutions in elementary, secondary, and higher education. The AVID System annually provides more than 30,000 educators with training and methodologies that develop students’ critical thinking, literacy, and math skills across all content areas throughout the entire campus, in what we call School wide AVID."  - - AVID Online

    "AVID:

     

    • Teaches skills and behaviors for academic success
    • Provides intensive support with tutorials and strong student/teacher relationships
    • Creates a positive peer group for students
    • Develops a sense of hope for personal achievement gained through hard work and determination" - - AVID Online
    Grading:
    Class work and Homework - 25%
    Cornell Notes - 25%
    Organization - 10%
    Tutorials  - 40%
     
    Homework and Projects:
     
     W = writing   I = inquiry   C = Collaboration   O = Organization   R = Reading
     Monday  Tuesday  Wednesday  Thursday  Friday 
     
    AVID WICOR
    Strategies 
     
     
    Tutorials
    AVID WICOR
    Strategies
     
    Tutorials
    Binder Check/ Note Check
    AVID Tutoring: Tuesdays (E8) and Thursdays (A1, A2) from 3:15-4:15
     
    Activities:
    AVID Night Out - Spend a night in the John Muir Middle School Gym  - Students participated in activities that promote fun, team building, and camaraderie among the AVID students. 
     
    Quarterly Pancake Breakfasts: The AVID Site Team Teachers serve pancakes to the AVID students to celebrate a successful quarter.
     
    AVID Picnic - An afternoon in a local park where students participate in more activities that promote fun, team building, and camaraderie.
     
    College Field Trips - Students go on a field trip to a local college to experience a taste of college life
     
    Guest Speakers - Students are introduced to professionals in the Bay Area who share their journeys to college and career
     
    Binder Buddies - 8th Grade AVID students are mentors to the 6th grade students. They meet at least once, if not twice, a quarter to help 6th graders become organized and navigate through middle school successfully.