"AVID
has contributed to my success in middle school in the way that I
have even a better chance to go to college because I started AVID
in 8th grade. I get better grades and the teachers expect more of
me, which I think makes me work harder." -
Mayka Caro, 9th Grade - Mesa Verde Middle School
Ocean
View Junior High School - Oxnard, CA - Sally King, Coordinator
El
Camino Junior High School - Santa Maria, CA - El Camino AVID
Team
Our
AVID program sponsored a "College Night" on March
12. Over 100 students brought parents to our program, "Making
It Happen". We had representatives from many universities
who spoke about Cal Grants and New Opportunities.
Our
AVID team shared Cornell note taking with our staff. Many
of our English/History teachers are using Cornell notes in
their classrooms on a regular basis. They are seeing very
positive results from the consistent use of Cornell notes
by all students - increased focus, organization, and comprehension.
Ventura
High School - Ventura, CA - Terri Schroeder, Coordinator
Lompoc
Valley Middle School - Lompoc, CA - Andrea Grinnell, Coordinator
One
of my seniors, Salina DeSalas, is in Washington DC this week
to petition Congress for the continued funding of Upward Bound.
Salina has been in the math/science Upward Bound Program at
CLU for the past two summers. Joy Brittan, Upward Bound Program
Director, selected Salina to accompany her to DC. When I told
Ventura USD's Superintendent, Trudy Arriaga, about Salina,
she asked Salina and I to come to the last school board meeting.
She introduced us during the "Good News" section
of the meeting.
Nicole
Wong, Early Academic Outreach with UCSB, has held the combined
7th/8th grade AVID students spellbound during her Fall and
recent presentation about classes to take in high school and
why. Her presentation was more meaningful the second time
they heard her! The same AVID class is receiving the Junior
Achievement program. The presenter, Dan Sedana, Vandenberg
AFB, works with the students in economics/job opportunities
each Friday for eight sessions.
Judkins
Middle School - Pismo Beach, CA - Barbara Babka, Coordinator
Beginning
in January of 2002, my students read "The Mole People",
an article in the New York Times, about homeless people who
chose to live underground. My students had two guest speakers
come to visit our classroom who worked at the EOC Homeless
Shelter. Their visit inspired us to collect coffee and cereal
for the homeless. One of my students went out to a grocery
store and had coffee and cereal donated. Students then wrote
an essay in which they had to decide, if they were homeless,
would they want to live above or below the ground. Their essays
were more powerful because they had a lot of prior knowledge
acquired about the homeless.
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Data Collection! Completed Data Forms for
Region VIII & AVID Center are Required
At
last! The permission forms have arrived! Below you will find
the PDF files for our Photo/Video permission forms. Please
download the appropriate forms for your County.
You
will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader to view PDF files.
You may download it here
If
you see an article about AVID or featuring one of your AVID
students or staff members and would like us to include it
in our website or our mailings, please mail it to the AVID
Region VIII Office @:
San Luis Obispo County Office of Education
AVID Region VIII
P.O. Box 8105
San Luis Obispo, CA 93403
I
Want A WICR Poster!
Actual
size of posters is 24" x 36"
To
order a WICR Poster, please enter the required information
in the form below.
Once
you place your order, your AVID Regional Coordinator will
deliver it to your school site. Please make sure to have a
check or money order ready and make it payable to: SLOCOE
- AVID, Region VIII.
Download
the PDF form here!
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