As we wind down the first nine weeks, AVID has gotten off to an amazing start in our schools this year! Here is what has been happening:
Palatka Jr. Sr. High School:
Ms. Barnett has set the stage for success in her AVID Elective class by having a set schedule for students each week to include grade/planner checks, special projects, and tutorials. Meanwhile, she has also let AVID bleed into her US History classes by working on vocabulary word webs!
Ms. Brazzeal celebrated AVID Impact Day on August 30 to have her AVID students show what their impact will be! Ms. Brazzeal said, her impact will be “increasing math confidence in my students!” One student said, “My impact will be to be more organized through the year.” Another student stated, “My impact will be I want people to feel better about themselves and I want to have amazing grades this year and the rest.” Those sound like amazing AVID students ready to take on the world!
Interlachen Jr. Sr. High School:
This year our two AVID Elective teachers, Maddie Brown and Cammie Foshee, are so excited to have a common planning time where they can bounce ideas off of each other and make similar plans for their classes. They love being on the same page! On a recent visit, they were caught in the act putting their planning time to good use!
Ms. Irizarry’s jr. high school science students have been working on one pagers about all things space and they look amazing. One pagers allow students to combine information into one place and provide an illustration connected to the information. Visual information paired with written information is a tool students can use to retain information.
Crescent City Jr. Sr. High School:
This year we have several new AVID Elective teachers at CCJSHS including Linda Wanyanga. Ms. Wanyanga hails from Africa and she is so excited about teaching in Crescent City. This year she started the year in AVID by introducing herself to her students and sharing information about her background and culture. We can hardly wait to see the impact she makes in AVID!
High school AVID Elective teachers, Paula Carter, Veronica Glover, and Gabriela Martinez recently were given a half day to work on AVID planning. Since they are all very new to AVID, they were so excited to have Leigh Anne Lands, Palatka Jr. Sr. High School AVID Elective high school teacher, come in and share lots of ideas and strategies for attacking the AVID curriculum with their students.
QI Roberts Jr. Sr. High School:
Michelle Knowles was representing for AVID the first week of school! She is excited to bring some of what she learned at AVID Summer Institute into her math classes this year–one of her big projects–interactive notebooks. From the looks of it, she is off to a great start!
Cynthia Lehtinen, another math teacher, had her students doing a carousel gallery walk activity during the first week. Students were activating background knowledge and showing Ms. Lehtinen what they already knew about functions.
QI Robert’s Site Team also began meeting and are ready to get started on making things happen at their school!
Check out the pictures here: AVID First Days
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