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Post date: Apr 7, 2017 10:23:26 PM
In April’s AVID Newsletter you'll find information on Jefferson’s AVID breakout sessions, Kennedy’s visits to Indian Mounds and Augsburg College, AVID elective teachers learning about Naviance, Valley View Elementary’s AVID family night, Valley View Middle AVID students teaching Valley View Elementary kindergarteners and first graders, Valley View Middle AVID students’ community service experience at Feed My Starving Children, Kennedy High School AVID students who made the honor roll, the Visual Vocabulary WICOR strategy, plus AVID Weekly article information, and AVID professional development opportunities.
Spotlight on AVID
JHS Teachers Learn Two AVID Strategies
During last month’s workshop day, Jefferson High School hosted two AVID strategy breakout sessions facilitated by Cheryl Martin and Kelly Killorn-Moravec. Participants learned about the Cornell Way, a system for taking structured, rigorous notes and using them as a study tool, as well as Socratic Seminar, a discussion strategy for ensuring students engage in substantive, inquiry-based conversation around a shared text or resource.
KHS AVID Seniors Visit IM
Kennedy High School Seniors spent some time talking with Indian Mounds 4th and 5th grade students about their experiences in AVID as middle and high school students. They shared information about what AVID is and how being in the program has benefitted them on their pathway to college and career.
Naviance and AVID
Kennedy AVID teachers learned about Naviance and how to work with students as they use this site to plan for their college and career pathways.
VVE Hosts AVID Family Night
Families of Valley View Elementary 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders were invited to AVID Family Night. Everyone enjoyed pizza and while the students and their siblings played games outside, parents/guardians learned about Bloomington’s AVID programs in elementary, middle, and high school. Special guest, 8th grader Uly, shared his experiences in AVID at Valley View Middle school, saying, “AVID is like my family.”
KHS AVID Freshmen at Augsburg
Kennedy High School’s AVID freshmen spent a morning last month at Augsburg college, touring the campus learning about the opportunities there for students.
Congratulations to KHS AVID Honor Roll Students!
VVM AVID Students Teach at VVE!
Valley View Middle AVID students worked with kindergarten and first grade classes at Valley View Elementary recently. The middle school students read the Dr. Seuss classic, Oh, The Places You’ll Go to the younger students and helped them create hot air balloons stating what they want to be when they grow up.
Kennedy High School AVID scholars were celebrated recently. Congratulations to the following students who earned all A’s and B’s during second trimester:
Christine Allman
Mohamed Alsaied
Erick Cruz Lopez
Jessica Garcia-Garcia
James Kropiwka
Daniel Li
Nancy Lopez Vergara
Jennifer Martinez Badillo
Dulce Martinez Perez
Helen Olanda-Dominguez
Carla Pliego Java
Stephanie Rocha-Evangelista
Miriam Rodriguez Aguilera
Daisy Threat
Cindy Tirado Gomez
Benjamin Vogel
Vanessa Yorm
VVM at Feed My Starving Children
Valley View Middle School students volunteered their time at Feed My Starving Children as a way to give back to the community and serve those in need around the world.
AVID Resources
AVID Weekly Article of the Month
Elementary: Colorblind Teen and Two Men See World Anew with Special Eyeglasses
This article describes new glasses that help people who are colorblind.
Secondary: Sleep? I’ve Got Too Much Worrying To Do
This article explains how stress and anxiety often prevent people from getting a good night’s sleep.
All AVID Weekly articles, lesson plans and activities are archived monthly and are available in the following Google Folders for anyone to access and use:
WICOR Strategy of the Month
Using this strategy for learning new vocabulary terms, students develop a definition for each word, provide an example, and draw a picture to represent the big idea.
This resource can be found in the History/Social Science Manual in Bloomington’s online Secondary AVID Resource Library
AVID Support and Events
- AVID Path Training - August 7-8, 2017
- Simley High School: 8167 Cahill Ave. E, Inver Grove Heights, 8:30-3:30
- The cost is $280/person
- Strands include:
- Culturally Relevant Teaching: Empowering Students
- Culturally Relevant Teaching: Transforming Educators
- Critical Reading 1
- Student Success
- Tutorology
- Math 1
- Science 1
- Advancing the AVID Elective (Elective teachers only)
- Academic Language and Literacy (ALL)
- WICORize it (Elementary only)
Online AVID Support
Daily/weekly elective class lesson plans
Informational/instructional videos, handouts and downloads covering many AVID Essentials, including Writing, Inquiry, Tutorials, Data and Site Teams.
*If you would like access to any of these resources and do not currently have an account on my.avid.org, contact Kelly Killorn-Moravec
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