AVID February 2017

Congratulations, Brandon Barrientos!

Brandon Barrientos, a Kennedy High School AVID Senior, has been nominated for the Minnesota State High School League “Triple A” award for excellence in academics, art, and athletics. Brandon participates in Kennedy’s Rhythm and Gold show choir and soccer while maintaining a high GPA. Way to go, Brandon!

VVM 7th Grade Tutorials

VVE Trip to Buck Hill

Recently, Valley View Elementary students attended a field trip to Buck Hill. For many of them, it was their first time on skis! It was amazing to see their resilience and perseverance as they tackled this new skill, and their pride when they made it to the bottom of the hill successfully.

VVM 8th Graders visit KHS AVID

AVID 8th Graders visited Kennedy in January to learn about high school. The trip included opportunities to hear about activities and schedules at KHS, Q&A with a panel of current AVID high school students, shadowing an AVID student during a class, and socializing during a pizza lunch!

How do your AVID Students inspire one another?

Valley View Middle AVID students have recently been giving passion speeches. As one student presenter her message, she said, "Our race should be humanity; we should be teaching love and breathing kindness." Below is a photo of the students in that class.

KHS Trip to HTC

Kennedy AVID sophomores recently attended a college/career field trip to Hennepin Technical College.

AVID Weekly Article of the Month

Elementary: Mindfulness Helps to Reduce Stress

This article describes a mindfulness and meditation program that can help students reduce stress and anxiety at school.

Secondary: The Computing Gender Gap Hurts U.S. Businesses

In this article, the authors recognize the value of a level playing field for males and females in education, but recommend gender-specific tailoring to increase engagement among girls in the area of technology.

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:

Elementary

Secondary

WICOR Strategy of the Month

Promoting Rigor Through Higher Level Prompts

• AVID Elementary Workshop (FREE)
  • Indian Mounds, Bloomington
  • March 7, 2017
  • More information to come!
• AVID Site Team Workshop

Strands include: Building Community Partnerships, Using Inquiry to Increase Rigor, and Content Specific Critical Reading

• Eagan Community Center, February 16
• Regional Path Trainings

Strands include: Academic Language and Literacy, CRT, Critical Reading, Student Success, Tutorology

• Mankato, March 6-7
• Culture of Inquiry (FREE)
  • MNSU (Edina Campus)
  • Saturday, April 8th 8:30 – 3:00

• AVID Elective Teacher Workshop (select one)
• Roosevelt Community School, Owatonna, March 9
• Inver Grove Heights Middle School, Inver Grove Heights, March 16
• Skyview Middle School, Oakdale, April 4

The following modules will be included in these workshops:

• What’s Love Got to Do With It? The Essential Role of Attachment-Based Developmental Relationships in Learning and Leading
• Using Collaborative Study Groups in the Content Classroom

Online AVID Support

Weeks at a Glance

Daily/weekly elective class lesson plans

On-Demand Modules

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