Organization is an important skill in school, career and other aspects of daily life. The AVID binder is an organizational tool to help students maintain notes and school work in one place. Students are expected to maintain a binder, which has been provided to them along with all of the necessary items needed. They are expected to keep it organized using the AVID methods they have been taught.
Students will be evaluated on organization and whether they have all of their materials for every class in their binder. The binder will be evaluated weekly and taken as an assessment grade.
Students should spend no more than 15-30 minutes each day organizing and completing/revising their notes. It should be a red flag to parents if their student spends two or more hours the night before a binder check trying to put it together. The binder should be maintained daily, adding or removing items to make sure the binder is always organized.
Binders must be good quality 2-inch, 2 1/2-inch or 3-inch three-ring binder with pocket inserts.
Needed binder contents
*Six- eight colored tab subject dividers to separate each academic class, including AVID (2 packs of dividers)
* Zipper pouch to store supplies (three-hole punched heavy duty zip-lock bags also work)
* Two or more pens (blue, red or any other colors)
*1 composition notebook
* Two or more pencils
* Loose Leaf Filler paper
* Assignment calendar for each academic class/or school (agenda book)
* One or more colored highlighters