Do Now – Quickwrite 9/29/17 Binder check forms due today! How can team building activities help you in your future? What skills do you learn from team building activities? What does it mean to reflect on what you have learned? How do we reflect in AVID? Why is reflecting important? What does it mean to be a leader? Even if it is in a small way how can you be a leader in your everyday life? What do team building activities, reflecting, and being a leader have in common? Be thoughtful. Put in effort. Take a moment to really think about these questions.

AVID Announcements Who went to the FSU college visit today? October dates: Next Tuesday- Oct. 3 Decorating shirts for Homecoming Parade. Yellow shirts. Bring Puffy paint: Blue, black, white, and red. We have a truck. We will also be decorating for the parade. October 4th- AVID Council meeting and Homecoming Parade! October 6th – Friday dress up day in Yellow AVID shirt October 11th – Voting for Officers for AVID Council October 9th – AVID District Director Speaker October 16th – Guest Speaker in the Auditorium October 23rd – Full Sail University

September – Suicide prevention month (Last Post) You are not alone. Your pain, hurt, isolation, and negative feelings are temporary. Life is not static. LIFE is not only our own. It also belongs to those who surround us. We should take care of ourselves because we are important to others, even when sometimes we are not aware of that. Suicide and the pain of losing someone is a permanent scar on the people left behind. Beware of suicide being glorified. (For example: 13 Reasons Why; being used as revenge; etc.) LIFE is a gift; some beings (children) depart too soon and don’t have the fortune to know life. Those who have it should enjoy it. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Number (1-800-273-TALK / 1-800-273-8255)

today Turn in Binder Check forms. Peer Counselor and I will collect. It needs to be ready when we come around to collect. Please do not fill it out when we come around. It will not be accepted. Back 2 Back Game: Leadership Game You need a partner. Sit back to back with them. One person will have a drawing and will need to describe to other person. The other person will need to follow instructions and listen closely and draw what they hear. You will have 5 minutes. Decorating the Hall: Group 1: City Landscapes Group 2: Yellow Windows/Clouds Group 3: Pow! Wham! Signs/Hanging Signs Group 4:Door Decorating Group 5: Batman Signal; Drawing Superheroes; Spider webs