AVID 10 Objectives meticulous urbane edify sagacious

Meticulous - adj.; Great attention to detail What we will work on this year… Agendas Writing (timed and formal) Homework/Projects

Urbane - adj.; Polite and polished in manner What we will work on this year… Academic Vocabulary Presentation & Interview Skills Persuasive (Argumentative) Skills Communication (Writing and Oral) College Campus Etiquette Condoleeza Rice meets with a Kabul dressmaker “In September 1996, when Kamila Sidiqi was a teenager, the Taliban overtook Kabul. Sidiqi's father and a brother had to flee for political reasons, leaving Sidiqi to care for her family. The Taliban soon forbade women to work outside the home or to attend school, and if a woman did not have a husband, father or brother, she would have to support herself somehow in secret.   The Dressmaker of Khair Khana
By Galye Tzemach Lemmon
To earn money for the family, Sidiqi asked her sister to teach her to sew — and she eventually grew a sewing business out of her home, employing over 100 women from her neighborhood. In a new book, The Dressmaker of Khair Khana, journalist Gayle Tzemach Lemmon tells Sidiqi's story of opening a small business in the midst of civil war and an atmosphere of repression.

Sagacious - adj; Keen in judgment What we will work on this year… Test-Taking Skills Study Habits Note-Taking College Entrance Requirements Reading Skills Career Opportunities

Edify - verb; Build up or enlighten another What we will work on this year… Team-Building Appreciation Community Service Tutorials Arguing (Intellectually) Last December, Hubble returned to his village after a Peace Corps training session to find a the municipal water pump broken, dead livestock and community members making regular trips to nearby villages for water.  The community’s 20-year-old water pump was frequently broken and many children were being pulled out of school to help collect water for their families. Hubble worked with a nongovernmental organization in South Africa to install the water system on the grounds of the local school. The pump, which resembles a childrens’ merry-go-round, pumps water from underground as the kids take turns spinning the wheel.  It is then passed through a filtration system and stored in a water tank, where the community can access it through a tap.

MUSE - verb; Absorbed in thought What we will work on: Goal-Setting Summarizing and Reflecting Updating Four-Year Plans Grade Analysis Meticulus Urbane Sagacious Edify An acronym