AVID Advancement Via Individual Determination TOPICS Why take AVID as an elective class? Current Statistics Student Expectations High School and College Exposure Leadership Scholarships Informational Presentation - 17 slides By AVID Site Team, Ocean View Hills School

Why take the AVID class?

The Challenge For every 100 Students of each ethnicity that begin Kindergarten: White/non Latino African American Latino Graduate High School Earn at least a Bachelors Degree EdTrust

AVID Rising to Meet the Challenge

San Ysidro High School AVID All AVID seniors are going to a college/university! AVID National Demonstration School UCLA UC-Berkley USD UCSD SDSU UCI

California AVID Graduates 95% are enrolled in a college or university 71% are attending a four-year university 89% are still enrolled at end of Sophomore year. 75% of the graduates are working either full or part-time to send themselves through college * Source: CREATE, Center for Research and Evaluation in Education. Palo Alto, CA

OVHS AVID Elective Period 6 2:34-3:34 MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday AVID Curriculum Tutorials (College Tutors) AVID Curriculum Tutorials (College Tutors) Binder Evaluations Field Trips Media Center Guest speakers Motivational activities AVID Curriculum includes: College and Careers Writing Curriculum Strategies for Success AVID Tutorials: Collaborative Study Groups Writing Groups Socratic Seminars

AVID Student Expectations Goal Setting (GPA, college, life) Time Management (study skills, binder organization) Writing (Cornell Notes, learning logs, essays) Inquiry (critical thinking skills = L1, L2, L3 questions) Collaboration (Tutorials, Socratic Seminars, projects) Reading (reciprocal reading strategies, analysis) G-TWICR

AVID Tutorials Tuesday Thursday College tutors help promote peer collaboration and critical thinking skills related to problems in content subjects.

High School SYHS shadow visit on March 7, 2007

College Guest speakers!

College SDSU campus visit and basketball game on January 9th, 2008.

Leadership Motivational Activities (parent night teaching AVID concepts)

AVID – San Diego County Office of Education Scholarships Grade 8: 8 th Grade Standout Grade 10: William H. Kuni Scholarship - Up to $10,000 Grade 11: Lamp of Learning - Up to $10,000

Grade 12: Donald Costa Award - $500 - $1,000 Grade 12: Indian-American Society - $1,000 Grade 12: Classroom of the Future - $1,500 - $2,500 AVID – San Diego County Office of Education Scholarships

Grade 12: AVID Senior Standout - $1,000 - $10,000 Grade 12: Dell Scholarship - $20,000, laptop, printer Grade 12: Founder’s Scholarship - $25,000 AVID – San Diego County Office of Education Scholarships

Websites for Scholarships Ricardo Gomez AVID – San Diego County Office of Education Scholarships