1. AVID 10 Objectives
meticulous
urbane
edify
sagacious

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

3. 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.

4. 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

5. 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.

6. 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
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