1. Mr. Kahl’s Students

2.  That each one of you will be graduated from a university by June of 2018.  That each one of you is accepted for admission to a university by June of 2014.  That each one of you takes as many Advanced Placement and Honors courses as you can reasonably handle.  That each of you selects a career that reflects your talents and interests.

3.  Goal setting skills  Time management skills  Advanced note- taking skills for classes  Advanced tutorial skills  Advanced binder organization skills  Focused note- taking skills on reading  Leadership training  Community building  Focusing on hard work over “smartness”

4.  Curriculum in writing, inquiry, reading, collaboration, and self-regulation skills mentioned earlier.

5.  Students come to class with tutorial sheets filled out.  Tutors collect tutorial sheets at door for admission to class.  Students engage in advanced tutorial.  Students evaluate the tutorial.

6.  The first half of the period is curriculum.  The second half is tutorial.  On some Thursdays, we visit universities all day.

7.  We learn the AVID curriculum in the first half of the period.  We engage in binder checks, notes checks, and agenda planner checks with tutors during the second half.  Bring all of your binders to class every Friday.  Sometimes we have guest speakers instead.

8.  Agenda Planner Quality 10%  Binder Organization Quality 15%  College Awareness 10%  Community Service (ten hours) 5%  Participation Quality 10%  Leadership on Campus 5%  Tutorial Quality 15%  Notes and notes revision quality 15%  Individual Determination 10%  Final Exam 5%