Parent Presentation

  To give students the skills required to be college ready  A consequence of AVID is that students will meet college eligibility requirements  In 11 th and 12 th grades, AVID course time will spend time doing college searches, personal statement writing, college applications, financial aid applications, and scholarship applications. Goal of AVID

  AVID is a college readiness program  AVID will work on academic skills with your student:  Note taking – Cornell Notes  WICOR  W – Writing  I – Inquiry  C – Collaboration  O - Organization  R – Reading  Socratic Seminars  Tutorials What is AVID

  Study Hall  An automatic way to get good grades  A place to work one-on-one with a teacher  Extra help for current classes What AVID isn’t

  Structure:  Block Schedule  Students take 8 classes per year vs. 6 classes within a traditional schedule  In 9 th grade – English 9 is paired with Academic Literacy, so students have English content all year long  Algebra 1 is paired with Algebra Support so that students have Algebra all year long  AVID will take 2 elective spaces each year Kennedy High

 Block Schedule  September – January 1.English 2.PE 3.Science 4.AVID  February – June 1.English 2.Computers/Health 3.Geometry 4.AVID This is a sample schedule – students will get schedules tonight and will have an opportunity to make adjustments before getting the final schedule on Thursday at Maze Day.

 Grading Schedule Term 1  September – NOF  October – End of 1 st Quarter  October - NOF  November – End of 1 st Semester  December – NOF  December – End of 2 nd Quarter  January – NOF  January – End of 2 nd Semester Term 2  February – NOF  March – End of 1 st Quarter  April – NOF  April – End of 1 st Semester  April – NOF  May – End of 2 nd Quarter  June – NOF  June – End of 2 nd Semester

 Sample 4-Year Plan

  School gear  Spirit Week  Extra Curricular Activities:  Sports  Clubs  Prom  Senior Portraits  Graduation High School is Expensive! Commonly Thought of Expenses

  PSAT/PLAN/EXPLORE - Tests – 9 th -11 th ($35, $15)  SAT/ACT Tests - Spring 11 th grade, Fall 12 th grade ($45-$48)  College Applications 12 th Grade Costs Vary ($55 & up)  AP Tests – Whenever taken ($90 per test) High School is Expensive! Less Thought of, but IMPORTANT Expenses

  School Loop  Kennedy High web site –  Stacey Bamford – Counselor   ext  Cindy Anderson– AVID Teacher   ext  Kevin Lydon – AVID Teacher   ext Stay in Contact with the School