1. Organizing for Success
Classical Center at
Brandenburg Middle School

2. Why the Avid binder? Everything is in one place
Teacher & parents can check all work
Organized way to help students be successful

3. What’s in the avid binder?
The AVID 3-inch​ 3-ring binder includes the following:
Brandenburg Agenda
White, wide-ruled notebook paper
14 dividers (two for every subject)
Zipper bag for supplies (should fit in binder)
Blue or black ink pens (no gel pens or other colors)
Colored Pencils
12- #2 pencils
Handheld manual pencil sharpener with cover
Highlighters
Ear Buds (no headphones that cover the ears)

4. Organizing the avid binder
Order of AVID Binder:
Zipper bag with supplies
Brandenburg Agenda
Notebook paper
Dividers for each class
Behind 1st divider: Notes (Cornell or Cloze); Handouts/worksheets/classwork
Behind 2nd divider: Returned assignments; test/quizzes
Check your binder once a week to keep it clean and orderly

5. Organized for success
You are now on the road to being organized and achieving academic success!!!