Welcome, visitors to
our A.V.I.D. program!
Sandalwood High School
Jacksonville, Florida
Duval County
AVID Introductions
Victoria Schultz
Principal
Steven Bonk
AVID Elective Teacher
Nancy Cohan
Assistant Principal & AVID
Coordinator
Laura Harrington
AVID Elective Teacher
Ariel Griffin &
Mercedes Trapp
UNF Paid Tutor
Bernadette Hardeman
AVID District Director
UNF Semester Tutor: Meredith Smith
AVID Site Team Members: Kristen Drews, Crystal Parker, Rachael Holland, Samuel Vara, Kevin
Elkins
AVID Student Representatives: Bria Williams, Austin Ellison, Allan Pimenta, Luis Tejeda, Calvin
Cole, Samantha Hobson, Alisha Guiard, Sydney Jennings, Jarvis Jennings
Agenda
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Introduction
Systems
Leadership
Instruction
Culture
Classroom observations
Debrief
Let’s “Brag” about our
students!
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Every year, 100% of our AVID seniors graduate
LY seniors qualified for $2.4 million in scholarships
LY all seniors were admitted to college
LY Demetria Gilbert won the Dell Scholarship
TY Louis Tejeda is a finalist for the Dell Scholarship
TY Louis has a full scholarship through the Jacksonville
Commitment
LY Alicia Hrdicka was awarded a Jacksonville Commitment
Scholarship
TY Elijah Price has full ride to FAMU and DJ Davis has 70%
to Warner University
…. And we are just getting started……..
Sandalwood/AVID connect!
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2006 “C” school*******2011 “A” school
LY 35 seniors: 23 ranked in top 200 out of 560
TY 62 seniors:
Last 3 years 95%-97% have a college ready score
TY as a total program, AVID students will
Accumulate over 45,000 hours of community service
AVID HS students mentor 80 elementary students at
3 schools, spending 15 hours per month
8. School student leadership: awards, athletics, service,
academics
Our Principal has been AVIDized!
School mission and vision
Implementation of AVID at
Sandalwood High School
Summer Institute
Reaching New Heights through ALL
Sandalwood Students!
Tuesday “AVID Club”
2pm-4pm
College Focus
Thursday Study Hall
2pm-4pm
Tutorial Focus
Faculty/Staff
AVID Men Club
Our Backbone, the AVID
Site Team
Monthly meetings
Trainings on site and regionally
AVID Summer Institute
Field trip and event planning
Soon to come: branching out to 3 teachers per
subject area to be represented on our site team
WICOR-izing the Faculty
100% trained faculty in
WICOR strategies
Summer Institute
Regional PATH trainings
PLC groups
W I COR - i z ing our faculty provides students with the opportunity to
experience RIGOR by thinking critically through collaborative, inquiry-based
discussions, documented through note-taking and reflection.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Grade Analysis
Grade Analysis
College Prep
lessons via the
Weeks at a
Glance (WAG)
College Prep
lessons via the
Weeks at a
Glance (WAG)
Binder &
Planner Check
College Prep
lessons via the
Weeks at a
Glance (WAG)
College Prep
lessons via the
Weeks at a
Glance (WAG)
Tutorials
Tutorials
Tutorials
Tutorials
Fun Friday!
CORNELL NOTES
TOPIC/OBJECTIVE:
NAME:
CLASS/PERIOD:
DATE:
ESSENTIAL QUESTION
QUESTIONS:
SUMMARY:
NOTES:
Soon to come:
Tutorials beyond the
AVID elective
Field Trips/Guest Speakers
Field Trips offered to various students through
out Sandalwood
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Florida State University/FAMU trip
University of South Florida/University of Central Florida trip
Summer Institute students and teacher
speakers
Community and Guest Speakers
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Jimmy Johns Sub Co. resume/interview/job application
presentation
Community Leaders
Local University admission representatives
Building Partnerships
Big Brothers Big Sisters
UNF
Brookview Elementary
Kernan Trails
Comcast
Feeder Schools
American Legion
Target
Costco
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Publix
Samarco Scholarship Fund
Mochi
Chick-fil-a
CiCi’s Pizza
Jimmy Johns Sub Co.
Those that SWOOP together,
stay together!
We are Osprey, what do Osprey Do? SWOOP!
Dr. Wanda Lastrapes
Assistant Professor
Foundations & Secondary Education • College of
Education & Human Services
• Principal Investigator, FSE/Sandalwood Engaged Department Grant
• DCPS Teaching Academy Advisory Board, Baldwin Middle/High School,
Member, 2011-13.
• Mandarin High School, DCPS, School Advisory Committee (SAC), Member,
2011-12.
• Association of Teacher Educators, 1997 – present
• Treasurer, Multicultural Education Special Interest Group, 2010-13
Family Engagement
• Facebook/Twitter/Instagram
• Remind101 text service
• AVID Parent Nights
• AVID + Guidance Parent Nights
• Monthly Off-Site-Family-Nights
• Booster Club
• Fun Friday Speakers
Serving Our Community
• Student teaching Students
• Big Brothers Big Sisters
• Salvation Army Angel Tree
300+
• Barnes and Noble Book Drive
• Other Community Drives…
Recruitment
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Feeder school visits
Annual Sandalwood Showcase
District School Expo
AVID Summer Bridge
Debrief
Student Panel
See You Soon!