Honors/AVID Parent Night
Benefits of the Honors
Program:
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Competitive classroom environment
Challenging curriculum
Gateway to high school honors
Higher-level thinking
Fosters academic & personal growth
Honors
Expectations/Responsibilities
• 7th and 8th grade honors is a
performance based program
• English Honors students will read a
required summer reading list
• Approximately 60-90 minutes of
homework per night
• 7th grade honors covers both 7th grade
& 8th grade standards!
Summer Reading Program
• Students will be required to read 2
books
– 1 fiction
– 1 non-fiction
– Students are responsible for obtaining the
books
– More information will be in the
acceptance letter
Entrance to honors is
determined by a matrix
composed of multiple
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CST Score of Proficient or Advanced
Report Card
Work Habits
Honors Assessment
About the VMS Honors
Program
• The Honors program is a “linked”
program.
– If a student is in Math Honors they are also
in Science Honors
– If a student is in English Honors they are
also in Social Studies Honors
• Students can be in Math/Science
and/or English/Social Studies.
Honors Assessments
• Saturday, March 29th @ 9 a.m. at VMS in library
• Tuesday, April 1st @ 6:00 p.m. at VMS in library
• This assessment will be required for:
– All 6th grade students interested in being in Honors.
This includes current GATE students.
– Any student that wants to transfer from regular 7th
grade to Honors 8th grade
Notification
• Notification of acceptance/denial in
the form of a letter will be sent home
mid-May.
• Please note: April/May 2012 CST scores
could affect placement.
What is AVID?
AVID is:
Advancement
Via
Individual
Determination
Key Components and
Benefits
• Organization
• Study Skills
• Reading, Writing,
Inquiry, Collaboration
• Tutorials
• Service
• College & Career
exploration
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Binder Checks
Planners
Progress checks
Contracts
Cornell Notes
Graphic organizers
Test Preparation
Tutorials
Expectations
• Earn C’s or higher in all academic course
work
• Learn and model successful classroom
behaviors
• Be accountable for practicing strategies
• Utilize the tutorial sessions
• Complete a community service project
• Complete college & career projects
Application
Process/Requirements
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Teacher recommendations
Student essay
Interview
Student/Parent Agreement
Decent grades
Solid CST scores
Student interest and desire
Notification
• Teacher recommendations are made by
mid March
• Applications and interviews are due by
mid April (when possible)
• Notification letters will go out early
May
More Information
• AVID is a national program with a
wonderful website www.AVID.org
• You can also contact Becky Sausker at
sausker.becky@lusd.org
• Please stop by the table in the MPR as
well