Lathrop Intermediate
School
Program Verification / Orientation Week
School Year 2014 – 15
August 18 – August 23, 2014
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AVID Program
• AVID’s aim is to direct students down a college-bound
path.
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Students will participate in a program that includes:
Tutorials
Teaching of organizational skills
Developing the learning process through critical thinking
skills
– College and career field trips
– Collge fair at Lathrop
– Community service
– Team-building exercises
All of which will help them set attainable goals for the future!
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AVID components
• Collaboration: learning how to work with
others
• critical thinking (all core areas)
• critical reading and writing
• organization
• leadership
• college/career planning
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AVID Tutorials
• Twice a week students are expected to bring
specific questions (TRFs) from their core classes
and work together in groups to solve them.
Ideally there will be a tutor in each group to
help guide students to higher leveling
questioning and through their thinking process.
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Lathrop Intermediate:
AVID Learning Logs
• Students are required to reflect on their
learning in all core classes once a week.
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AVID Organizational Skills/Binder
• Students will be expected to keep a 2" threering binder organized with all their notes and
materials from their other classes.
• They will be taught how to organize the binder
and it will be checked every Friday.
• Within the binder,they will be taking Cornell
Style notes (C-notes, in which they will be
taught how to interact,organize and study
from)
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AVID Critical Thinking Skills
• Twice a week, students will participate in
activities designed to help them understand
the learning process, such as: critical reading &
writing, collaborative problem solving &
discussion ,goal setting/planning, and in-class
projects.
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AVID Community Service
• Students will be required to complete a variety
of community service projects this year.
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AVID Homework
• Homework will be assigned and must be
returned by due date. After an absence,
assignments may be made-up and turned in
within one week.
• If a student was not absent, but fails to turn in
an assignment, he or she may turn it in late
within one week at a penalty of two points per
day it is late.
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Lathrop Intermediate:
AVID Grading
Grading Scale:
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90% and above=A
80%-89%=B
70-79%=C
60-69%=D
59% and below=F
• All AVID components will be included in grade
calculation; Percentages will be explained during
the first week of class.
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AVID Behavior Expectations
C- ompletes all tasks
O-stays n task
D-follows irections
E- ngages in lessons
S-avoids ocial talking
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AVID Behavior
What is Class DOJO ?
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AVID Parent Involvment
Parents: We want YOU to get involved!
• Ask you child what he/she is learning in school.
• Get actively involved by asking to see your
child’s agenda and homework.
• Check your student’s:
– grades on Aeries Parent Portal
– behavior on Class Dojo
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AVID Schoology
What is Schoology?
Schoology is a social media application for educators
and students to promote academic conversations.
• Your child will be asked to create an account and
join groups for each class.
• Assignments will be posted on Schoology.
• Students can communicate with teachers to get
assistance and/or clarification on assignments.
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AVID Contract
• Must be signed by parent and student
AVID Parents:
WE NEED YOU!
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