AVID

At the end of the year I had each of my AVID students write a letter to other students that may be considering AVID in the future. The letter below was written by one my students. What a wonderful, organized, and succinct argument supporting AVID. Beautiful.


Dear prospective AVID student,

If you have already decided to join AVID then you are one step closer to achieving your goals. This class isn't for any one type of student. It is for everyone who wants to succeed in life. That is one of the things I love about AVID, the diversity. As long as you want to succeed, you will fit in.

The AVID class teaches you how to write better, how to work with your peers, how to be organized, and how to have fun while doing it. Some things I personally enjoyed were working in groups, doing some educational art projects (like our college posters) and having parties during certain parts of the year (winter break, achieving AR goal, multicultural, end of year, etc.).

Some reasons to be part of AVID are the important life lessons you can learn, the insight to life in high school and college, and the fact that it is fun and enjoyable. We have guest speakers that talk about higher education and their current jobs, and we take field trips to some local colleges. The last reason you should join AVID is because it is a great experience and really can help you create a better future for yourself.



To help document the activities and the fun described in the letter above I hired my sister to produce this scrapbook video showing our AVID class this year. Enjoy.