RIMS AVID

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RIMS AVID

• Ten Months In An AVID Elective Class

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June Upcoming Year

• Calendar/Budget with Administration
• Printing Orders
• Purchase Orders
• Tutors Office Protocol
• Files and Materials
• Summer Institute File
• Turn in Student Names to Office
• (Note 8th Geometry, Bio, and CP Classes)

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July Looking for Bargains

• Purchase student journals - Target
• White Boards Costco, Wall Mart
• Order Newsweek and Teen Ink
• Inspirational Books
• Critical Thinking Materials

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August Summer Institute

• San Diego Summer Institute
• Site Team Plan
• Speakers/Tutors
• Look-out - stories, poems, cartoons

Life was so much easier when it was just
Dick, Jane and Spot.
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September Off and Running

• Intro AVID program to staff Distribute Student
  Names
• Parent/Student contract letter
• ASB activity forms - AVID bulletin boards
• Meet regularly with Principal
• Calendar site team, district coordinators
  meetings, School Board Presentation
• Back to School Night-BBQ Recruit Volunteers
• Reconfirm College Awareness Week
• Binder Grade Check - AVID Curriculum
• AVID Info for School Pa Daily Video
• (It Pays to AVIDtise Guest Speakers)

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October - Tutorials

• 8th Grade Explore Test collect money
• Check on ASB requests
• Schedule College/Cultural Visit/Knotts
• Fundraiser for buses and t-shirts
• Collect AVID data ISS for AVID Center
• Calendar observation w/ RIMS coach
• Begin Tutorials
• Binder and Grade Check
• AVID Curriculum (Save docs for Essentials
  Binder)
• AVID Info for School Pa Daily Video
• Site Team and District Coordinators Meeting

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NovemberCollege Awareness Week

• College Culture Week
• Rotary Club Philanthropy
• Knotts Berry Farm Trip
• Student Led Conferences/History Day Project
• Binder and Grade Checks
• AVID Curriculum
• AVID Info for School Pa Daily Video
• Site Team District Coordinators Meeting
• Attend RIMS AVID Site Team Conference if in Nov.

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December Winter Break

• Rims Write-Off Essay Contest
• Review 5 Paragraph Essays Writing Process
• Discuss Failing Grades w/ students/parents
• Adopt a Family/Philanthropy
• Binder and Grade Checks
• AVID Curriculum
• AVID Info for School Pa Daily Video
• Short Site Team District Coordinators Meeting

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January A New Year

• SOAPS, Socratic Seminar, 5 Keys
• Write-Off Essay Rubric
• AVID RIMS contest
• Dates for Parent College Awareness Training
• 1st PCAT night
• Binder and Grade Checks
• AVID Curriculum
• AVID Info for School Pa Daily Video
• Site Team and District Coordinators Meeting

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February College Visit

• 2nd Parent College Awareness Training Night
• 2nd PCAT night
• School AVID informational night
• Read and grade Write-Off essays pick winners,
  runners up
• Binder and Grade Checks
• AVID Curriculum
• AVID Info for School Pa Daily Video
• (Recruit AVID Students )
• Site Team and District Coordinators Meeting

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March Ides of March

• AVID Class Recruitment
• In-service on AVID Student Profile
• Interview Students
• 3rd PCAT night
• DSUSD AVID Informational Night
• Binder and Grade Check
• AVID Curriculum
• AVID Info for School Pa Daily Video
• (Emphasize college/cultural FT)
• Site Team and District Coordinators Meeting

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April Spring Break

• Student College Research
• Standardized Testing
• Recruit Summer Institute Team
• Town and Country Room Reservations
• Forms
• RIMS AVID CSS Visit
• Binder and Grade Check
• AVID Curriculum
• AVID Info for School Pa Daily Video
• Emphasize D.C. trip
• School leadership

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May Research Presentations

• College Research Presentations
• Complete Projects for Core Classes
• Confirmation from AVID Center-SI
• Send letters of Acceptance or Rejection
• Prepare for 8th Grade Promotion
• Plan Student and Family Awards Dinner
• 8th Grade High School Registration
• Binder and Grade Checks
• AVID Curriculum

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June Almost Over!

• Student presentation of Certification Binder in
  April or May
• 8th Graders - High School Schedule A to G
• Continue College Research Presentations
• Student and Family Awards Dinner
• Profit/loss financial forms