Author: Meagan Hogg

October 2017

AVID Advance

Volume 2, Issue 1

Upcoming Dates:

End of First Nine Weeks: October 20
ECHS Open House: October 26
Student Holiday: Nov 3
Thanksgiving Holidays: November 22-24
SAT Test Date: December 2
End of Second Nine Weeks: December 22
Christmas Break: December 23-January 7

ECHS AVID Students Score Successful Start to School Year!

Even though the start of school was delayed by Hurricane Harvey, no storm or barrier can stop our AVID students from success in the classroom, on the field, court and in the stands. AVID members are encouraged to be leaders in and out of the classroom through extra-curricular activities, and it is easy to spot an AVID student in pretty much any school activity. At a single Friday night game, you can spot AVID students serving as a student trainer, playing football, dancing with the Derby Dolls, leading the crowd as cheerleaders, singing the National Anthem in the choir, keeping the beat with the band and color guard and of course, cheering their hearts out in the stands in the student section. Go AVID students! Keep up the great work making ECHS awesome!
Just as extracurricular activities are important, we cannot deny how critical classroom leadership is for AVID students. Recently, Cara Armstrong became the second ECHS AVID student to be inducted into the National Honor Society, which is quite a scholastic achievement. To be considered for NHS, students must have a GPA of a 4.5 or higher. Go Cara!
In the AVID elective, students have been discovering their “Why” that motivates them to succeed in school and in life. Students have also shown leadership and built relational capacity through group games and challenges. If the successful start of this year is a preview for the remainder of the school year, we are in for a fabulous year!

AVID Junior, Cara Armstrong, inducted in National Honor Society

Valeria Rojas begins her high school AVID career

ECHS AVID Elective Teachers:
9-11 Grade: Meagan Hogg
12th Grade: Gloria Brandl
ECHS AVID Site Coordinator:
Kimberly Couvillion

AVID band members having fun at the football game.

Current and Former AVID students celebrate success at the District Cross Country Meet.

Sophomores at HBU

AVID juniors show teamwork with an engineering project.

Senior Rachel Pustejovsky leads the varsity volleyball team.

AVID Students Attend Summer College Application Workshop

August 1 is the annual opening day to submit the Texas Common Application for students applying to most Texas universities. After completing one application, students send that application to their school(s) of choice. For the first time, AVID elective teachers hosted a workshop on August 1 and opened up a school computer lab so students could complete their applications. Some students applied to as many as four universities. Go AVID Seniors! We are excited to see acceptance letters soon!!

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