Author: Meagan Hogg

November 2017

AVID Advance

Volume 2, Issue 2

Upcoming Dates:

Junior AVID College Visit to A&M Galveston– Nov. 9
Thanksgiving Holidays: November 22-24
Sophomore AVID College Visit to HBU– Dec. 13
SAT Test Date: December 2
End of Second Nine Weeks: December 22
AVID In-Class Christmas Parties: December 20-21
Christmas Break: December 23-January 7

Quality Questions Fuel AVID Tutorials

Every Tuesday and Thursday, if you stop by any AVID elective class, you’ll see something a bit unconventional in a classroom. You might see a classroom divided into fourths, with students sitting in a semi-circle asking questions and presenting points of confusions. You would also see some special visitors, our college AVID tutors, sitting at each group. These tutorial groups are student-led and structured.
Students must come to tutorials with a completed Tutorial Request Form (TRF) with the student’s Point of Confusion from another content class. With questioning, other students and tutors arrive at clarification to the Point of Confusion. Students end the tutorials with a reflection that guides their thinking to application for their other classes.
Tutorials are an essential part of AVID and help students improve in their other classes.

AVID Senior Llisel Huerta and AVID Sophomore Clara Tupa perform with the color guard at the Pink Out Pep Rally

Freshman Makenzie Cortez cheers on the Ricebirds

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

Juniors AVID students attend at College Visit to A&M Galveston. On their way out, they stopped by to encourage a Pre-K class at Myatt.

AVID band members wait to perform their award-winning marching show.

Senior Kamryn Munos celebrates her award as “Miss Precision”

AVID students awarded ELKS Student of the Month Honors

In September, all 10-12 grade students had the opportunity to apply for ELKS Student of the Month award. Several AVID students applied for the honor. Applicants listed community service, academic awards and other honors, then they had to have a teacher and counselor recommendation. Eight AVID students were named to the list and they include seniors: Zachary Collins, Rachel Pustejovsky, Justin Rivera, Daniela Medrano and Llisel Huerta; and sophomores: Keyly Guzman-Limon, Karolina Hernandez and Ariana Rodriquez.

Upcoming Dates:

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