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February 20, 2012
JCM Students Get a Preview of College Life
Jackson Sun
Jackson Central-Merry Academy of Medical Technology students in the school's AVID program are getting a preview of college life this year and are working to make it a part of their future. "I don't have to guess about what college is going to be," said Fred Maclin, 16, a sophomore. Students in AVID, or Advancement via Individual Determination, are improving their grades, increasing their predicted scores on the ACT and visiting college campuses this year. The students went to Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville earlier this month...
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February 16, 2012
Visitors Learn How AVID Works in ECISD
Odessa American
The Ector County Independent School District has been using a college readiness program for the past five years and on Thursday it was used as a model for a few districts across the nation to view. The Advancement Via Individual Determination program, or AVID, is currently being used at 24 of ECISD's 25 elementary schools and offered as an elective at the secondary junior and high school campuses. There are a total of 7,693 students and 311 teachers using AVID methods in ECISD...
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February 09, 2012
Student Focus on Future Careers During National Groundhog Shadow Day
Groundhog Day might be over but for millions of students across the United States it's National Groundhog Shadow Day. It's a chance for students learn what it's like to be in the working world. South Doyle Middle School students took a trip to the Downtown Holiday Inn where they learned what it's really like to work at a hotel. Mitch Holloway, General Manager of the Downtown Holiday Inn says "They will work with our executive housekeeper, guest service manager, chief engineer and finish up the day with our executive chef."...
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February 07, 2012
Students Signed in to Avoid Dropping Out
Brimbank Weekly
BRIMBANK students are being given a better chance at succeeding at university through a Melbourne-first program designed to curb tertiary drop-out rates. About 100 students in years 8-9 at Victoria University Secondary College's St Albans and Deer Park campuses attended their first 'advancement via individual determination' (AVID) classes last week. AVID, which was launched in the United States in 1980, is aimed at better preparing students for tertiary education by providing them with academic and social support during high school...
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February 03, 2012
College-ready Course Helps Students Break Barriers
Fontana Herald-News
Identified as one of the "best-of-the-best," Fontana High School Principal Dr. Lisa Romero will join 11 other AVID National Demonstration School principals in the inaugural meeting of the California AVID Principals' Leadership Collaborative (APLC) in San Diego on March 15. Dr. Romero and the other principals were selected because of their leadership abilities that drive high academic expectations for all students, and because they are leading the way to implement the AVID College Readiness System school-wide...
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February 03, 2012
College-ready Course Helps Students Break Barriers
Fairfax Times
Fairfax High School senior Micaela Soto, 17, had a good day on Wednesday. After sharing news with fellow students that she received a letter of acceptance from Christopher Newport University in Newport News, she discovered by email she had been named a semifinalist for a $20,000 scholarship given by the Dell Scholars Program, a scholarship program established by Dell computer founder Michael Dell and his wife, Susan. While scenes like this might be typical for other high school seniors who have long-known they were on the college track, for Soto the moment was special...
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February 02, 2012
Carrabec Elevates the Bar
Morning Sentinel
Eleven sophomores at Carrabec High School sat in a classroom Wednesday beneath painted ceiling tiles depicting the colleges they dream of attending: Harvard University, Marist College, University of Georgia, University of New England. The students were selected specially to participate in a new program this year called Advancement Via Individual Determination, or AVID, which targets "students in the middle." They are smart students but can benefit from learning new study skills and taking demanding courses...
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February 01, 2012
Math teacher awarded $25,000 Milken Educator Award
The Desert Sun
Carrie Carnes stood up slowly and walked with a dazed smile to the podium at Cathedral City High School Tuesday. She couldn't think about the applause or the fact that she had just been named the winner of a $25,000 Milken Educator Award. All she could focus on was keeping her knees from buckling, she said later. "I don't know if I quite believed it" when the surprise announcement was made, she said. "I can't even fathom it right now. What an honor."...
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January 31, 2012
John Muir High School Teacher Stunned By $25,000 National Award
Pasadena Now
A seemingly routine schoolwide assembly turned into the surprise of a lifetime when the Milken Family Foundation (MFF) honored—and stunned—Manuel Rustin, a social studies teacher at John Muir High School, with a Milken Educator Award. The Award, presented by MFF Chairman and Co-Founder Lowell Milken, comes with a no-strings-attached cash prize of $25,000...
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January 23, 2012
Ray High School, Driscoll Middle School Students Discuss College Readiness
Corpus Christi Caller Times
A group of Ray High School students shared some key advice Friday: Don't be afraid to start thinking about college in middle school. "Hopefully it gets through to them that school isn't a joke," Ray junior Kyle Russell said after he talked with some seventh-graders at Driscoll Middle School. "You only get this chance once." Kyle, 16, was one of eight Ray juniors who talked with about 40 Driscoll Middle School students during two class periods, explaining that investing in their education can pay off - in good grades, supportive friends, improved study skills and narrowed college plans...
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