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July 08, 2010
Teachers Give Student a Little Extra Aid for College
by Jeffrey Weiss, Dallas Morning News
Dewan Woods' new Boston College hoodie is a welcome reminder of North Texas. The sweatshirt was a gift for the incoming freshman, one of many gifts to help set him up in college. Woods just graduated from Richardson's Berkner High School, an honored product of a program designed to give a leg up to at-risk students who show a particular spark of promise
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June 16, 2010
AVID College Prep Sets Students Up for Success
by Dawn Stevens, MyFox9.com
A college prep course is changing the lives of local high school students. The class is called AVID or Advancement Via Individual Determination. Its a nationwide program, but one Robbinsdale school watched its first successful graduating class. Many of the young people start the AVID class their freshman year. Now, all 20 kids in this year's class graduated and are going to college...
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May 10, 2010
Average Students Shine with Help From AVID Program
by Linda Shaw, The Seattle Times
It's hard to imagine that Bruna Afonso was once apathetic about her studies, unsure if she'd finish high school, much less go on to college. She now earns good grades, takes tough courses and almost always speaks up in class, as she did recently during a spirited debate over the United States' role in Bosnia. A few years ago, she disliked school and didn't try to do well. Now? "I'm busting my butt," she said...
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April 27, 2010
Area Students Earn $20,000 Scholarships
Daytona Beach News-Journal
Brody Lanigan was hanging out with his buddies at the Edgewater skate park a few weeks ago when teacher Lori Eskew called him with news he'd won a $20,000 college scholarship from the Michael and Susan Dell Foundation. "I'm like jumping around in the middle of the skate park. My friends are like: 'What's this guy doing?' I was so hyper," the New Smyrna Beach High senior recalled...
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April 26, 2010
Sebastian River High School Students Raise $2,000 for Rotary Program
tcpalm.com
At a special luncheon in their honor on April 15, 2010, 45 Sebastian River High School students, representing the Advancement Via Individual Development program presented a check for $2,000 to Chris Pinson, president of the Sebastian Rotary Club. The money will be used to purchase two Shelter Boxes, which will be sent to Haiti to help with the earthquake relief efforts...
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March 25, 2010
CLMS Honors Cassidy Butler of Winston Churchill Middle School as 2010 State Educator of the Year
by Paul V Scholl, Carmichael Times
Cassidy Butler, of Churchill Middle School in Carmichael was honored at the CLMS Annual Conference, February 26-28, 2010
in Sacramento. The CLMS "Educator of the Year" award is given annually to educators who exemplify educational excellence and have made significant efforts to implement elements of educational reform in the middle school...
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March 23, 2010
Wakulla County School System Praised for Successful AVID Program
Wakulla.com
Bill Montford, Executive Director of the Florida Association of District School Superintendents praised the school system, the AVID teachers, and Mrs. Beth O'Donnell for implementing the AVID program and making it work at the March Board Meeting. Assistant Superintendent Beth O’Donnell explains the program...
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March 02, 2010
Crystal Apple Awarded to Corliss Kelly
KSBW.com
AVID Coordinator/Teacher & Staff Developer, Corliss Kelly, received the Crystal Apple Award, sponsored by Dole and TV station KSBW. Corliss teaches at Gavilan View Middle School in Salinas and received this honor for being one of the Central Coast's outstanding teachers...
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February 14, 2010
The Best Education Researchers are Right Here
UTPA
Dr. Karen Watt is a passionate runner, bicyclist and Ironman Triathlon competitor but the roles she finds most fulfilling are those of educator and researcher - especially when they lead to improved academic success for underrepresented students. Watt is an associate professor of educational leadership...
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February 12, 2010
MTSU Mentoring Partnership Makes 'AVID' Fans Of Students, Teachers
by Tom Tozer, News-from-MTSU (blog)
"My grades were low, F's and D's," says Jaimicah Coley of Antioch High School. "Over the past nine weeks they've come up to C's and B's." Coley credits the Advancement Via Individual Determination initiative, or AVID, a college-readiness mentoring program that is designed to increase the number of students who enroll in four–year colleges...
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