BMS AVID: June 2008

June 24, 2008

Supplies

All BMS students should have the following supplies;

2-3 Inch Three Ring Binder

6-8 Dividers

A Pencil Pouch

Black or Blue Pens

Pencils

Loose Lined Paper

Backpack

Suggested items:

Color Pencils

Highlighter

Erasers

This list does not include items that may be required by individual teachers and subjects.

New School Year

AVID

2008-2009

Current 8th grade AVID students have all ready been re -enrolled into the program.

New 8th grade AVID students will be notified of their status when they pick up their schedules.

A waiting list was created and those students that were interviewed, but did not fulfill all of the requirements.

7th grade AVID students have been enrolled based on the AVID requirements and are subject to change pending test results released by the state in August. Applicants that turned the application in after the deadline are on a waiting list if the applicant fulfills the AVID requirements and test results released by the state in August. Students will be notified of there status when they come to pick up their schedules.

Required "a-g" Courses

a History/Social Science – 2 years requiredTwo years of history/social science, including one year of world history, cultures and geography; and one year of U.S. history or one-half year of U.S. history and one-half year of civics or American government.

b English – 4 years requiredFour years of college-preparatory English that include frequent and regular writing, and reading of classic and modern literature. No more than one year of ESL-type courses can be used to meet this requirement.

c Mathematics – 3 years required, 4 years recommendedThree years of college-preparatory mathematics that include the topics covered in elementary and advanced algebra and two- and three-dimensional geometry. Approved integrated math courses may be used to fulfill part or all of this requirement, as may math courses taken in the seventh and eighth grades that your high school accepts as equivalent to its own math courses.

d Laboratory Science – 2 years required, 3 years recommendedTwo years of laboratory science providing fundamental knowledge in at least two of these three foundational subjects: biology, chemistry and physics. Advanced laboratory science classes that have biology, chemistry or physics as prerequisites and offer substantial additional material may be used to fulfill this requirement, as may the final two years of an approved three-year integrated science program that provides rigorous coverage of at least two of the three foundational subjects.

e Language Other than English – 2 years required, 3 years recommendedTwo years of the same language other than English. Courses should emphasize speaking and understanding, and include instruction in grammar, vocabulary, reading, composition and culture. Courses in languages other than English taken in the seventh and eighth grades may be used to fulfill part of this requirement if your high school accepts them as equivalent to its own courses.

f Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) – 1 year requiredA single yearlong approved arts course from a single VPA discipline: dance, drama/theater, music or visual art.

g College-Preparatory Electives – 1 year requiredOne year (two semesters), in addition to those required in "a-f" above, chosen from the following areas: visual and performing arts (non-introductory level courses), history, social science, English, advanced mathematics, laboratory science and language other than English (a third year in the language used for the "e" requirement or two years of another language).

AVID Mission Statement

June 24, 2008

Supplies

New School Year