BMS AVID: October 2008

October 13, 2008

Agenda for October 13-17th

Monday
UCLA/ College Research
Memoir/ CSUSB

Tuesday
Tutorial
Ideal Student/Tutor Due

Wednesday
UCLA/ College Research
Memoir/ CSUSB

Thursday
Tutorial

AVID CLass Grade form due

Friday
Binder Check
Computer Lab ( or TBD)

Warm Up #2

In your opinion, what is the most important discovery made by man?

Please give reasons to back up your opinion, explain in detail.

October 8, 2008

"Academic freedom means the right, long accepted in the academic world,to study, discuss, and write about facts and ideas without restrictions,other than those imposed by conscience and morality."

-Yale University

October 1, 2008

Binder Check Every Friday

Tips

Make sure your papers are hole punched
Place them behind the proper tabbed dividers
Papers to keep - test/quizzes, Notes, homework that was passed back
and...
do not stuff your backpack with loose paper

I would like to thank the student for allowing the binder to be used as an example

Hispanic Heritage Month

mu·ral
–noun
1. a large picture painted or affixed directly on a wall or ceiling.
2. a greatly enlarged photograph attached directly to a wall.
3. a wallpaper pattern representing a landscape or the like, often with very widely spaced
repeats so as to produce the effect of a mural painting on a wall of average size

All 7 sections of AVID (over 225 AVID students) participated in the creating of this beautiful mural. The idea and inspiration came from a mural located in Los Angeles. participated

Below: Students on their way to school ...

Family, parents, generations ... culture, history ancestors...

... grandparents, wisdom, traditions...

Latino movements... culture... College graduation.... back to education.... full circle.

The end product

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