College Projects - AVID

Room 12- AVID class

Room 12 AVID class

Room 12 - AVID class

Bloomington Middle School Display at the District Office

The 7th grade class completed College Pennants, a research handout on their college and an oral presentation with a Q & A segment with audience participation.

The 8th grade class completes a College Banner which included all of their research and an oral presentation.

UCLA- "I'm going to college" Field Trip

AVID Shirts

Front - Bloomington Middle School and AVID w/ Yellow Figure

Back - Decades of Dreams

$11

There are two styles.

T-shirt (above) and Misses Cut (below)

Computer Lab

Picture source: http://www.collegeflagsandbanners.com

Links you can use,

Collegeboard.com - Use the correct name of your school. (Spell the entire name out)

Princtonreview.com - click on the college tab on the top right (between "find a course or tutor" and "site search.

You may use wikipedia as well.

Key words that show up on your handout or on Collegeboard.com

• Enrollment - How many Undergraduate students attend your school?
  
• Student Demographics - Numbers. Ethnicity, gender (male and female)
  
• On campus Housing - Yes or no
  
• Campus Calendar - Fall, Winter, Spring = Quarter / Fall and Spring = Semester
  
• Test required for Admission – SAT, ACT, essays
  
• Minimum Requirements for Admission – GPA (Grade Point Average), Test Scores, ranking at HS
  
• Student Faculty Ratio – How many students to how many teachers

Fill out as much as you can.

7th graders - make sure you sketch out your logo, name, nickname of your school . A good idea would be to go to your school website and click on "Athletics". Make sure you make note of your schools colors.

8th graders - you have two handouts to work with. The original "college research worksheet" and your "Banner worksheet". Tip: place your information on a PowerPoint or word document. Make sure you format correctly.

Tutoring after school Thursday... we'll meet in the Library... not room 12.

Computer Lab - 8th Grade

1. Turn in your Grade Checks to the black tray
2. Hand your permission slips to Ms. Lopez-Sevilla

Complete ...
your College Research Paper

Start your Banner Research (use the above handout to start you out)
Save anything you type on a consistent basis.

Computer Lab - 7th Grade

1. Turn your grade check into the black tray
2. Pick up a sheet of brown paper
3. Pick up a tutorial for Thursday

Staple your papers in this order

1. College research paper on top
2. then your College Vocab Squares
3. then your brown paper

The brown paper will be used to sketch out your logo, school colors and any other notes you need for your pennant.

Hispanic Heritage Month

The students created Loteria Cards for Hispanic Heritage Month. We had Idea Boards that the students added to every Period. The lesson took exactly 35 minutes from start to finish.