“ADVANCEMENT VIA INDIVIDUAL DETERMINATION”

Ms. Rose Marie Matestic, AVID Teacher and Coordinator

Ms. Jennifer Sanders, AVID Teacher and Coordinator

Welcome to AVID 2008/09

AVID CORNER

WELCOME NEW 6TH, 7TH, 8TH GRADE
AVID STUDENTS FOR 2008/09

We are looking forward to an amazing AVID school year, with Formal Tutorials, Binder Checks, Guest Speakers, Grade Goal Checks, Field Trips, Reading Buddies, Junior Achievement, Costa’s Levels of Questioning, I speeches, Historical speeches, Goal Setters Club Celebrations, Parent Nights, Avid Site Team Meetings, Avid District Essay Contest, and last but not least,
making new friends and having a lot of fun!!!!!!!!!!!!

We had our 1st Parent and Students contract signing night on October 2nd.
Once again it was A GREAT SUCCESS!!!

Parents, we are looking for anyone who would like to join us for our monthly Site Team meetings. We talk about ways to help our AVID students with their goals in life and how to be successful at Totem Middle School and beyond. We also work on ways to help our teachers with the AVID strategies for their classrooms. We will become an AVID demonstration school this year and would appreciate any parents who would like to join our mission. We meet every last Wednesday of each month.

AVID site contacts:
Rose Marie Matestic- AVID Teacher
Jennifer Sanders- AVID Coordinator
Phone # 253-945-5144

Check out the national AVID website for more information about Achievement Via Individual Determination.

http://www.avidonline.org/