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The Advancement Via Individual Organization also known as AVID gives us many chances to do community service, however, the one academic program that caught my attention was Think Together Program at Tracy Elementary. Think Together is a program designed to help young students from K-12, to become productive adults and responsible, contributing members of society by tutoring, mentoring, inspiring, and nurturing kids. There were several steps that I had to complete before I began volunteering in…

Avid Life Media, the parent company of Ashley Madison, announced that its CEO, Noel Biderman, stepped down after a month of breach. Besides user information, the released data and email suggested that the company was engaged in questionable business practices…

got.” Here I was thrown into the tangible world where there are imperative responsibilities, bills to be paid, college life and with a job as an AVID tutor. Not only I was hired to be a tutor, but I was going be tutoring at Perris High School; the high school I graduated…

Avid 10 Life Goal Essay We all have goals, some might be more important than the other nonetheless they still are things people want to achieve. I’m Anise Delahoussaye I am 15 and I too have goals I would love to accomplish some day. Some of my goals include graduating high school with a 3.6 (or higher) GPA, getting into Uc Berkeley, start my own nonprofit organization, and being able to be independent/financially stable on my own once I'm 18. I know I can reach these goals…

UXDI-5 Project 1: My ‘Avid Traveler’ App A smart app that caters to your preferences and gives freedom and flexibility in planning trips. Oftentimes we find it a hassle to book tickets, arrange itineraries and search for a good experience for our next travel destination. Avid Traveler enables the user to set preferred activities when planning for a trip and allows freedom to choose preferred flights with fuss-free booking. Now how does an app come to fruition? Initially, being naive, I…

Panelists will see the following AVID lesson. AVID Standards: • l6-INQ.A1: Develop an awareness of Costa’s Levels of Thinking and/or • Bloom’s Taxonomy. • 6-INQ.C1: Introduce the basic components of a Socratic Seminars using topics based on student interest, in this lesson. • Essential Question: “How are Socratic Seminars similar to AVID tutorials?” • Student Objective: Reflect on the Socratic Seminar process, their experience participating in the Socratic Seminar, and the personal and group…

AVID, or Advancement Via Individual Determination is a global nonprofit organization that is dedicated to closing the achievement gap by preparing their students for college and other opportunities. Unlike 10,000 Degrees, AVID’s goal is to close the achievement gap between students, instead of closing the income gap. The program’s curriculum is to focus on reading, writing, critical thinking, and study skills. Data from AVID concludes that 78 percent of the participants in AVID during the…

enjoy it, but it can not be the only subject I learn. To begin with AVID gave me a headstart in preparing for college, from learning how to take cornell notes to visiting campuses and doing research on specific universities. AVID has also helped me improve skills I had a great difficulty with such as writing. Writing has always been an enormous stressor for me and always will be, unless I change the way I think about it, in AVID we have done a copious amount of writing and I know that it has…

support our local pantry by donating to this cause. On the other hand, the Milpitas Food pantry is there to provide our community and together with the Jack Emery Food Drive, they will assist them by gathering all the meals needed. With this in mind, AVID is more than happy to have this opportunity to research more about the drive and to lead and spread knowledge on this subject, in addition, the Jack Emery Food Drive helped us develop more comprehension on how they function and work. The…

different than most other people because I don't care what people think of me. I have a high GPA and the majority of the courses that I am taking are accelerated. I am in AVID which helps me prepare for college and with my academic courses simultaneously. I am taking Honors course for my Junior year because AVID encouraged me to take them. The first extracurricular activity…