AVID Pre-Demonstration Day

As most of you know, Thursday October 8th was the AVID demonstration day. Tons of educators and other observers from around Florida came to Howard to see how AVID works at our school. On October 27th, there will be about 6 people from California and anywhere from 2 to 6 people from Florida to see if Howard will officially become an AVID demonstration school. There are only three other middle schools in Florida that have the privilege – Stonewall Jackson Middle, John F. Kennedy Middle, and Marshall Middle School.

For those who don’t know what AVID is, it is a program that helps students get ready for college. Each week, students receive about two hours of class work, two hours of tutorials or questions about one of their other classes, and one hour in other activities like, team building skills. The AVID teachers are Ms. Duran and Mr. Seger.  They are both really fun teachers and if you want to switch one of your electives to AVID, you are always welcome to.  For the first time though, there is a waiting list!

If our school is selected, HMS will be a demonstration school for all the others that would like to have the AVID program. On October 27th they will be looking for good team work, how good the class is with tutorials, and students getting ready for college.  They will also be looking through some of our AVID binders, so make sure yours is always organized - you never know if they will pick you.  When they come, make sure you are in dress code and act polite.  You probably also know that the AVID building is located across the street from Panera Bread , one block away from our school (which is probably a good thing)!

So this is why all of the visitors were at our school Thursday October 8th.  Dont forget that on the 27th our special guests will be looking for fantastic students.  So please remember your AVID binders and tutorial papers and you should be just fine. Good luck to you and our entire school.

~Cami B.