Thursday, December 18, 2008

AVID NEWS DECEMBER 2008

Mrs. Hill, the AVID Coordinator at Savanna, compiled some interesting data about students in the AVID program.

Last Year's AVID Seniors Go On To Bigger Things:
AVID's graduating class of 2008 are all in post secondary programs.

  • Five students are attending state schools. Three students are at CSU Fullerton, one student is at San Francisco State, and one student is at Cal Poly Pomona.
  • One student is at UNLV.
  • Two students went to private schools. One went all the way to the University of Denver, and one is playing baseball at Concordia University.
  • Two students went to local community colleges, Cypress College and Goldenwest College.
  • Two students are in a nursing ROP program with plans to enter CSULB's rigorous nursing program.

This Year's Seniors Have Big Dreams:

2008-2009 AVID Senior Class College Applications
UC Los Angeles
UC Riverside
UC Irvine
UC Santa Barbara
UC Berkeley
CSU Fullerton*
CSU Long Beach
CSU Monterey Bay*
CSU Humboldt
CSU Fresno
CSU San Diego
Cal Poly Pomona
Cal Poly San Luis Obisop

*Students have already received acceptance letters


AVID Students Are Making the Grade!
9th grade Quarter 1 Grades
4.0: one student
3.75 or above: eight students
3.5 or above: nine students
3.0 or above: twenty-two students

10th grade Quarter 1 Grades
3.75 or above: one student
3.5 or above: five students
3.0 or above: twenty-one students

11th grade Quarter 1 Grades
3.0 or above: fourteen students

12th grade Quarter 1 Grades
3.5 or above: one student
3.0 or above: four students


Some Interesting Facts
22 hours of college tutoring are available to AVID students each week!

60 AVID students are enrolled in AP courses at Savanna High School.