Save Me a Spot in College Winners

The winners for the 2009 Save Me a Spot in College scholarship contest have been announced! Click here to see the list of winners. Scroll down to the Orange County area, and look for Savanna High School.

Two of our freshman students won $500 scholarships! Congratulations to them!

AVID Banquet

On Wednesday, May 27th, we celebrated the accomplishments of our AVID students at our annual AVID banquet at Greenside Cafe, across the street from the school.

Here are the 9th grade students who earned between 3.0-3.49 GPA for semester one:


Here are the 9th grade students who earned between 3.5-3.74 GPA for semester one:


Here are the 9th grade students who earned between 3.75-3.99 GPA for semester one:


Here is the 9th grade student who earned a perfect 4.0 GPA for semester one:


These are the students from each grade level who earned scholarships:


These are our wonderful AVID tutors:


These are the AVID stand-out students from each grade level:


And finally, a silly picture of me with some of my girls:


It was a wonderful night! I always enjoy celebrating with my students on the accomplishments they have made in school. Congratulations, awesome AVID students!!

Career Project Books

These are the "layered-look" books the 9th grade AVID students created for their career project. They did such a wonderful job on the books!







Here are some favorites:

Career Project

The last big project for AVID students is the Career Project. The information sheet can be downloaded by clicking here to go to Mrs. Neubert's website. Download the pdf for Career Project and Career Project Organizer.

For this project, students need to pick two careers they are interested in. They need to fill out the Career Project Organizer by the specific due dates. If the organizer is filled out on time, students will receive a stamp for each part. (There should be a total of FIVE stamps on the organizer.) They will write an essay on both careers, create a "layered-look" book, and present their books to the class.

Important due dates are:
Career Project Organizer
Pick careers due Friday, 4-10-09
Reason why due Friday, 4-10-09
References due Friday, 4-10-09
Answers to questions due Thursday, 4-23-09
Compare/contrast careers due Thursday, 4-23-09

Essay due Tuesday, 5-5-09

Layered-Look Book due Tuesday, 5-5-09


Email Mrs. Neubert at neubert_l@auhsd.us if there are any questions.

Fun Friday Skits

For team building on Friday, the 9th grade AVID students broke into groups of three to four students. They then created skits about specific "random" things that three students picked in each class. In period 1, students had to create skits that had something about a cow, a dog, and a hippie. In period 3, students had to include something about balloons, shoes, and rollie pollies.

No pictures were taken of the skits, but all skits were very entertaining and fun.

The Final College Presentations

The last groups in the 9th grade AVID class presented their colleges today. All of the presentations were excellent!

More College Presentations

The 9th grade AVID students continued with their presentations today. Each group is doing an excellent job!!

College Presentations Today

The 9th grade AVID class began their college presentations in class today. Groups prepared a Power Point presentation about their college covering the following information: name of college, mascot, location, admission requirements, sports, clubs, activities, and common majors. Groups were asked to be creative and to include pictures in their presentation.

So far, presentations have been great!

9th Grade AVID on Green Day

Students in the 9th grade AVID class participated in tutorials today, and they had the opportunity to peer edit their college essays.

The rough draft of the college research project was due today, and any student who did not have that essay ready in class will be receiving a Teleparent phone call home. Those with the essay ready had the opportunity to get ideas and suggestions from their classmates.

REMINDER: The final draft of the college research project, as well as the power point presentation, are both due on WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25.

Tutorials also occurred today, giving students the chance to get the help they needed in their other classes.

Visit to Brookhurst

Mrs. Hill, Mrs. Neubert, and four AVID seniors made a visit to the 8th grade AVID students at Brookhurst Junior High School on Friday, March 13th. The 8th grade students were given a challenging team-building activity to complete without talking to their group, and then they were given a chance to ask any questions to the seniors or Mrs. Neubert. Applications for the AVID program at Savanna High School were left with the Brookhurst students.

Savanna's senior AVID students had the opportunity to share with the 8th grade students what colleges they had been accepted to as well as what they appreciated about AVID.After the visit with Brookhurst, Mrs. Hill treated her seniors to a lunch at Mimi's cafe to show her appreciation for their hard work.

Tooty Fruity Friday

The 9th grade AVID class had a fun Friday making their faces out of fruits and vegetables. They were asked to only use fruits or vegetables, and they had to write a paragraph describing their faces. After completing their faces and paragraphs, they were able to share with the rest of the class.

Here are some paragraphs written from some of the students (keeping any spelling or punctuation errors as written by the students):

“I made my face a coconut because my face is brown like a coconut. My eyes were the wholes in the coconut because it’s convinient to draw. My nose and eyebrows are bananas because they can look like an eyebrow. My ears are watermelon slices, because watermelon slices can look like ears. My hair was pineapple top leaves, because they are pokey.”

“I chose to make my head out of a melon because it kinda matches my skin color. I chose apples for my eyes because of the saying “The apple of my eyes.” I chose a banana for my mouth because I have very long lips & I like to eat bannanas because they help me not get cramps during swim practice.”

“I used pineapples for my hair because of the pointy ends. Grapes are my ears because it makes things when you put it together. The oranges, bananas, and apples are my eyes because they make my eyes bright. A strawberry is my nose because I have a sweet sense of smell. An avocado is my mouth because I have a big smile.”

“I chose lettuce for my hair because when you peel it, it’s long. I chose a banana for my smile because people say I have a big smile. Then peas for my eyebrows. Then blueberries for my eyes. Then green beans and a blueberry for my bow.”

“For my head, I chose a cantelope because it round. For my eyes, I chose watermelon because I have big eyes. I chose a banana for my lips because they are big and I have big lips. I chose a pineapple for my nose because they are sort of big and my nose is medium size. For my hair I chose kiwis because they are brown and so is my hair.”

“I chose a peach for my head because at times I can be very sweet. I chose lemons as my eyes because, when people look at my eyes, they think I also look sweet, but then people try to open me up, I might give off a sour stare. I chose a banana for my mouth because it tastes good and a grape as my nose because…there’s no reason.”

“I picked a radish a my face structure because it gets really pointy as it goes down, just like my face. I picked baby carrots as my eyes because they’re long. For my hair, I just put the little leaf stub on the top of the raddish because it’s simple. For my lips I chose a small tangrine peice because it symbolizes what comes out of my mouth, sometimes sweet but yet sour.”

SMASIC!!

A final reminder that the "Save Me a Spot in College" contest deadline is quickly approaching. All entries need to be submitted by March 15, 2009. To submit your entry, simply go to www.collegecampaign.org/contest and click on the red button "Submit Your Entry." Once there, read through the directions, and then click on the red button on the right "Submit Your Entry." You will need to fill out all of the information. Be sure to follow the instructions on how to write in your information. Once everything is filled in, click the gray "Submit" button at the bottom of the page.

If you are submitting the written word (essay, poem, story, etc.), you can copy and paste it in the section provided. Otherwise, you will need to mail your picture or video to:
Contest Entry
900 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 924
Los Angeles, CA 90017

College Research Project

The next big project for the 9th grade AVID class is the college research project. They were given the assignment sheet today with all of the directions for the assignment. This can also be found on Mrs. Neubert's website, called "College Research Project."

Students, in groups of three, will pick a college to research from using the website http://www.utexas.edu/world/univ/state/. Each student will write his/her own essay, and each group will make a power point presentation about the college. Then that group will present the power point to the class, with each student having a speaking part.

Mrs. Neubert recommends that at least one person in each group has a flash drive or a thumb drive to store the power point presentation and bring it to class to present.

Important due dates with this assignment are:
College due 3-5-09
Introduction due 3-9-09
Rough Draft due 3-17-09
Final Draft due 3-25-09
Power Point due 3-25-09

Presentation dates will be determined later.

Students have also been given the opportunity to earn extra credit by turning in the final draft of the essay before 3-25-09. This can be done by emailing the final draft to Mrs. Neubert (neubert_l@auhsd.us), or printing out the typed essay and turning it in early.

Final Reading Lessons

The 9th grade AVID class finished up their reading lesson presentations to their classmates today. Their visuals and activities for the class to do were great! Here are pictures from today.