CHS AVID NEWSLETTER
October 2020
Dear Families,
Our organizational focus this 9 weeks will be time management, planning, and taking notes. We have more virtual college nights planned, a guest speaker from the Art Institute of Dallas, and an upcoming cultural field trip (virtually).
AVID Virtual Tutorials have also begun and we will go into details about how tutorials will work in our hybrid environment later in the newsletter.
Please feel free to reach out to us! We are more than happy to help your child with their educational needs.
Sincerely,
Ashley Hendrickson, 9th Grade AVID Elective Teacher & Coordinator
Kenya Forrest, 10th Grade AVID Elective Teacher
Stephen F. Austin Virtual College Event- TBD
CHS Clubs & Organization Fair
We highly recommend that AVID students be in involved in extracurricular activities in preparation for college admissions.
9th Grade AVID Spotlight- Melanie Velasquez
Mely is a perfect example of quiet, still waters that run deep. She doesn’t often turn on her camera, but when she does her smile lights up the virtual room. Mely perseveres through incredible odds to achieve great success in all of her classes, and is an incredibly dedicated and hardworking AVID student. I cannot wait to see what she accomplishes this year!
About the Spotlight
Each month two AVID students will be recognized
10th Grade AVID Spotlight- Ethar Albayati
CHS Open House 2020
Virtual Meet the Teacher
Oh, the Memories
Memories from Homecoming 2019
AVID Bulletin Statements
Please take a moment to visit the AVID sponsored bulletin boards around the school. The areas are near the Lightbox, counselors office, and 200 corridor.
WHERE ARE THEY NOW: PLANO ISD ALUMNI
Danna Guzman
- Current Location: Allen, Texas
- Time at CHS: 2016-2018
- Extracurricular involvement while at CHS: AVID, Yearbook
- University attending: Collin College
- Major: Aiming to major in English and Psychology
- Aspiring career: Psychiatrist or Publisher
- Pathway to achievement: 2 years at Collin, then transferring to Texas Tech!
- Hobbies or interest: Love reading, writing, and drawing
- Advice for students: Make good friends with your classmates and teachers!!! They will help you more than you know!
AVID Tutorials: The Virtual Process
Tutorials are taking on a new look
This year, tutors will visit with our students virtually. Students are required to select one tutorial session to join on Google Meet each week, although more sessions are encouraged. From there, students will turn in a Tutorial Request Form (TRF) to an available tutor and begin the tutorial process using Jamboard and virtual collaboration.
The most important criteria for grading purposes include:
- Inquiry Pre-Work (completing the TRF)
- Collaborative Inquiry (engaging and askin questions)
- Closure (Reflection)
Our tutors are excited about returning to CHS to tutor. We have the best tutors in the district. If you have any further questions about the format of the tutorials this year, please reach out to the AVID elective teachers.
*Click on the image to direct you to a live example of a virtual tutorial.
Please Congratulate our 9th and 10th Grade Honor Roll students for the 1st 9 Weeks!
Skylar Calderon
Jaxon Lee
Aislynn Meza
Ariana Mount
Zane Pecenka
Abrianna Ramsey
Kimberly Rosales
Janiah Spivery
Alessandra Martinez
Gavin Suddendorf
Adrian Vouras
Eunissa Walker
Kaili White
Calia Bibles-Moore
Maambo Hamakando
Jacob Vaz
Zaria Brannon
Madison Chapel
Avanti Diggikar
Jack Roberts
Marissa Rodriguez
Melanie Velasquez
Sarah Worke
Ayana Yarbrough
Tre’Sur (Danielle) Bennett
Mariana Castellon
Alexandra Ford
Ersy Hernandez
Neybia Hernandez
Emma Kohler
Hazel Patel
10th Grade A/B Honor Roll
Hussain Almusawi
Nadiya Berhe
Camren Crenshaw
Jenna Franks
Sumaillah Ghaffar
Sarah Gonzalez Smith
Gael Rangel
Camryn Reed
Camryn Adams
Ethar Albayati
Maren Guillen
Tara Hackett Beach
Engy Hanna
Destinny Hernandez
Mauricio Leon Molina
Presley Lundy
Aisha Qureshi
Heidi Garcia
Chanel Lowrey
Yoshini Munaga
Kimberly Torres
Kimberly Arredondo
Quincy Britton
Yamileth Gonzalez Valdez
Emily Nguyen
Monay Stallworth
Juan Valencia Velasquez