The AVID Runner
Looking Forward To Summer Issue 1
Counting Up!
2. The time we have left is purposeful.
3. The time we have left with student's is significant.
4.The end of the school year is a great time to make connections with students we weren't able to connect all year. (It still may not happen.;
5.We have the future to look forward to. Besides for some of us the future in just a few weeks away, it's called SSI Summer School.
But Still Checking The Calendar Each Day :)
The Following Article Reminds Me Of Ms. Pounders, Ms. A. Lewis, Ms. C. Lewis , Mr Phan, Ms. Rehtmeyer, and many more ARMS Teachers
Excerpt
Gregory Boyle, founder of the nonprofit Homeboy Industries, redeems the lives of incarcerated gang members. In his book Tattoos on the Heart, he recounts the profound story of first meeting one of many hardened, seemingly “lost” gang members:
“What’s your name?” I ask him.
“SNIPER,” he sneers.
“Okay, look (I had been down this block before), I have a feeling you didn’t pop outta your mom and she took one look at your ass and said, ‘Sniper.’ So, come on, dog, what’s your name?”
“Gonzalez,” he relents little.
“Okay . . . what does your mom call you?”
“Cabron.” There is even the slightest flicker of innocence in his answer.
“ . . . But, son, I’m looking for a birth certificate here.”
The kid softens. I can tell it’s happening. But there is embarrassment and a new found vulnerability.
“Napoleon,” he manages to squeak out, pronouncing it in Spanish.
“Wow,” I say, “That’s a fine, noble, historic name. . . . . Come on, mijito, do you have an apodo? What does your mom call you?” . . . . His voice, body language, and whole being are taking on a new shape—right before my eyes.
“Sometimes,” —his voice so quiet, I lean in—“sometimes when my mom’s not mad at me . . . she calls me . . . Napito.”
I watched this kid move, transformed, from Sniper to Gonzalez to Cabron to Napoleon to Napito. We all just want to be called by the name our mom uses when she’s not pissed off at us.”
Too often we don’t consider this social emotional element. We dismiss it as touchy-feely. Yet the relationship is what our brains are hard wired for. Feeling good is ok, really
Ms. Lewis -"First 48"
The Day Mr. Phan found out he wasn't the tallest.
Ms. Pounders and Ms. Lewis "No Flex" Zone
Showing Horned Frog Pride
"Pony Up" At SMU With Ms. Rehtmeyer
Ms. Hice In The House
End Of The Year Team Builders and Academic Games
* Heads Up APP
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Variety Of Free Topics
Some Topics Are 0.99
*Find Your Twin
*LifeLines
* M & M's
*Values Discussion
1) Talk about the most important thing you did this year.
2) What are the easiest and hardest emotions for you to express and why?
3) What is something that few people know about you?
4) What do you value in a friend?
5) What do you want to be doing in five years?
6) What is one goal you have for next year?
7) What do you want to learn to do better?
8) What is a motto you try to live by?
9) What are five words a friend would use to describe you?
10) What is the greatest challenge you are facing?
11) What do you like most about yourself?
12) What do you value in a loving relationship?
13) What do you value most in life?