Welcome, visitors to our A.V.I.D. program! Sandalwood High School Jacksonville, Florida Duval County

Welcome, visitors toour A.V.I.D. program!

Sandalwood High SchoolJacksonville, Florida

Duval County

AVID Introductions

Victoria Schultz Crystal ParkerPrincipal Amanda Hager

Laura HarringtonAVID Elective Teachers

Nancy CohanAssistant Principal & AVIDCoordinator

Billy Leighty &Taylor Dillard

Katie Heller Paid TutorsAVID District Director

AVID Site Team Members AVID Students

Agenda

• Introduction • Systems• Leadership• Instruction• Culture• Classroom observations• Debrief

Let’s “Brag” about our students!

• Every year, 100% of our AVID seniors graduate• LY seniors qualified for $2.4 million in scholarships• LY all seniors were admitted to college• LY Luis Tejeda won the Dell Scholarship• TY Mitchell Pendleton admitted into the Naval Academy and

awarded the $180,000 ROTC Scholarship• TY 90% of Seniors have applied to Florida Bright Futures Scholarship

Program• TY Zachary Crook applied to Hillsong Bible College in Australia –

waiting to here back • TY Senior community service hours totaling at 15,000 (and growing!)• TY 85% of all Juniors and Seniors have taken at least one dual

enrollment course• 2006 “C” school - 2015 “A” school• Last 3 years 95%-97% have a college ready score• TY as a total program, AVID students will Accumulate over 45,000 hours of community service

Our Principal has been AVIDized!

School mission and vision

Implementation of AVID at

Sandalwood High School

Summer Institute

Reaching New Heights through ALL Sandalwood Students!

Tuesday “AVID Club”2pm-4pmCollege Focus

Thursday Study Hall2pm-4pmTutorial Focus

Faculty/Staff

AVID Men Club

Our Backbone, the AVID Site Team

Monthly meetings

Trainings on site and regionally

AVID Summer Institute

Field trip and event planning

Soon to come: branching out to 3 teachers per subject area to be represented on our site team

WICOR-izing the Faculty

WICOR-izing our faculty provides students with the opportunity to experience RIGOR by thinking critically through collaborative, inquiry-based discussions, documented through

note-taking and reflection.

100% trained faculty in Regional PATH trainings WICOR strategies

Summer Institute PLC groups

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Grade Analysis

College Prep lessons via the Weeks at a Glance (WAG)

Tutorials

Grade Analysis

College Prep lessons via the Weeks at a Glance (WAG)

Tutorials

College Prep lessons via the Weeks at a Glance (WAG)

Tutorials

College Prep lessons via the Weeks at a Glance (WAG)

Tutorials

Binder & Planner Check

Fun Friday!

CORNELL NOTES TOPIC/OBJECTIVE: NAME:

CLASS/PERIOD:

DATE:

ESSENTIAL QUESTION

QUESTIONS: NOTES:

SUMMARY:

Soon to come:

Tutorials beyond the AVID elective

Field Trips/Guest Speakers

Field Trips offered to various students through out Sandalwood

• Florida State University/FAMU trip• University of South Florida/University of Central Florida trip

Summer Institute students and teacher speakers

Community and Guest Speakers• Jimmy Johns Sub Co. resume/interview/job application

presentation• Community Leaders• Local University admission representatives

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Building Partnerships

Big Brothers Big SistersBrookview Elementary

Kernan TrailsUNF Comcast

Feeder Schools

American LegionTargetCostcoPublix

Samarco Scholarship FundMochi

Chick-fil-aCiCi’s Pizza

Jimmy Johns Sub Co.

Those that SWOOP together, stay together!

We are Osprey, what do Osprey Do? SWOOP!

Family Engagement• Facebook/Twitter/Instagram• Remind101 text service• AVID Parent Nights

• AVID + Guidance Parent Nights• Monthly Off-Site-Family-Nights

• Booster Club• Fun Friday Speakers

• Student teaching Students

• Big Brothers Big Sisters• Salvation Army Angel

Tree 300+• Barnes and Noble Book

Drive• Other Community

Drives…

Serving Our Community

Recruitment

• Feeder school visits• Annual Sandalwood Showcase• District School Expo• AVID Summer Bridge

Debrief

Student Panel

See You Soon!