A Good AVID Question!
Q: Why does AVID encourage students to take rigorous courses in middle and high school?
A: Good question! A report released by Higher Education for Higher
Standards finds that high-quality college-readiness standards, and
aligned assessments such as PARCC, are an important tool for combating
the widespread need for students to take remedial coursework when they
get to college. According to the report, more than half of all two-year
college students require remediation upon entering college, while 1 in 5
four-year college students require the same. Remediation cost families
$1.5 billion in tuition and other fees in the 2011-12 school year alone,
and forced families and/or students to take out an additional $380
million in loans, simply to re-learn concepts that are supposed to be
taught in high school.
AVID supports statewide assessments in high school that are aligned with
college-readiness standards and the use of them as early
college-readiness indicators, instead of waiting to assess students when
they arrive on a college campus. Four-year college students who
require remediation are 74 percent more likely to drop out than those
who don't. Early warnings from rigorous assessments can help close
preparation gaps before college enrollment, reducing time and money
spent on non-credit-bearing remedial coursework.
Are you interested in AVID? Unfortunately, our four 2016-2017 7th & 8th
grade AVID classes are fully enrolled already. However, we do have a
few students who move out of state or out of Rio Rancho during each
summer, so I am starting an AVID Waitlist. If your student would like
to be on the waitlist for AVID at Eagle Ridge, please e-mail me as soon
as possible. It will be first come – first serve.
Bruce.Gustin@rrps.net
-= Captain Bruce Gustin =-
AVID - A Steppingstone to Student Success!
Close to 3,000 students in Rio Rancho’s public schools are middle-grades students – 6th, 7th, or 8th graders – who are either launched onto the path to graduation or knocked off track during these years. Research has definitively shown that experiences in middle grades have substantial impacts on high school graduation and success in college.
The middle grades are a time when adolescents experience immense social, emotional, and physical changes. We can help students in these grades become who they want to be by providing innovative and meaningful learning opportunities – exactly what our AVID classes are designed to accomplish. AVID is available for all grades at Eagle Ridge and beyond that at CHS & RRHS. We are committed to turn our middle grades into a steppingstone to high school graduation and a pathway to college and life success.
We are now accepting AVID applications for the 2016-2017 school year at ERMS. The basic requirement is a current GPA (Grade Point Average) between 2.0 and 3.5. If you are interested, please have your student pick up at application at ERMS Student Services. Questions? Contact Mona.Mendez@rrps.net or Bruce.Gustin@rrps.net.
We're Surprised!
...
surprised that more students and their parents/guardians have not taken
advantage of enrolling in the AVID Elective at Eagle Ridge. Are you
aware:
1. That nearly every single AVID Senior graduating from RRHS & CHS in 2013 and 2014 was accepted at one or more colleges?
2. That every single AVID Senior graduating from RRHS & CHS in 2013 and 2014 was offered one or more scholarships?
3. That those scholarships averaged about $24,000 each in 2014 and more than $32,000 in 2015?
4. That five or six years ago, those same students were “average” middle school students making B’s and C’s?
5. That Eagle Ridge currently has 6th, 7th, and 8th grade AVID Elective classes?
Simply put, AVID equals Student Success! Our 6th grade program is a one semester class open to everyone on a first come, first serve basis. The primary prerequisite for our 7th and 8th
grade year-long AVID Elective classes is a Grade Point Average (GPA)
from last year that is no higher than 3.5 and no lower than 2.0. Written
applications for AVID enrollment will be available from Student
Services during returning student registration. Questions? Please
contact Captain Gustin, our AVID Coordinator at Bruce.Gustin@rrps.net .
Don’t pass up this outstanding opportunity!
Now Accepting AVID Applications
ERMS
is now accepting applications for AVID enrollment during the 2015-2016
school year! For 7th and 8th grade AVID, a paper application is
required. The forms are available from Student Services. For 6th grade
Pre-AVID, just give us your student's name. Pre-AVID is a one semester
Related Arts class (available during both semesters) while AVID is a
year-long elective. Contact Captain Gustin at 892-6630 ext. 308 or by
e-mail at Bruce.Gustin@rrps.net. AVID class sizes are limited, so apply
early!
NOTE: As of August 1, 2015, our AVID 6th, 7th, and 8th grades classes
for the 2015-2016 school year are full, but I am accepting applications
on the waitlist for those classes.
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