Okay so I am not particularly emotional and demonstrative about things that occur (at least as my family tells me). That being said, I was moved to a fairly emotional state on Monday night with our regular School Board meeting. We had each of the high school AVID (Achievement Via Individual Determination) programs come forward and introduce approximately 10 of their AVID students and then one of those students shared their story and dreams.
The student stories were all about overcoming, persevering, and the strength of the AVID “family.” The personal experiences of these students were borne of situations such as: immigration, arrival speaking only a language other than English, poverty, child protective services, adults that didn’t believe, and overall difficult life situations.
Enter passionate, dedicated educators at the elementary, middle school, and high schools – that made a huge difference and even saved lives. If those in Sacramento are wondering about their investment in public education in California – they need only to visit with our AVID students and hear their stories. Thank you all!!
I agree, AVID is a wonderful program. My son is a 9th Grade AVID student. He began the program in 7th grade and he has become so focused and determined to do whatever it takes to make sure he attends the college of his choice (USC) and to pursue the career of his dreams. I am so proud of him! He has overcome a very difficult family situation and this program has helped him to focus & prepare him for college. He plans on keeping his grades up (currently he has placed 46 out of a class of 927 students). He has every detail planned out as to how he will try to qualify for scholarships and what jobs he will pursue to help him with any misc.college expenses. He keeps up his grades and is very active in the Marching Band.
ReplyDeleteVery Impressive!!!
Fight on!
ReplyDeleteToo bad the marching band that your son is active in does not receive district support!
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