Independence High School
Not for Sudent Use: Notes from teacher
Not for Sudent Use: Notes from teacher
Advancement Via Individual Determination
Application Form
2015-2016 School Year
Name:
Grade:
Address:
Father's Name:
Father's Cell:
Father e-mail:
Middle School:
GPA:
Mother's Name:
Mother's Cell:
Mother's e-mail:
Please answer the following questions:
1 Has anyone in your family graduated from a 4-year college or university?
If yes, who?
2 How many hours per week do you spend on homework currently?
3 Would you be willing to spend at least 2 hours a day doing homwork?
4 Would you be willing to attend summer school?
5 Are you currently in AVID?
If yes, for how long including this year?
Please answer the following questions in complete sentences:
1 What do you already know about AVID:
2 Why are you signing up for AVID? What do you think you will gain from AVID?
3 Why should you be picked for AVID?
4 What obstacles or adversities have you faced/had to overcome?
5 What is your definition of success? How have you been successful in your life?
ESSAY:
Please write a five paragraph essay on your college and career goals. You may want to
include the college you plan to attend, why you want to go to college and possible
careers. The essay needs to be typed. Please attach the essay to this application.
AVID
Need to Know Information
2015-2016 School Year
If you are accepted in the AVID program for the 201--2016 school year, you need to be aware of and agree to the following:
As an AVID student you will:
 Learn to take Cornell notes in your classes
 Participate in volunteer efforts/community service
 Follow a rigourous colleg prep curriculum
 Learn to keep a daily planner and organized school binder
 Learn about the process of getting accepted to a college/university
 Be a role model on campus as well as be a representative of Independence and the AVID
proram withing our community
 Be graded on weekly binder checks
 Go on field trips throughout the year
 Be willing to actively participate in fundraising efforts for field trips and t-shirts
 Listen to a variety of guest speakers from our community
 Be tutored by peer students twice a week
 Be willling to take a t least one AP or honors class before you graduate.
 Take the AVID class all four years
You will be placed on probation for:
Receiving less than a 2.5 on any report card
Receiving a D or an F on any report card
Receiving poor citizenship/behavior in any class (referrals, ISS, detentions)
If you are on probation you will:
Have one quarter to raise your GPA and/or grade
Get extra help from the classes you are struggling in
Improve your overall attitude and behavior
You may be removed from the AVID program if you:
Miss more than 10 days of school per semester
Are on probation for one grading period and the next grading period you grades have not improved.
Have behavior issues in AVID or other classes
Are cited for inappropriate behavior, suspended from school ( handled case by case)
As a potential AVID student/parent I have read and agree to abide by the above information and conditions.
Student Signature
Parent Signature
AVID Teacher Recommendation Form:
Applicant's Name:
Grade:
Teacher's Name:
School Site:
Teacher Recommendation Form
Advancedment Via Indiviudal Determination (AVID) is an elective program designed to help the "Middle" students
achieve their golas of attending college. Please circle the number that best characterizes the student, with 1 being
the worst and 5 the best.
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Does this student have college potential?
Is this student organized?
Do you belive this student would benefit from AVID?
Does this student have good attendance?
Is this student reliable?
Is this student intrinsically motivated to succeed?
Does this student collaborate well with others?
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Do you know of any special circumstances or adversities this student has overcome? Example: (divorced parents,
financial struggles)
Signature of teacher:
Teacher: Please return to Independence High School by Friday, April 24th
Attention: Tab Taber, AVID Cooordinator or Lisa Stevens, AVID Counselor
Please do not return to the student
AVID Counselor Recommendation Form
Advancement VIA Individual Determination (AVID) is an elective program designed to help students achieve
their goals of attending college. By answering the following questions, you are helping us determine which
students qualify for the program. We than you in advance for your time.
Is the interested applicant:
Title on
Free/Reduced lunch
First-generation college bound
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Is this student on a college preparatory track?
What is this student's discipline history?
Most recent GPA:
Do you know of any special circumstances or adversities this student has overcome? (divorced parents,
financial struggles)
Signature of counselor
Teacher: Please return to Independence High School by Friday, April 24th
Attention: Tab Taber, AVID Cooordinator or Lisa Stevens, AVID Counselor
Please do not return to the student
Who is served by AVID?
AVID targets average students who have the potential to succeed in a rigourous academic program if given
both opportunity and support. It is not a remedial program for failing students, nor is it a program for gifted
students who are underperforming. Candidates for the AVID program are identified by counselors, teachers,
parents and/or students themselves according to the following criteria:
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Ability-academic potential to succeed in college preparatory courses
GPA of 2.0-3.5 in regular classes
Average standardized test scores
Enrollment in algebra (or higher) and a foreign language (HS)
Is willing to ake a least on AP and Honors classes before graduation
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Desire and Determination
Desire to attend college
Willingness to undertake demanding preparation for college
Good attendace record
Appropriate classroom behavior and few or nor discipline referrals
Willingness to give up another elective in order to reach their goals
Willing to take summer school
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How are AVID students picked for the program?
Students who are difined as middle students; based on GPA's and test scores
Students who are the first in their family to attend college
Economically disadvantaged
Historicallly underrepresented in 4-year colleges
You might be interviewed by an AVID teacher on Monday, April 20th or Tuesday, April 21st at registration
sign-ups at the Independence cafeteria. Below are some sample questions you might have to answer.
Please be ready to answer any of the below questions at registration.
Keep in mind that AVID is an honor and only those who take the class seriously will be considered.
l Do you struggle in school? Why or why not?
l How do you react if you have difficulty with a subject or teacher?
l Does someone pressure you for individual determination for achievement, or do you
have your own determination? How? Be ready to give an example.
l Do you have any comments you would like to make about you're application that you have
not yet been given the opportunity to tell us about?
l How do you work with a group, and by yourself? Which do you prefer?
l Why do you want to go to college?
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**All 8th graders and their parents are invited to an AVID information meeting on Thursday, April 16
from 5:00-5:45pm in room 712. This meeting is just prior to the school wide Freshman Orientation
which begins at 6:00pm in the Gym. Room 712 is in the building closest to and facing the Gym.