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Advancement Via Individual Determination

Teachers:

7th Grade - Mrs. Micah Myers

8th Grade - Mrs. Kim McGuckin

AVID Logo - Decade of College Dreams

AVID is a nonprofit college-readiness program. The program is designed to help students develop the many skills they need to be successful in college. Special emphasis is placed on growing writing, reading, critical thinking, teamwork, and organization skills. At HJH, AVID is both an elective class and a school-wide initiative. There is one elective class for each grade level, 6th-8th.

“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.”

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AVID Student Spotlight!

Congratulations to Araceli Ramos, our 1st AVID Student Spotlight! She'll get recognized on Social Media and a gift card for her hard work!

AVID Student Spotlight

Next up is Giovani Espinoza-Ramos! Congratulations!

Gio

Guest Speakers

On Wednesday, August 21st, our AVID Students had their first guest speaker. Emma McGuckin gave a presentation on her education background and her experience as a Wildlife Rehabber, Wildlife Educator, Wildlife Biologist, and Zoological Specialist.

Emma

On October 17, Mark Gilliard spoke to our AVID Students about his work with Good Shepherd Hospice and the Hardee County School Board.

Mark Gilliard Guest Speaker
Mark Gilliard Guest Speaker

We're all connected!

7th Grade AVID students learned they have more in common with each other than they realized by making a chain connecting one person at a time based on shared interests. In the end, we were able to link everyone together.

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AVID DAY is August 30th!

We celebrated by proclaiming the impact we'd like to make by the end of the school year. Schoolwide, students participate in a College Bingo and wore neon colors because our futures are BRIGHT!

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Boys wearing AVID Shirt
Girls wearing NEON

Word Scramble Challenge in 7th Grade AVID

Word Scramble Challenge
Word Scramble Challenge
Word Scramble Challenge
Word Scramble Challenge
Word Scramble Challenge
Word Scramble Challenge

Spoons!

7th Grade AVID Students took Focused Notes on the game of Spoons and then they put their notes to the test by actually playing the game! It was very intense and fun!

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playing spoons
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playing spoons
playing spoons
playing spoons

Congrats to Nevaeh and Layla, the winners from their tables!!

The Winner!
The Winner!

Back-to-Back Drawings in 7th Grade AVID!

Students sit back-to-back with their partner. One of them describes the picture and the other one draws the picture based on the description. Neither of them can look until the time is up!

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back-to-back drawings
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back-to-back drawings
back-to-back drawings
back-to-back drawings
back-to-back drawings
back-to-back drawings
back-to-back drawings
back-to-back drawings
back-to-back drawings

Congratulations to our Winners!

1st Place - Haileigh and Christian

2nd Place - Layla, Eyleen, and Ian

back-to-back drawings winners
back-to-back drawings winners

The Radio Show

On January 18, 2024, Erianna Severe and Katelyn Sims from 7th Grade AVID joined Shayla Hernandez and Esmeralda Ramos from 8th Grade AVID and Mrs. Myers to do the Cat Chat Radio Show for 102.1 The Outlaw, our local radio station in Wauchula. They discussed what the AVID program is, what they do in class, how it's helped them, and their goals for the future. They are also all either Culinary Students or Culinary Student Workers so they got a chance to talk about that experience as well. They did a fantastic job and deserved a treat at Dunkin on the way back to school!

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radio show
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