Vijay Koilpillai

College Letter Project: Introduction

AVID students! Soon you will be writing a letter requesting information from the college of your choice. Today, you will start by researching that college.

1) Pick a college that you may want to go to. If you are unsure, you can start with the college matchmaker tool from collegeboard. Just click on the link and follow the instructions. http://collegesearch.collegeboard.com/search/adv_typeofschool.jsp

2) If you already know of a college you might want to attend, go to the collegeboard website and type in the name of the college in the college search window on the right side of the following website: http://www.collegeboard.com/student/index.html?student

3) Complete the College Letter Activity information sheet by navigating through the collegeboard website and finding the appropriate information. Most of the information should be easily found using collegeboard. If you cannot find the information through collegeboard, go to the college's website through the link under "at a glance." Be sure you write in complete sentences for questions 1-13 and turn in your work to the substitute.

**If you get stuck, read the instructions and questions very carefully. I've provided a few clues on the question sheet that might help you find the information.

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Annual AVID College Trip

This year 31 AVID students visited Florida State University and Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. We had a blast! We toured the college campuses, played in the football stadium, talked to college students, and relaxed.

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New Team Identity

Team Identity Assignment

Teams! Today you will select a new college identity for your group. Each class will pick a college from a different conference and create a poster using information that you find out about that college. The poster must include: the name of the college, the team members, the school colors, the school nickname, and the location. In addition, include some information I did not ask for. Finally, this poster should be created by hand. See the following examples:

Download team_identity_example.doc

Download team_identity_mr_k.doc

1st Period: ACC - go to www.theacc.com

2nd Period: SEC - go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeastern_Conference

6th Period: BigEast - go to www.bigeast.org

7th Period Pac-10 - go to www.pac-10.org

Your poster should be colorful. Feel free to add any symbols or images that are related to the school.

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Congratulations Dontavius!

Congratulations to Dontavius Binion for winning the Campbell Middle School spelling bee. He will be competing for the county title at Kennesaw Mountain High School this Saturday morning. We are so proud of Dontavius.

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Group Research Presentation

Your task today is to research the following topics:

Types of colleges: public vs. private, large vs. small, urban vs. rural setting, community college, etc.

Types of degrees: certificates, Associates degree, Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, Professional Degree, Doctoral Degree

Financial Aid: Grants, scholarships, work study, loans

Miscellaneous: admissions tests (SAT, ACT, etc.), fraternities/sororities, major/minor, tuition

helpful websites: http://www.collegeboard.com/prod_downloads/collegeed/CE-materials-1112-parent-guide.pdf

http://www.collegeboard.com/student/csearch/where-to-start/2.html

http://www.collegeboard.com/student/csearch/campus-life/index.html

http://www.collegeboard.com/student/csearch/where-to-start/38.html

http://www.gacollege411.com/FinAid/PayingForCollege/financial_aid_411.asp#a4

http://www.collegeboard.com/student/pay/add-it-up/397.html

Take notes on the information you find. It might be helpful to break up the information amongst your group members. For each topic you research, be sure to find an example of it. As a group, you will teach the rest of the class about these topics.

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More Pictures from AVID Awareness

One of my students just reminded me to post some of the fun pictures from our trip. Here they are.

Our lunch was definitely better than school lunch!

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Congratulations!

On Thursday, November 15th, five AVID students participated in AVID Awareness. Diana Rojas, Autumn Williams, Tiffany Kelly, Petrus Reyes, and Uriel Ortiz went to the Renaissance Atlanta Hotel to share their experiences as AVID students with teachers and administrators who are getting ready to start AVID in their own schools. The AVID students participated in a panel discussion and spoke with confidence about their lives as AVID students. They also shared their binders with smaller groups of teachers. The students truly shined and I am incredibly proud of them.

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Assignments for November 12-16

Students and parents,

The assignments for the week are as follows:

1) Write two questions for tutorials on Tuesday and Thursday

2) Prepare binder for binder check on Friday

3) Finish the "Walk a Mile in My Shoes" poster. If you don't have colored pencils or markers, you can borrow them from me.

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Bridge Building Research

On Wednesday, you will be building bridges with your team using toothpicks and marshmallows. Your job today is to research the ideas and principles behind bridges. With your partner, click on each of the links and then take Cornell notes on what you learn.

basic bridge structures

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