Vijay Koilpillai

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!

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.

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.

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

bridge basics

how bridges work

geometry of bridges

bridge design tips