9th Grade AVID

Attendance

100

What time does school start?

8:45 am 

200

What is the #1 predictor of high school dropout and graduation rates?

Student class Attendance 

300

Finish the sentence..."Be in class or..."

Be in class or Have a pass!

400

How many school days do you have to miss to be considered chronically truant?

18 days!

^{That is less than 2 days a month for the school year!}

500

How many minutes late to class is considered a T-30? How do you clear an unexcused absence? _{if your parent or guardian did not call to excuse you?}  

Anything over 30 minutes late is a T-30. _{This can depend on each different teacher.} You can go to one Saturday School to clear one Unexcused Absence. 

Graduation

100

What is your graduating year?

2029

200

What is the lowest passing grade to go on to the next level of any class in HS? What is the lowest grade you should get on a transcript for colleges?

"D" to pass on in High School.
 "C" is needed for college.
D=Diploma
C=College

300

How many credits do you need to graduate?

230 

400

How many credits is each class worth for a semester? For the year?

5 for the semester. 10 total for the year.

500

How many years of math do you need to take to graduate? How many years of English? 

3 years for Math and 4 years for English 

Class Syllabus

100

What does AVID stand for?

Advanced Via Individual Determination 

200

List 3 of the required materials we need for our AVID class

•  2 ½ or 3-inch 3-ring view binder 

•  Color dividers (a minimum of 1 per class)

•  2 black ink pens

•  2 #2 pencils 

•  Zipper pouch to store supplies

•  2 different colored highlighters

•  1 pack of filler paper (college ruled)

•  A daily planner 

300

What does WICOR stand for?

Writing
Inquiry
Collaboration
Organization
Reading

400

What is the minimum GPA to stay off academic probation?

2.0 -C or better in all classes.

500

What are the first 4 of 7 highly successful students?

1) Self-respect

2) Command of Standard English

3) Goal-setting ability

4) Self-motivation

Class syllabus

100

What does T.R.F stand for?

Tutorial Request Form 

200

Where do most of the Field Trips go for the AVID program 

College or University campuses 

300

How many days a week will we do tutorials in our AVID class?

2. Tuesdays and Thursdays

400

When do we have binder checks? What do we have instead of a binder check?

Every other Friday. No Binder Check week is a Fun Friday 

500

What are the last 3 of 7 highly successful students?

5) Time management skills

6) Consequence awareness

7) Respect for others

School Misc.

100

What is our late work policy for this class? 

You will be given 1 day for each day absent to submit missed assignments.  It is your responsibility to check for missing assignments.

200

Where are all your grades posted?

PowerSchool

300

What is the minimum GPA to be able to participate in any sport on campus? 

2.0 ...Some are 3.0 (band) 

400

What does ROAR stand for?

Respect Overcome Aspire and Rise

500

Name 3 clubs on campus

Los Leones, ASB, Yearbook, Den writers, Choir, BSU (Black Student Union), Esports, Dance, Dream, Link Crew, Mock trial