This morning we hosted a celebration for our College Fair Winners!! Categories included- "You're Hired", "Design Star", "Best in Show", "Quiz Wiz", and many more! We are so proud of our 8th graders and their hard work ❤️🏫
Our AVID 8th graders went to the University of Maryland today! GO TERPS #UMDtour The tour guide said we were one of best groups she ever had ❤️🐢 #AVIDAACPS#AVID4possibility
College Fair Day 2 was a success!! Our 8th graders did an amazing job representing their college and answering questions from teachers, other grade levels, families, and they even quizzed each other! #AVIDAACPS#COLLEGE
College Fair Day 1: We had students from other grades and parents attend the event. They had a scavenger hunt to complete that encouraged asking our 8th grade college reps questions! #Inquiry#publicspeaking#AVID
Day 1 of the College Fair!! Our wonderful AVID 8th graders researched, designed, studied, and became college representatives! Students were prepared, knowledgeable, and eager to discuss their chosen schools. #AVID4possibility#AVIDAACPS
Our AVID 7th graders enjoyed a Baysox Game on Tuesday for their educational day! We participated in educational activities involving math and science AND had fun watching the game!! #GOTEAM#GOAVID
Our 7th grade AVID students completed an egg drop competition! Students worked in groups to spend "50 dollars" to buy supplies, create a contraption to protect the egg, then see if their egg survived the drop!! #Cooperation#AVID
Our AVID 6th graders created business cards for their future careers with interesting facts and information! Then, they participated in a networking event to discuss their businesses and what it takes to go into that profession #AVID#AVIDaacps 🤝💼
Our AVID 6th graders had a Zoo educator come in to talk about the different jobs/careers at the zoo before we go next week!! We learned a lot and a surprising highlight was holding elephant poop 🤣#AVID4possibility#AVIDaacps#careers@marylandzoo
AVID had a fun guest speaker today!! We had a veterinarian and her sidekick Asiago come in to talk to the class about her career! #Careerreadiness#AVID
Last week we hosted an AVID showcase! We are so proud of our student tour guides, panel members, and the teachers who participated!! We loved showing off how AVID has impacted our school <3 #AVIDAACPS
Our 8th grade students worked hard on their Passion Speech Projects. They outlined their ideas, wrote a speech, created visuals, and then presented their speeches to the class! #publicspeaking#AVID
Our AVID kiddos enjoyed this months guest speaker, a cosmetologist!! She explained her education, experiences, helpful tips and tricks, and even modeled her work on Mrs.Garrity! #makeupartist#Careerspotlight
Mrs.Garrity and 3 of our AVID students went to the Student Leadership Conference today! They saw amazing guest speakers, completed challenging activities with students from other AACPS schools, and truly had a blast!! #AVIDleaders
Our AVID students hosted a college door decorating competition schoolwide!!! We used our rubric, judged the competition, and choose a winner!! WHICH DOOR DO YOU THINK SHOULD WIN? #AVID#schoolleaders#College
Students practiced the TRF and Tutorial Process with a fun riddle to solve!! Can you solve it? "Jack and Jill were found deceased on the apartment floor surrounded by water and glass. No forced entry. No Blood. Dog was asleep. How did they die?" #INQUIRY#AVID