AVID's mission is to close the achievement gap by preparing all students for college readiness and success in a global society.

As America’s first Magnet High School, we are building a legacy of leaders by graduating every scholar college, career or military strong.

We are Skyline!

Our campus earned certification last year as an AVID Secondary and AVID Schoolwide campus. AVID Secondary refers to the AVID Elective classes that students choose to enroll in beginning their freshman year (AVID 1) and continuing in the AVID pathway through their senior year (AVID 4). The classes focus on a curriculum that integrates WICOR (writing, inquiry, collaboration, organization, and reading) to build student learning and performance.

AVID Schoolwide requires campuses to impact all students by providing classroom activities, teaching practices, and academic behaviors that can be incorporated into any classroom to improve engagement and success for all students.

Each year, AVID campuses are required to participate in a certification visit, led by the Dallas ISD AVID District Coordinator to determine if the campus successfully implemented both the AVID Elective and Avid Schoolwide. To earn certification, AVID Campuses must implement the program with fidelity and collect authentic evidence.

Dallas ISD will build in foundational and critical reading and writing skills across all content areas. This will teach students how to read, write, think and discuss in ways that are particularly to those different content areas.

Our campus AVID goal is to annotate the text. To annotate means to add markings, notes, questions, comments, and observations to the text you are reading. Students often combine annotating with writing.

Alpha: Rodriguez Amaya - Solis, Z.
Office phone: 972.502.3567
Email: denitucker@dallasisd.org

https://www.dallasisd.org/domain/23391

Leah Granados, SMU TRIO Site Team Member, assists in coordinating and sponsoring the trips, transportation, and food services for our AVID students.

Skyline AVID loves Ms. Granados!

It’s not too late to join the SMU ETS Program! Click on the picture below to apply or go by room B58D for a paper application!

Application link: https://smu.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_24WfHcLsupboG0K

Website: https://www.dallasisd.org/domain/26283

• Saturday, February 18: Texas State University - Bobcat Day
• Saturday, February 25: SAT Bootcamp at SMU for Juniors
• Saturday, March 4: University of North Texas (Denton) - Spring Preview Day
• Saturday, April 1: UNT Dallas - Trailblazer 360 Event

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Briana Sneed and Ivan Reyes, ASP Site Team Members, assist in getting seniors to apply for colleges, financial aid, and Dallas County Promise. ASP is posting pictures of seniors accepted to Universities pictures on their social media. Please take a look as your time permits:

https://www.instagram.com/aspskyline/

Skyline AVID loves Ms. Sneed and Mr. Reyes!

Topic: PTSA General Body Meeting

Time: Tuesday, Feb 28, 2023 05:30 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

Register in advance for this meeting:
https://dallasisd.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwrdeuhpz0vGdOW5joqLB7ZVS9IftqtrwiY

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

The 2023 AVID Speaker Contest invites elementary, middle, and high school students to share their AVID experience.

Whether through written word in an essay, poem, short story, or impassioned speech, we encourage you to share your story in response to one of the prompts below. Ideally, submissions should be approximately 500–800 words and no more than 5–7 minutes long when presented.

Winners will receive a $500 honorarium, paid travel accommodations to share their story live at AVID Summer Institute 2023, and a personalized letter of recommendation from our AVID CEO Thuan Nguyen.

The deadline to enter is February 20, 2023 at 11:59 p.m. Pacific Time.

Student submission link:

https://explore.avid.org/professional-learning/student-speaker-contest/

Educator submission link:

https://explore.avid.org/professional-learning/educator-speaker-contest/

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