11.13.07- AVID Warning letters sent out. Must be signed by both student and parent/guardian and returned to Meek(413) or Riggs (306) by Thursday 11.15.07. Students who do not return letters will be held for lunch detention until Tuesday 11.20.07 and following THanksgiving break, will be refered to Mr. Morgan. AVID Contracts were sent out on Monday October 22, 2007...They MUST be returned to Meek(413) or Riggs(306) by Wednesday October 24, 2007. Lunch detention wil be assigned for contracts not returned. Students who do not return their contracts will not be allowed to particpate in the trip on 11.5.07 Students who are able to attend the trip on 11.5.07 will be given paperwork on Tuesday October 30. All paperwork must be returned by Thursday, 11.1.07. Students who do not return paperwork by 11.1.07, will be taken off of the list. Students who are not permitted to attend will have a project to work on in school on 11.5.07. If students who are not permitted to attend do not come to school, the project is still assigned as homework. Dear Parent/Guardian: Our 9th and 10th grade AVID students have the opportunity to attend our 1st AVID field trip to the Coastal Ropes Course. The trip is planned for November 5, 2007. We will leave AHS at 8:30 and return around 1:30. Students who are permitted to attend must have a B or higher in all Academic classes. They must not be a behavior issue in any class. All students have written responses to specific questions regarding the trip. Questions included, why should you be invited to go? What would be reasons to keep student from attending? Would you participate? And finally, why would you want to attend? Students who are not permitted to attend this particular trip will have an assignment at school for the day. Students will have a writing assignment that correlates with the activity. Please look over the attached information and fill out the needed information. Any questions please e-mail rmeek@nhcs.k12.nc.us or sriggs@nhcs.k12.nc.us . All forms must be returned no later than October 25, 2007. All forms must be returned to Mrs. Meek (rm 413) or Ms.Riggs (rm 306). Thank you, Robyn Meek AVID coordinator Shauna Riggs AVID elective teacher AVID trips Trips are a privilege, not a right. All students are given the opportunity to be invited for trips. - Students will have to do a writing assignment expressing interests, reasons for not going, etc. -Students who are failing more than 2 classes are not allowed to attend trips. -Students who are failing 1 class may be able to attend provided improvements can be seen Students must be able to document/provide tutoring grade improvement teacher recommendation