Welcome to AVID

1. Welcome to AVID Teacher Name: Classroom: Per:

2. A.V.I.D • Advancement • Via • Individual • Determination

3. A Little About Me • My name is Erik Crull (Skull) • I have taught in our district for 4 years and have been in the education as a teacher and Coach for 12 years.

4. A Little About Me • I received my Bachelors degree in History and Social Science from California State University of San Bernardino, CSUSB.

5. A Little About Me • I am a first generation college graduate • I grew up in Fontana and went to Fontana High • I am Married with 2 children

7. A Week in AVID

8. Some Figures ...

9. Some more Figures … • Average Percent of AVID seniors Accepted to a 4 year university over last three years: 96% • Percent of AVID students who have taken the SAT and/or ACT since 08/09 – 100% • Average Percent of AVID students in Free/Reduced Lunch – 87% • Number of Community Service Hours completed by AVID seniors in AVID for three years or more – 10,000 • Universities Students accepted to since 2012 … ALL UCs Represented … Berkeley and UCLA included…. All 23 Cal States Represented…. Inlcuding SLO, SDSU, and Long Beach State… and over 40 private universities represented.

10. My objective • I am not your enemy, don’t act like I am • I am here to help you learn and grow into a knowledgeable young person that will be successful in life!

11. My Goals For You • To help make you the best student you can be by: • Keeping you organized • Tutorials • Being an active/involved student • Getting you motivated

12. More Goals For You • To prepare you as best as possible to enter a Four Year University by: • Teaching you proper study habits • Making you aware of the resources • Financial Aid • Free Tutoring (Tutorials) • And Much more

13. Binders • Every week!!!! • Our first official binder check will be next Friday. • Focused Notes • You must have at least 10 per week.

14. Tutorials • Every Tuesday and Thursday

15. DCA’s • Students will be required to write a daily class activity- DCA (5 points a day) • The activity is used to work on: Writing skills Organization Communication Review of previous days work Forces students to use their notes Allows me to check for understanding everyday

16. Some Great Statistics  • 100% of our AVID Seniors took either the SAT or ACT at least twice • 99% completed their A-G requirements successfully • 100% of AVID students graduated High School with above a 2.5 Academic G.P.A. • 96% of our students were accepted to a 4 year institution

17. More Great Statistics  • 45% of students in the AVID Program finished having taken at least 3 AP Classes or more • 78% of students in AVID 2012 took at least ONE AP class while at Chaffey High School • 61% of students in AVID 2012 were in program for 3 yrs or more • Over 7,500 hours of community service performed over the year by AVID Seniors

18. Where is Mr.Crull?????

19. Contact me School loop- http://chs-cjuhsd-ca.schoolloop.com/ Erik_Crull@cjuhsd.net Email- School Phone- (909) 988-5560 ext. 2321

20. Quotes • “know thyself” -Socrates “If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. It’s the hard that makes it great” -Tom Hanks “Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.” -Henry Ford “Knowledge is power” -Mr. Crull