Mr. Duez's AVID Blog: October 2010

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Agenda: Monday, Oct. 25, 2010

The leader always sets the trail for others to follow.

Quote of the Day: "A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way." - John Maxwell

Monday 10/25 BLACK OUT breast cancer and wear black
Tuesday 10/26 Be a perfect pumpkin and wear orange
Wednesday 10/27 Sock it to breast cancer and wear CRAZY SOCKS
Thursday 10/28 IS PINK DAY & Our final PINK-OUT-PEP RALLY
8:45 - 9:15 Everyone wear pink!
Friday 10/29 is Spirit Day - please wear red, white & blue!

Monday:
1. Goal of the Week.
2. We will watch the video from the Junior trip to UTSA and discuss the school.
3. Motivational Monday:

We'll discuss the video and also Breast Cancer awareness week.
We also will work on the NYTimes editorial articles in 7th period.
We will discuss them in 4th period.

Tuesday:
Tutoring

Wednesday and Thursday:
Tutoring & TBD

Friday:
TBD

Monday, October 18, 2010

Agenda: Week of Monday, Oct. 18th, 2010 - Friday, Oct. 22nd, 2010

Quote of the Week: "The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place in which to spend one's leisure." ~Sydney J. Harris

Monday -
Guest Speaker from Texas Tech

Tuesday -
Tutoring

Wed, Thu, & Fri - Mr. Duez will be out. A sub will be here.

Wed/Thu -
Tutoring for 1st half
Quote Sheet for 2nd half of the period.

Friday -
Students will work on the New York Times Education Editorials that we looked at last week. Each one will be worth a grade (that is completed correctly). This is great bonus boost to your grade. The substitute will pass them out. If there is extra time, you will watch the Summer Institute student speeches.

Friday 7th period - we'll be on our field trip to UTSA.

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Junior Field Trip to UTSA - Oct. 22nd

Permission SLIP UTSA

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Agenda: Week of Oct. 11th through Oct. 15th

Quote of the Day: "A leader is best When people barely know he exists, When his work is done, his aim fulfilled, They will say: We did it ourselves." Lao-Tzu

Agenda:
Monday - Columbus Day - no school.

Tuesday -
Tutoring!

Wed/Thu -
Picture Day if weather permitting. We'll go outside and take some pictures.
Seniors - We will also be working on creating a timeline of due dates. We will discuss applications to colleges and scholarship opportunities.
Juniors - We are going to create a College Wall outside of Mr. Duez's class using college pamphlets and handouts that were given out at college night.

Friday -
Computer Lab - Blue 2
Seniors will be working on Texas Common Application and Scholarships.
Juniors will be researching college and also looking at ePrep. Mr. Duez will be printing out some test items for the students to work on and then they can put their answers into the system. There are videos that they can watch to understand questions if they did not do them properly.