AVID
AVID, an acronym for Advancement Via Individual Determination, is a program designed to increase school-wide learning and performance. The purpose of the AVID program, according to its founder Mary Catherine Swanson, is to restructure the teaching methods of an entire school and to open access to the curricula that will ensure four-year college eligibility to those students who are truly determined to succeed. Here, at
Bayard Middle School AVID class meets daily and students are instructed in note taking skills, study skills, test taking, time management skills, effective textbook reading and library research skills. The curriculum covers writing, collaboration and reading. Students develop skills that will allow them to become successful in high school's honors and advance placement classes. Click here
for the AVID website.BPA
Business Professionals of America
is the leading CTSO (Career Technical Student Organization) for
students pursuing careers in business management, office
administration, information technology and other related career
fields.
BPA has more than 51,000 members in over 2,300 chapters in 23
states. BPA is a "co-curricular" organization that supports business
and information technology educators by offering curriculum based on
national standards. Resources and materials are available on-line
and designed to be customized to a school's program.
The Workplace Skills Assessment Program (WSAP) prepares students to
succeed and assesses real-world business skills and problem solving
abilities in finance, management, IT and computer applications.
FCCLA
Family, Career and Community
Leaders of America is a nonprofit national career and technical
student organization for young men and women in Family and Consumer
Sciences education in public and private school through grade 12.
Everyone is part of a family, and FCCLA
is the only national Career and Technical Student Organization with
the family as its central focus. Since 1945, FCCLA members have been
making a difference in their families, careers, and communities by
addressing important personal, work, and societal issues through
family and consumer sciences education.
Today over 219,000 members in nearly 6,500 chapters are active in a
network of associations in 50 states as well as in the District of
Columbia, the Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico. Chapter projects
focus on a variety of youth concerns, including teen pregnancy,
parenting, family relationships, substance abuse, peer pressure,
environment, nutrition and fitness, teen violence, and career
exploration. Involvement in FCCLA offers members the opportunity to
expand their leadership potential and develop skills for life --
planning, goal setting, problem solving, decision making, and
interpersonal communication -- necessary in the home and workplace.
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