Ms. Engfer

[Thompson Jr. High @thompson308]

Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) provides students with essential skills that help prepare them for the demands of higher education. Mr. Lodakk Brown, Senior Operations Training Specialist at Metra, and Thompson parent, spoke with students about public speaking.

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Mariana took the lead today for Fun Friday. She taught our AVID8 class a traditional Colombian hand-slapping game called “Palo.” Needless to say, we had a blast!

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Building relational capacity in AVID8 💙@drewmud @thompson308

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We celebrated AVID Day by creating our Impact Statements during AVID8! @drewmud @thompson308

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AVID Day was celebrated at Thompson!! #whatsyourimpact
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Welcome to the AVID family!!! Official contract signing tonight! We are ready to make a difference & change the world! @drewmud @thompson308

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When your AVID seniors take you to lunch…❤️

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Celebrating Earth Day in AVID8 with a couple rounds of the ball game outside. Love our AVID family!!

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First Fun Friday led by AVID8 students!! Spoons for the win!! @drewmud @thompson308

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AVID8 had their first practice tutorial today about zombies, ghosts, and wild animals! Excellent job to our brave souls who chose to present first!! @drewmud @AVIDMWStates

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AVID8 Fun Friday turned into a lesson about having a strong foundation to build on. Love this AVID family & the foundations we have built together!! @drewmud @AVIDMWStates

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AVID8 Jigsaw activity learning about the tutorial process! @drewmud @AVIDMWStates

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AVID8 working in groups to come up with ways to teach the types of FNT to their class! @drewmud @AVIDMWStates

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Our AVID8 students presented to our incoming AVID students about the class expectations and what to look forward to next year. It was neat to see our AVID8 students show off their leadership skills! @drewmud @AVIDMWStates @thompson308

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Wiffleball Fun Friday & our last binder check of 8th grade!!! @drewmud @thompson308

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@arianaorwat You’re amazing, @arianaorwat!! Thank you again!!!

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Our AVID seniors & previous grads of Thompson collaborated with our current AVID8 students for some professional development! Love how they worked together to come up with three different presentations for our Tiger Staff! @thompson308 @drewmud @MarcusLLewisEd1 @Karen_OC_

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AVID8 Fun Friday today consisted of some major engineering skills. Kids were making chairs out of 6 pieces of paper and some masking tape. The goal was for the chair to hold at least 4 phones or calculators. Some of the chairs held 40 books! @AVIDMWStates @drewmud @thompson308

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When you try something new and have the AVID8 kids teach our family a new game for Fun Friday, you learn who your competitive kids are. Who knew Spoons could create this many laughs and squeals? #funfriday @drewmud @AVIDMWStates @thompson308

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AVID8 learning more about our personalities while collaborating with our classmates by creating one-pagers to present to our class @AVIDMWStates @drewmud @thompson308