AVID class of 2009

This is my AVID class and today we were celebrating a 4 year scholarship that was awarded to Sidra. I thought they were cute when they were sophomores; now I think they are absolutely brilliant!

The class has now earned three 4-year scholarships. The other two were awarded to Juan and Sergio; (see if you can identify them) These boys are USU bound. (they have already been accepted into the engineering program.) AVID: Advancement Via Individual Determination is a national college board program that focuses time and resources toward lower income, 1st generation students, in hopes that they will rigorously prepare themselves for a college education.

Below is photo of Sidra's scholarship list (notice all the cross outs, those are all the ones in which she has received letters of rejection.) It's not easy being rejected. The situation was particularly dire for Sidra, either get a scholarship or her father's plan would kick in; Sidra was to be sent back to Pakistan and face certain marriage and a life without school. So we have a lot of reason to celebrate! As a side note, her scholarship was awarded through the Granite Education Foundation and it is specifically aimed for future teachers. It is similar to the scholarship that I was awarded a long, long, long, time ago.

As another side note, Sidra wants to become a high school Chemistry teacher. (awwww gee, I love this girl!)