Please join us in an evening event to highlight the AVID Program as a part of the Spring Speaker Series, featuring an exciting panel discussion with: AVID Executive Director, Jim Nelson AVID Director for Texas, Eileen Friou Regional P-16 Council AVID Coordinator, Jonathan Grant Brown AVID & Secondary Advanced Academic Services, Dianne Mata (ECISD) Director of Student Development, Betty Newman (MISD) AVID is a fourth- through twelfth-grade system to prepare students in the academic middle for four-year college eligibility. It has a proven track record in bringing out the best in students, and in closing the achievement gap. AVID stands for Advancement Via Individual Determination.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND: ISD administrators, higher education employees, high school counselors, K-12 teachers, mayors and City Council members, Chamber of Commerce members, civic and group leaders, church leaders, and parents.

For more information, call 432-335-6713.

Wednesday, April 9, 2008
UTPB’s Center for Energy and Economic
Diversification (CEED) (on Hwy 191)
6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Admission is Free.