Another beautiful day and a great opportunity for a college visit! This time it was our AVID 9 students visiting Elmhurst University.

Congratulations to Ms. Lindgren, our AVID WICORish Award Winner for the month of April! Your AVID 11 students are grateful to you for providing them opportunities to learn via Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration and Reading!

🎉Congratulations to Natalie F! She was awarded a $56,000 scholarship from Thorium Action Group 2024 for AU! Thank you Community Foundation of the Fox River Valley! West Chicago AVID Community Foundation Aurora University

🎉Congratulations to Joel and Vanessa R-R!!! They were both awarded The National Scholarship from TheDream.US!!!!!!! Both are honored with a $156,000 scholarship to attend North Central College!!! West Chicago AVID North Central College TheDream.US AVID

The good news continues to roll in!

I can’t believe today is our last day with Seniors!! Special shout out to our AVID Seniors- we are so proud of all you have accomplished!

Congratulations to Ms. Girgis! She is our May WICORish Teacher Award Winner! Your AVID students are very grateful that you provide Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization and Reading opportunities in your classroom. Thank you for all you do!

Today was a great day to center ourselves and clear our minds before finals week! The weather was beautiful for our outdoor SWAVID activities! Special shout out to Mrs. Walters and the WeGo Social Workers for planning a rejuvenating day!

Tutorials are an inquiry based, collaborative way in which our AVID students push themselves to dive deeper into their coursework. Today we celebrate some of the Tutorial MVPs from Mrs. Walter’s AVID classes! Keep up the great work!

Another Tutorial MVP to celebrate! Well done!

Congratulations to Ms. Bosco our WICORish Teacher Award Winner for October! Students nominated her because she consistently provides them with opportunities to grow their Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization and Reading skills.

So it begins….. Our Seniors are beginning to commit to their futures! Can’t wait to add more to this wall!

Our first “Coffee with College Students” was a success! Thank you to the WeGo Alumni who took the time to speak to some of our Seniors about their experience! Jennifer Culbertson

Congratulations to our WICORish Award Winner this month! Ms. Almarales supports her students in their Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization and Reading skills every day! Your AVID students appreciate you!

Did everyone enjoy the Super Bowl last weekend? AVID 11 students used it as a way to research colleges! They were each assigned a player and tasked with learning about the college they went to. Way to go AVID 11 all stars!

🥳 Congratulations to AVID 12 student Valeria Salinas for being selected as a member of the Dell Scholars Class of 2025! 💻 We are so proud of you! 🎓 West Chicago AVID AVID Dell Scholars Wildcat Chronicle Community HS Dist 94

The commitments keep rolling in! We are so proud of our AVID Wildcats! Jennifer Culbertson

Shoutout to Alina Ortiz, Valeria Ballines and Omar Lutfiyev! Last week they were student leaders at the Chicago AVID Summer Institute (a professional development event attended by THOUSANDS of teachers). We are so proud of their leadership!

Socratic Seminar anyone?? In his role as a student leader at the Chicago AVID Summer Institute, Omar Lutfiyev participated in one in front of thousands of teachers last week! We are so proud of our student leaders!

Congratulations to Mr. McCollum! He was nominated by the AVID students to be our September WICORish Teacher of the month! Thank you for providing your students the opportunity to practice their Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization and Reading skills!