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October Calendar
Upcoming Events for this month at Avance: October 7-15 Quarter One Assessments October 13 PSAT Day (Grades 9-11) 1:15pm Dismissal (Grades 6-12) October 11-15 Boys/Girls Varsity Basketball Practice begins at Highland Park Rec Center October 14 Cross Country Meet vs Elizabeth Learning Center (League) at Elysian Park at 2:30pm October 15 8th Grade Girls Volleyball vs CALS at 5pm at Eagle Rock Rec Center October 16 Cross Country Meet: Bell Gardens Invitational at Whittier Narrows at 8am October 18 No School (Quarter Break) October 19-22 Parent-Teacher Conferences (Tue-Fri) 1:15pm Dismissal (Tue-Fri) October 21 Cross Country Meet: vs Huntington Park College Ready (League) at Elysian Park at 2:30pm October 22 8th Grade Girls Volleyball Game vs Santa Rosa at 4pm at Eagle Rock Rec Center October 25 Boys Varsity Soccer Practice Begins at Rio De Los Angeles Park October 27 8th Grade Boys Flag Football Game vs Excel at 4pm at Glassell Park Rec Center October 28 Cross Country Meet: vs USC MAST (League) at Elysian Park at 2:30pm 8th Grade Girls Volleyball Game vs Excel at 4pm at the Eagle Rock Rec Center October 29 Halloween Dance (4-7pm) |
Avance's charter is renewed for 5 years!
Before a full room of Avance students, parents and staff, the charter for Academia Avance was renewed by the Los Angeles County Board of Education on August 17th. The school now continues it mission in Highland Park for 5 more years. The LACOE Board cited the academic achievements of the school as strong motivation for renewal. The Class of 2011 will be the first graduating off to college. By the completion of the new charter in 2015, there will be over 200 college bound Avance-ros with many more right behind them! |
Avance students, staff and parents raise the school API again for 2009!
On
September 15, 2009 the California Department of Education published the
Academic Performance Index (API) data for all California public schools
based on the May 2009 standardized test results. Academia Avance
increased its base API score by 25 points, rising to 726, and exceeded
all of its Annual Yearly Progress (AYP) state and federal accountability
benchmarks. This follows the 89 point increase from the year before,
and places Avance ahead of all the traditional public middle and high
schools in Northeast Los Angeles. Avance students outperformed
or matched the LAUSD district-wide STAR scores in 14 of 16 comparison
points, and the 10th grade students surpassed the state-wide STAR
scores for Science and History: an incredible 79% scored Proficient or
Advanced in Science; 61% scored Proficient or Advanced in History. These results come on the heals of the CDE publication of the 2008 school rankings based on 2008 STAR results. When compared to 100 schools in the state with similar demographic characteristics, Avance was in the 9th decile. The performance of 2008 and 2009 will propel Avance forward in 2010 on our way to the first graduating class in the Spring of 2011. Stayed tuned! Avance: Moving Foward. Click here to see the CDE API report. |
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