5th graders at New Lebanon School enthusiastically performed Disney's Winnie the Pooh on Tuesday, November 22nd. The entire school watched these talented students sing and dance and help Pooh Bear find a big pot of honey.

The New Lebanon Theatre program is funded by a grant from the Greenwich Alliance and the First County Bank Foundation.

As a part of the AVID SUCCESS community involvement and family support focus, we joined the students and their families in this wonderful Thanksgiving tradition. A great time was had by all.

Cos Cob and Western Middle schools received Reaching Out Grant awards from the Alliance to equip rooms with various pieces of colorful equipment to help students with socialization, sensory integration, vestibular input, and much more. 

It was a fun time at the Cos Cob Sensory Room learning more about the equipment and testing it out. The red and white blanket is even weighted!

GHS AVID 11th and 12th Meet Mentors

Facilitated by Ivonne Zucco, career coach, AVID 11 and 12th graders learned more about AVID SUCCESS mentors and how these adults might be of help to them now and later in college. Mentors participated in a panel discussion with students and also moved throughout the room speaking to students to set the foundation for future conversations.

Interested in being an AVID SUCCESS Mentor or Bench Expert?

We are looking for young professionals and more seasoned community members to join us as Mentors or Bench Experts. Bench Experts have time for short phone calls from students to research career paths, plan college courses related to a specific field, discuss graduate school and more.

Email mentoring@greenwichalliance.org to learn more.

Good Money Habits

Nancy Kail, AVID SUCCESS consultant, just taught financial literacy skills to the 8th grade AVID classes at CMS and WMS and to AVID 9th graders at GHS. Middle school students worked on the Good Money Habits Checklist and developed personal savings goals.

The 9th grade students focused on savings goals, savings plans and talked about Educate & Prosper College Savings Accounts at Members Credit Union. These accounts are only available to GHS AVID students and are matched 25 cents on the dollar by the Alliance when students graduate.

A Visit to Marist College

Visiting college campuses is an important part of AVID. On November 16th, AVID students at CMS and WMS spent the day touring Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY.