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Carlsbad Hi-Noon Rotary Produces 16th Annual AVID Conference
A professional conference organized to provide AVID students with the tools to build their own successful futures.
CARLSBAD HI-NOON ROTARY
Contact: Ken Clark, 951.760.0430 April 26, 2024
ROTARY PRODUCES 16TH ANNUAL AVID CONFERENCE
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Carlsbad Hi-Noon Rotary Club (CHNR) completed its 16th annual AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) Conference for Carlsbad High School AVID students at the Westin Resort, Carlsbad.
This one-day conference has a mission to expand the career options and leadership skills of the students attending. AVID is a program of Carlsbad middle and high school students targeting those students who would be the first in their families to attend college.
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Ken Clark, CHNR AVID Chairman, summarized the focus of the day: “The day is modeled after a professional conference with speakers sharing the obstacles they have overcome and the tools they employed to build their success, in an interactive conversation with students. The goal is to recognize their success in completing the AVID program and to provide them with tools for building their own successful futures.”
The conference provides students with an opportunity to hear from and interact with Rotarians and adult speakers who have interesting histories to share. One such speaker is Mauricio Berber, a former AVID student, who is now the president of RMJ Technologies in Houston, TX. Berber makes an effort to attend this conference to showcase the steps he took and the results he attributed to what he learned during his AVID school days.
Additional conference speakers this year were Ayrton Lopez of Horizon Media (also an AVID graduate), Rachel Ivanovich of Easy Life Management, Miguel de Jesus of the College of Business, Cal State San Marcos, Wendy Savalza a CSUSM student (an AVID graduate) and Walt Waggener of State Farm Insurance.
Jeff Spanier is the AVID Coordinator for Carlsbad High School and identified five current AVID students for special honors, including: Floridalma Pablo Pablo, Sarahi Torres, Viviana Granados, Sofia Tamayo and Javier Garcia. (Photo attached.)
Carlsbad Hi-Noon Rotary Club is a service club with a motto of “Service Above Self” and meets every Monday (except Federal holidays) at 12:10pm, Westin Resort, Carlsbad. Visitors are welcome. Refer: www.carlsbadhinoonrotary.org.
Photo credit: Ken Clark and Jeff Segall
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Photos: AVID Conference Attendees 2024, Westin Resort, Carlsbad - group
Photos: AVID Honorees Pablo, Torres, Granados, Tamayo and Garcia
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