Our guest today is an incredibly popular and knowledgeable member of the RIMS AVID team. Tommy Stokes has known since sixth grade that he was going to be a teacher when Miss Finney taught him AVID stuff before there was even AVID. In seventh grade Mr. Fratt made him want to be a history teacher. And in 11th grade he met Mr. Tibbels, who helped shape him into the teacher who knew every student and their stories. He started teaching at Moreno Valley High School in 1998, where he was a baseball coach, an AVID teacher, and an AVID coordinator. Tweet us @rimsavid Just for our high school students @rims_avid Email: rimsavid@sbcss.net Check out our website<a href='https://www.rimsavid.org/'> rimsavid.org</a> Music by ItsWatR from Pixabay - Cali

Myrtice Salmond, RIMS AVID TK-12 Program Specialist

Touching hearts, opening minds, closing the opportunity gap, and changing lives—the AVID way. Join Kelli Hogan-Flowers and Stephanie Downey, both Program Specialists and Regional Coaches with RIMS AVID, as they get together twice each month to talk with special guests about experiences, best practices, and strategies designed to make the dream of Schoolwide AVID a reality so we can prepare all students for college, careers, and life.