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Our mission is to create college graduates. Ross is an AVID elementary and Signature Music School. AVID stands for Advancement Via Individual Determination. As an AVID elementary we teach our scholars how to learn and be excellent students through writing, inquiry, collaboration, organization and reading. Our teachers use best practices in these areas during instruction to ensure high quality, equitable instruction for all scholars.

Click the link to view our K-5 AVID alignment:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z2Nh-PmUCXi0JYOiDcA7AnjfgTzzincVXO_Y4nyyXGU/edit

What is AVID?:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1k1rmXYdo-Da9zu3sGwEkwBs4GiQcJYAXfDBWye1oeVU/edit#slide=id.g629dc6ed99_0_31

Engage students in the highest quality of learning • Prepare students for responsible, productive citizenship • Inspire excellence for a lifetime

We Support Equal Opportunities

The Topeka Public Schools, Unified School District No. 501 is committed to affirmative action and equal opportunity. No person shall, on the basis of age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, disability, national origin or ancestry be denied lawful access to any appropriate educational service, program, or activity provided by the school district. For students, the Title VI, Title IX, and Section 504 compliance coordinator is the General Counsel for the district. For employment, the EEO/AA and Title VII compliance officer is the general director of human resources. Compliance coordinators may be contacted at 624 S.W. 24th Street, Topeka, KS 66611-1294, (785) 295-3000. The clerk of the Board of Education has been designated to receive and redirect or handle inquiries regarding nondiscrimination policies, regulations, and procedures. The clerk may be contacted by calling (785) 295-3059 or by writing to 624 S.W. 24th Street, Topeka, Kansas 66611-1294.

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