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AVID Information





What is AVID? 

AVID, which stands for Advancement Via Individual Determination, is a structured researched-based College and Career Readiness System. It is a school-wide approach to curriculum and rigor. 

The AVID elective targets those who are capable of completing a college-prep path with support through the AVID elective class. The class supports motivated students as they challenge themselves in more rigorous classes. It also allows students the ability to foster leadership skills both within their school and throughout their community.

Students engage in a curriculum that enhances their knowledge on note-taking, time management, organization, writing, and research while being immersed in a college-going culture. The AVID elective serves to support its students through an emphasis on WICOR curricular strategies, which include writing, inquiry, collaboration, organization, and reading.  By reinforcing study and organizational skills, and encouraging students to take more rigorous and challenging classes, the program seeks to ultimately prepare them for success at a college or university.

The class also includes tutorials that are facilitated by college students and adults providing support for success in their academically rigorous curriculum.

Additionally, the AVID class provides access to information about colleges and universities through field trips, guest speakers, college tutors, scholarship opportunities, and college admission requirement information.


What is the AVID Elective at the secondary level?

The AVID Elective class supports motivated students as they challenge themselves in more rigorous classes. Students engage in a curriculum that enhances their knowledge on note-taking, time management, organization, writing, and research while being immersed in a college-going culture. The class also includes tutorials that are facilitated by college students and adults and provides support for success in their academically rigorous curriculum. Additionally, the AVID class provides access to information about colleges and universities through field trips, guest speakers, college tutors, scholarship opportunities, and college admission requirement information.


Who are AVID Elective students at the secondary level? 

AVID students are students who want to take advantage of the opportunity to prepare for college and career readiness and success beyond high school.

They are capable of taking a more challenging college-prep path which includes Advanced Placement (AP) courses, Concurrent Enrollment and a variety of courses to advance their studies with support through the AVID elective class.

AVID students are typically hard-working with a positive attitude, are collaborative in nature, willing to take rigorous courses, and have individual determination.



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Why AVID?

Copy of AVID Data -Updated 2020-21

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Inquiry-Based Learning

The AVID elective supports its students through an emphasis on WICOR curricular strategies.

The elective class seeks to ultimately prepare them for success in college and career readiness by reinforcing study and organizational skills and encouraging students to take more rigorous and challenging classes.

Students are given the resources to help them apply for financial aid, scholarships, grants, and to colleges and universities of their interest.

Bi-Weekly Tutorials with Professional Tutors

AVID students have skilled tutors, often college students, to help them with their studies.

Team Building

The best way to support the students taking risks and pushing themselves personally and academically is to build a strong support system through the "AVID family." The bonds created in the AVID classes are part of the magic formula that makes AVID such a success. We mix in hard work with fun activities in and out of school.

Leadership and Community Service

There is a strong curricular focus on leadership development as the ultimate goal of the AVID Elective is to support students to become educated and responsible participants and leaders in society. Community service is advocated throughout the course as students are encouraged to be active members of their school and community. 

College Exploration

Students are taken on field trips to various colleges and universities throughout their time in the AVID Elective to familiarize them with the many post-secondary options available. 

College and Career Readiness Skills

The elective class seeks to ultimately prepare students for success in college and career readiness. Students in the AVID elective learn, practice, and master a variety of skills. Skills emphasized in the AVID elective across all grade levels include: collaboration, critical reading, writing to learn, organization, focused note-taking, leadership, speaking, listening, and study skills. 

AVID Elective Student Expectations