AVID Overview
What is AVID?
- A college preparatory program
- An academic elective class
- A program that helps students qualify for attendance to a four-year college or university
AVID Objectives
- To provide academic instruction and support to students
- To prepare students for eligibility to a four-year college or university
- Reinforce students college level skills and habits
- To increase the coping skills of program participants
- To motivate program students to seek a college education
- To increase the participant's level of career awareness
What Do We Do in AVID?
- Tutoring from college tutors
- Implementing WICOR (Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, Reading)
- Developing college success strategies
- Applying for colleges, scholarships , and FAFSA
- Career exploration and creating a professional portfolio
- Visiting college campuses
- Interacting with guest speakers
- College admission preparation
- Participating in extracurricular activities and community service
- Engaging in Socratic Seminar/Philosophical Chairs
- Collaborating in group tutorials with college tutor support
Who May Participate?
- Students who have the potential and desire to attend a four-year college and
- Have appropriate classroom behavior
- Have a minimum 2.0 GPA
- Have a good attendance record
- Are willing to commit themselves to a minimum of two hours of homework each night
- Are willing to commit to enrollment in a rigorous college preparatory sequence of courses
- Are willing to complete the required hours of community service per year
