Enrolling in the Whittier High School AVID elective requires a baseline commitment to personal excellence and future-focused planning. All AVID students strive toward the following core benchmarks:
Sustaining academic success in rigorous, college-preparatory coursework.
Completing all four-year college eligibility requirements (A-G status) with a grade of "C" or better.
Enrolling in advanced courses (Honors, AP, or Community College courses) throughout high school to ensure competitive university placement.
To fulfill the foundational expectations of the WHS AVID Social Contract, students are expected to actively manage their academic career through:
Citizenship & Attendance: Maintaining exceptional daily attendance across all classes, arriving on time, and putting forth maximum behavioral effort.
Leadership & Time Management: Exercising exceptional time management by using a dedicated planner or calendar every week.
Active Engagement: Taking focused notes in all courses, acting as an active learner, and requesting help from peers, teachers, or AVID tutors when necessary.
Academic Monitoring: Frequently self-monitoring grades on the Aeries student portal to catch any falling marks early.
Service: Participating actively in campus AVID events and local community service opportunities.
Integrity: Maintaining absolute academic honesty and taking proactive ownership of both positive and negative actions on and off-campus.
AVID is structured as a comprehensive 4-year system. If a student wishes to exit the elective, they must request and fully complete an official Exit Form. This form must be finalized by the last day of the second week of Quarter 1 (to drop the current school year) or by the end of the third week of Quarter 4 (to drop the following school year).
Students are placed on Academic Probation if they encounter any of the following challenges:
Earning an "F" grade in any academic course.
Falling below a 2.5 unweighted cumulative GPA.
Falling out of alignment with required A-G status milestones.
When placed on probation, an Academic Improvement Plan (AIP) is signed and implemented. The student will have until the subsequent grading period to remediate failing marks and raise their GPA to a 2.5 or above. AVID tutors attend one Saturday School session per month to assist students in recovering their standing. Failure to fulfill these requirements may result in dismissal from the program upon a teacher or counselor's request, with the student transitioning into alternative credit recovery support structures.
