Advancement Via Individual Determination

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Advancement Via Individual Determination
An Introduction to the Program Mead High
School - January 2008
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What is AVID?

• AVID is a seventh through twelfth-grade system
  to prepare students in the academic middle for
  four-year college eligibility. 
• AVID has a proven track record in bringing out
  the best in students and in closing the
  achievement gap. 
• AVID stands for Advancement Via Individual
  Determination.
• www.avidonline.org

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Who are AVID students?

• AVID students have a willingness to work hard in
  an academic setting.
• AVID targets students in the academic middle B,
  C, and even D students who have the desire to
  go to college.
• AVID students are capable of completing rigorous
  curriculum but are falling short of their
  potential. 
• Typically, AVID students will be the first in
  their families to attend college, and many are
  from low-income or minority families. 

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How will this work?

• Students who apply and are accepted to the AVID
  program will make the following commitments
• AVID students will enroll in a full slate of
  academic classes for four years.
• Once accepted, students enroll in the AVID
  elective. For one period a day, for four years,
  they - work on critical thinking and asking
  probing questions - receive academic
  help from peers and college tutors -
  participate in enrichment and motivational
  activities that make college seem attainable
  

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Why AVID at Mead?

• Mead High School currently serves students who
  fit the AVID profile and could benefit from the
  program.
• AVID is based upon sound instruction. These
  instructional techniques can be implemented
  school-wide, to benefit all students.
• Implementing an AVID program at MHS is yet
  another way to enhance the academic excellence
  that has become an expectation of our community.

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Questions?

• AVID can be researched online through the
  following link
• http//www.avidonline.org/

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