In the ongoing effort to achieve our school’s mission of “EDUCATING AND EMPOWERING ALL STUDENTS TO BE SUCCESSFUL IN COLLEGE, CAREER AND COMMUNITY IN THE 21st CENTURY”, Trona High School is proud to offer the Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) program this year. AVID is a college preparatory program for students in the academic middle. Students from 7th to 12th grade are selected to be in the AVID elective class, dedicated to helping them achieve their goals of going to college. The AVID elective class, held within the regular school day, provides support, academic monitoring, and tutoring. The writing process, inquiry collaborative learning, organization, and reading are the core strategies of the program (WICOR).
Each AVID student carries a binder in which he or she is required to keep materials from all academic classes. Students keep track of assignments on calendars, and are required to take daily cornell notes in all academic classes. The notebooks are graded every other week for content and organization by the AVID instructor. Led by tutors, students participate in tutorial groups in the AVID student classroom. In addition, students are taught study skills, test preparation, time management, and the writing process.
Several faculty and staff members at Trona HIgh have attended AVID summer institutes. There they learned about how to implement Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization and Reading (WICOR) strategies into their classes. These strategies will help staff with the skills needed to teach common core. AVID students receive support for their learning through these WICOR strategies which will help them in all of their core content classes.
AVID...DEFINED...
What AVID is...
Each AVID student carries a binder in which he or she is required to keep materials from all academic classes. Students keep track of assignments on calendars, and are required to take daily cornell notes in all academic classes. The notebooks are graded every other week for content and organization by the AVID instructor. Led by tutors, students participate in tutorial groups in the AVID student classroom. In addition, students are taught study skills, test preparation, time management, and the writing process.
Several faculty and staff members at Trona HIgh have attended AVID summer institutes. There they learned about how to implement Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization and Reading (WICOR) strategies into their classes. These strategies will help staff with the skills needed to teach common core. AVID students receive support for their learning through these WICOR strategies which will help them in all of their core content classes.
AVID...DEFINED...
What AVID is...
- AVID is an acronym that stands for Advancement Via Individual Determination.
- AVID is an in-school academic support program for grades 7-12 that prepares students for college eligibility and success.
- AVID places academically average students in advanced classes.
- AVID is for students who are individually determined.
- AVID levels the playing field for minority, rural, low-income and other students without a college-going tradition in their families.
- AVID is for all students, but it targets those in the academic middle.
- AVID is implemented schoolwide and district-wide.
What AVID isn't...- AVID is an acronym that stands for Advancement Via Individual Determination.
- AVID isn't a free ride.
- AVID is not for students who don't do any of their homework.
- Avid is not a program for unmotivated students.
- Avid isn't an at risk or remedial program.
- AVID is not for the consistently “D” or “F” student.
- AVID isn't a quick fix..