AVID

(otherwise known as “Advancement via Individual Determination”)

AVID History

• • • • Started in 1980 by Catherine Swanson, English Department Head at Clairemont High School in San Diego, CA.

Created to help underserved students in a newly desegregated school system.

Now serves over 122,000 students in 2,300 schools in 36 states and 15 countries.

More than 40,000 students have graduated from AVID program and have matriculated to college at a rate of 95%.

The Mission of AVID

AVID’s mission is to ensure that all students, particularly the least served students in the middle who are capable of completing a college path, will: * succeed in rigorous curriculum * enter mainstream activities of the school * increase their enrollment in 4-year colleges * become educated and responsible participants and leaders in a democratic society

AVID Student Profile

Students with Academic Potential * Average to High Test Scores (CRCT) * 2.0 – 3.5 GPA * College Potential with Support * Desire and Determination Meets One or More of the Following Criteria * First to Attend College * Historically Underserved in 4-year Colleges * Low Income

Site Team

• • • • • • • • County Director – Mary Childress BHS Coordinator – Kim Hawthorne Administrators – Michelle Drew & Sam Wilson Counselor – Dewayne Grant English – Social Studies – Leslie Hicks Science – Christy Carone (to be trained) Math – David Akin