What is AVID?
With AVID as their tool, and PCHS parents and families as their partners, district educators move cohorts of high school students successfully through the state's most demanding courses and into college. AVID schools support students through an academic elective class and supports educators through professional development and team planning.
AVID students at Pine Creek will:
Attend an AVID elective class
Enroll in one or more honors and/or advanced placement courses
Take an active role in AVID activities that support post-secondary planning, such as tutorials, college visits, etc.
Student Selection
Students are invited into the AVID Program based on criteria such as application, interview,grades, attendance, behavior, and advanced course enrollment. AVID focuses on mid-performing students, especially those at-risk of underachievement, who are capable of completing the college preparatory path with additional support.
AVID Objectives
To provide academic instruction and other support to students and to prepare them for eligibility to four-year colleges and universities
To give students college level entry skills
To increase the "coping skills" of program participants
To motivate program students to seek a college education
To increase the participants' levels of awareness
AVID Activities
Learning with college tutors
Writing for all classes
Applying for college
Preparing for a professional career
Visiting college campuses
Interacting with guest speakers
Participating in extracurricular and community activities.
AVID Academic Benefits
Students benefit academically from:
Curricular support
Support class focused on rigor
Structured tutorials
Redefined academic peer group
Emphasis on study skills, organization, goal setting, time management—connected to academics
Accountability
Ideal AVID Student
Positive attitude with a willingness to develop “Student Success” skills
Desire and determination to be successful
Good Behavior
Average test scores in at least one or more areas. For example: an Ideal AVID student may be advanced in Math, but partially proficient high in reading
Potentially first generation college student
Fits into one or more of the achievement gap areas
Could handle advanced classes with support
Potential AVID Student
These students show some of the characteristics of an ideal AVID student, yet these other qualities could apply:
High test scores, but low grades
Low test scores with A/B grades
AVID Learning Support
AVID’s proven learning support structure incorporates teaching and learning methodologies in the critical areas of Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, and Reading (WICOR). WICOR provides a learning model that educators can use to guide students in comprehending concepts and articulating ideas at increasingly complex levels (scaffolding) within developmental, general education, and discipline-based curricula.