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Mission Statement
AVID’s mission is to close the achievement gap by preparing all students for college readiness and
success in a global society.
AVID Core Beliefs
AVID Students will… succeed in rigorous curriculum enter mainstream activities of the school increase enrollment in four-year colleges become educated and responsible participate and lead in a democratic
society
Rigor is the goal of helping students develop the capacity to understand content that is complex, ambiguous, provocative, and personally or emotionally challenging.
Taking rigorous courses opens doors!
Source: Teaching What Matters Most; Standards and Strategies for Raising Student Achievement by Strong, Silver and Perini, ASCD, 2001.
What is Academic Rigor?
To help all students do rigorous work and meet or exceed high standards in each content area, we must help students:
Develop as readers and writers
Develop deep content knowledge
Know content specific strategies for reading, writing,
thinking and talking
Develop habits, skills, and behaviors to use knowledge
and skills
Meeting the Challenge
Student schedules will vary according to grade level but all AVID
students begin their instructional day at 7:50 a.m. Dismissal for AVID
students is at 3:05 p.m.
Daily Schedule
Daily Schedule
AVID Curriculum Includes: Writing Curriculum College and Careers Strategies for Success Critical Reading Organization and Planning
AVID Tutorials Include: Collaborative Study Groups Writing Groups Socratic Seminars
A Sample Week in the AVID Elective
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
AVID Curriculum Tutorials AVID Curriculum Tutorials Binder EvaluationField Trips
Media CenterSpeakers
Motivational Activities
(within block)
Cyndi Storer, Principal
Felicia Cartledge, Assistant Principal
Lori Ann Hagood, Instructional Specialist
Anthony Evans, Guidance
Laura Bentley, AVID Elective Teacher
Susan Billen, AVID Teacher, ELA and Social Studies
Keith Cozart, AVID Teacher, Algebra I
Neal Hudson, AVID Teacher, Social Studies
Andrea Taylor, AVID Teacher, Mathematics and Science
Jeneen Webb, AVID Teacher, Science and AVID Elective
Caryn Welborn, AVID Teacher, English I
Cathy Chalmers, AVID District Coordinator
Support System