AVID MARTIN

AVID is a college preparatory program scheduled during the school day. This course develops strategies to ensure academic success in core studies required for entrance to four-year colleges and universities by developing college awareness and cross-curricular writing, inquiry, collaboration, and reading skills. WICOR strategies (Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization and Reading) are refined as well as Cornell note taking and Socratic questioning strategies. Students set life goals, elaborate on explanation of critical thinking processes, and prepare for college entrance testing. Additionally, students focus on college entrance preparation through submitting applications, essays, and financial aid... AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) is a system to increase the number of students enrolling in 4 year universities and colleges. AVID has been adopted by almost 4,500 schools in 47 states and served approximately 400,000 students from grade 4-12 (since 2009-2010).

Also known as: AVID