AVID

What is AVID?  (The acronym AVID stands for Advancement Via Individual Determination.)

AVID is an elective class at Wilcox (and SCHS and MacDonald HS), offered for each of a student’s four years in high school.  The AVID program, in 47 states and even in some international schools, is designed to help students be college and career-ready, and to help them navigate the college-application process.  AVID’s mission is to “close the opportunity gap” for students (https://www.avid.org/).  Wilcox has been an AVID-certified school since 1993.

We are ready to work, with students that choose the course and are willing to make the extra individual effort to be successful in rigorous courses and academic pursuits.  Please note:  This class requires an application from each student.

That application is online and can be found here:

https://forms.gle/qrXzZGHNxfMm8uQMA

Some things we do in our AVID classes include:

• WICOR strategies- writing, inquiry, collaboration, organization, reading/rigor
• Group work
• Research projects
• Field trips
• Math tutorials (twice weekly)
• Cornell notes
• Agendas
• College applications
• FAFSA/ CADAA
• Scholarship applications

AVID's mission is to close the achievement gap by preparing all students for college readiness and success in a global society. 

We value the AVID College Readiness System at Wilcox High School because we believe AVID strategies are effective in ensuring that students have support for and access to challenging curriculum in order to prepare them for college and for careers.