• What is AVID?

• What does AVID look like in the
  San Dieguito Union High
  School District?

• AVID Staff

• District Office Contact

• Resources

What is AVID?

• AVID is an acronym that stands for Advancement Via Individual Determination.

• AVID is an in-school academic support program for grades 5-12 that prepares students for college eligibility and success.

• AVID "levels the playing field" for minority, rural, low-income and other students without a college-going tradition in their families.

• AVID is for all students, but it targets those in the academic middle.

• Three-fourths of all AVID graduates attend college, almost twice the rate at which U.S. high school graduates do.

What does AVID look like in the San Dieguito Union High School District?

• Currently, seven of the eight comprehensive middle and high school sites within SDUHSD offer an AVID program.

• There are twenty sections of AVID, taught by thirteen teachers, across the district, an increase of one section from the 2003-04 school year.

• 469 students are currently enrolled in the AVID program, an increase of 35 students from the 2003-04 school year.

• All sites are committed to providing the program for students, even though there is no funding source for AVID allotted by the state.

AVID Staff:
* Denotes site AVID Coordinator

District Office Contact:

Randa Fast-Medley                
AVID Liaison   
 Office of Instruction
(760) 753-6491 ext. 55
randa.fastmedley@sduhsd.net

Resources:

• A great resource for parents, students, and teachers:
  San Diego County Office of Education AVID Website
  http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/lret/avid