Attention AVID Elective Teachers
Attention AVID Elective Teachers
Each number is a link to that grade level.
For AVID Elective Teachers Only.
Ashlee Peters publishes the AVID newsletter each month. She is one of four District Directors in PUSD. She has taught elementary students from kindergarten to fourth grade and is passionate about science in the elementary classroom. "Creating the newsletter each month is a great way to showcase all the AVID-y awesomeness going on in our district and provides much needed resources and support to our AVID teachers and staff."
AVID Site Coordinators (Right), gather in late August to deepen AVID implementation for the 2025-2026 school year across our 15 schools. Students are our focus, as we plan and organize ourselves for their success pathways.
How does a successful journey toward high quality AVID site implementation begin? With a team of dedicated AVID site team members collaborating about the ways AVID can be the system driver early in the year!
Left: Simons Middle School meets for the first time this year. Teachers, a Literacy Coach, and an Administrator were in attendance for the after-school meeting. One even engaged and led the discussion on Zoom.
Right: In the designated AVID Tutorial Room, Garey High School teachers assemble and discuss their agenda and "next steps" for this after-school AVID Site Team Meeting!
What does a successful AVID students look like? Well, first of all, Cortez Elementary school's students show their unified enthusiasm for college and career readiness through this 2025 AVID Day celebration! Secondly, they display their willingness to promote what they see as characteristics of a successful AVID student. Lastly, they engage with their peers and teachers to show their joyful spirit. Cortez Elementary students are becoming ready for success!
Below: There's a lot going on right here! Vejar Racoons Elementary and Secondary AVID students all celebrate AVID Day, Sept. 12, 2025. Here, you see them all participating in a tug-of-war. What better way to show persistence and collaborative teamwork while having fun? The Principal, Teachers, AVID Site Coordinators, and AVID District support all helped students have fun and compete with this celebratory activity.
Kellogg Polytechnic's new AVID co-site coordinators set up an AMAZING interactive scavenger hunt for AVID day this past September 12! The day started with a great presentation from our AVID coordinators, followed by a scavenger hunt around "Kell(ogg) Poly Pomona" looking for clues! Three Cal Poly Pomona Fellows were present to support the activity!
Students who found all of the clues were entered into a drawing for AVID Swag!