About
AVID’s mission is to close the opportunity gap by preparing all students for college and career readiness and success in a global society.
Currently, Pomona students begin experiencing AVID in 4 of our elementary schools. In 2024-25, we are welcoming AVID Elementary to Cortez TK-8, making it our only AVID K-8 school. These students practice college and career readiness strategies for writing, inquiry, collaboration, organization and reading daily in their classrooms.
For 11 Pomona secondary schools (grades 7-12), AVID is an approved elective course taken during the school day. Students are usually selected to enroll in an AVID class after an application process. For one class period a day, they learn organizational and study skills, work on critical thinking and asking probing questions, get academic help from peers and college tutors, and participate in enrichment and motivational activities that make college seem attainable. Secondary students enrolled in AVID are typically required to enroll in at least one of their school's toughest classes, such as honors or Advanced Placement®, in addition to the AVID elective. As students progress in AVID, their self-images improve, and they become academically successful leaders and role models for other students.
AVID closes the achievement gap for all students: Almost all AVID students who participate for at least three years are accepted to college, with about 3/4 getting into four-year universities.
Regardless of ethnicity or economic background, AVID students complete four-year college entrance requirements at a rate more than twice that of their peers.
The AVID Student
AVID targets students in the academic middle - B, C, and even D students - who have the desire to go to college and the willingness to work hard. These are students who are capable of completing rigorous curriculum but are falling short of their potential. Typically, they will be the first in their families to attend college, and many are from low-income or minority families. AVID pulls these students out of their unchallenging courses and puts them on the college track: acceleration instead of remediation.
Pomona AVID District Directors Office Contact 909-397-4711
Ed Services Program Administrator: Christine Cruz-Arvayo ext. 21221
Ed Services Teacher Specialist: Delbert Duckins ext. 21241
Ed Services Teacher Specialist: Ashlee Peters ext.21224
Participating Schools
Elementary
Middle Schools:
7-12 Academy:
Fremont Academy of Engineering and Design College Preparatory
High Schools:
Diamond Ranch College Preparatory
Pomona High College Preparatory
It began with inspired and determined students and the educational professionals who advocated for them.
