What is AVID Excel?
What is AVID Excel?
"AVID Excel is a branch of the AVID system that specifically focuses on our English Learners to help accelerate academic language acquisition. The AVID Excel course is taken in middle school and targets critical reading skills as well as academic vocabulary development. "
Is an English Language Learner (ELL) AKA Multi Lingual Student (ML)
Possess academic potential
Score below proficient on WIDA
Score Intermediate, Early Advanced,
Advanced or recently reclassified (RFEP) on WELPA
Possess college potential with support from the AVID Excel Elective in middle school and the AVID Elective in high school
Are currently or are at risk of becoming long-term English language learners