About AVID
About the AVID Elective
The AVID Elective is the core of AVID Secondary. The class helps prepare for the rigors of higher education. Students must apply for and interview to be a part of the AVID Elective. The class is designed for students with the desire to go to college and the willingness to work hard. These students will benefit from the added support of this class to push them into the advanced and honors courses and/or strive for a higher GPA.
The philosophy of the AVID Elective class is to create a family atmosphere for students to thrive in. Other benefits include college tours, AVID Tutorials with college students, Focused Note-Taking strategies, organizational skills, team work, and community service projects.
About AVID School-wide
AVID is Schoolwide when systems are in place that support governance, curriculum and instruction, data collection and analysis, professional learning, and student and parent outreach to ensure college readiness for all students.
The KLS AVID Site Team is comprised of teachers, administrators, and staff from all grade levels and content areas.
About AVID Learning
WICOR is an acronym for Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, and Reading.
WICOR provides a learning model that educators can use to guide students in engaging and rigorous activities that are both research-based and highly effective to prepare students for future success.
Wicor Tracker.pdfAt KLS you will see a WICOR tracker in every classroom.
These visual posters are a way for classes to chart and discuss which WICOR strategies they are using. It helps for students to know the "why" about the activities they are engaging in for learning. This is a way to communicate that the tasks have multiple purposes for development.