Students meet weekly with college tutors to answer questions they have in their academic classes. The night before tutorial students review their academic notes and determine a point of confusion in one subject area. The next day during our AVID class, students are grouped by subject area with a college tutor and use the inquiry process to present their questions and help each other answer their points of confusion. This practice continues year round and helps students practice inquiry, critical thinking, public speaking, and note-taking.

Students take 5 pages of notes in at least 2 academic classes per week. In addition, students are taught to revise (study) their notes in a variety of ways with the expectation this is done each night. Each week, college tutors check students' notes and planners to help students build strong and consistent note-taking, studying and time-management habits.

Each week, students email screenshots of their grades to their parents and college tutors. This helps build accountability, academic awareness and collaboration.

Core Element Focus: Building Family and Strong Academics

College Knowledge & Skills Focus: Understand College Admissions, Compare and Contrast the Types of Colleges, Understand College Majors and Career Opportunities

Core Element Focus: Strengthening Family and Maintaining Strong and Increasingly Rigorous Academics

College Knowledge & Skills Focus: Personalize College Admissions, Personalize Majors, Understand the College Admissions and Test Taking Timeline, Understand Financial Aid and Begin to Plan for Paying for College

Core Element Focus: Increasing Academic Rigor, Investing in the AVID Family for Academic Support and College Awareness

College Knowledge & Skills Focus: Reflect on and Personalize College Admissions List and Timeline, Research and Apply to Scholarships, Draft College Applications including Personal Statements (essays), Solidify a Plan for Paying College

Core Element Focus: Maintaining Academic Rigor, Celebrating with Your AVID Family

College Knowledge & Skills Focus: APPLY! Apply to college, financial aid and scholarships with the help of your AVID teacher and AVID family every step of the way.