what is avid?

Advancement Via Individual Determination

AVID—Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) is an in-school academic support program. The program's purpose is to prepare students for college eligibility and success. Although TPHS serves all students, AVID places academically average students in advanced classes; levels the playing field for minority, rural, low-income, and other students without a college-going tradition in their families; and 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.

What is Avid?

¿Qué es Avid?

Students in the AVID program are guided through the steps of WICOR, in order to prepare them for the rigor of their classes and their future as a college student. Students participate in weekly tutorials with college tutors, community building, goal setting, guided research assignments, and a variety of other activities to enrich their college readiness reading and writing skills.