what is avid?

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.