AVID
AVID at Middle and Elementary
AVID Middle and Elementary teachers teach all students academic skills that promote critical thinking, effective communication, self-advocacy and study habits. Students are taught how to take organized, detailed notes and ask and answer high-level questions. An emphasis is placed on Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization and Reading (WICOR). Mastery in these foundational skills can help students throughout their elementary and secondary schooling.
AVID Schools promote a college-bound mentality by exploring the purpose of post secondary education and options at an early age. Activities like career fairs and guest speakers encourage students to think about their goals and aspirations and help them outline a path to achieve them. College and career conversations become integrated into the elementary and middle school experience so that students begin to see themselves as college-bound students.
All schools utilize WICOR (Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization and Reading) Strategies in their classrooms. These are foundational and transferable skills that benefit all students in all classes.
Trost and Knight are both AVID Elementary Schools.
Baker Prairie Middle School is an AVID school and in addition to the schoolwide approach has AVID elective classes that run during advisory period and are held four days a week.
AVID at Canby High School
AVID stands for Advancement Via Individual Determination
AVID, a rigorous program designed to prepare students for college and careers, began at CHS in 2017-18. AVID is an acceleration program, not an intervention program, with three main components including academic instruction, tutorial sessions, and motivational activities. Students in the AVID elective meet daily with the same teacher and participate in tutorial sessions twice a week for four years. Students learn how to access difficult curriculum and persevere through “points of confusion,” so they gain the skills to succeed in challenging courses. Students are expected to enroll in challenging Advanced Placement and dual credit classes.
The AVID student profile also includes first generation college students, with a desire to improve, and an end goal of college acceptance. The only strict requirement is the student’s desire to be part of the challenging AVID elective class.