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Board hears AVID presentation highlighting higher graduation and college-enrollment rates for participants
Summary
District staff, teachers and students briefed trustees on the AVID college-readiness program, noting higher graduation, A–G completion and college-enrollment rates among AVID participants and describing strategies to expand AVID practices across schools.
The Sequoia Union High School District board received a detailed presentation on Oct. 30 about AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination), a program the district uses to prepare students for college and career readiness.
Rachel Andrews, who identified herself as the district AVID teacher-on-assignment, described AVID’s mission and the four implementation domains — instruction, systems, leadership and culture — and explained instructional strategies summarized by the WICR acronym (writing, inquiry, collaboration, organization, reading). Teachers and students from…
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