Brandywine School District
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AVID
Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID)
Contact: Dr. Yolanda McKinney, Director of Culture and Climate
For more than 30 years, AVID has prepared students for success in higher education. This research-based system helps students who want to take higher-level courses and to go college. AVID helps
make sure there are more equal opportunities for students from diverse and underrepresented groups to graduate from college. AVID is designed for 6th through 12th grade students who have a 2.0-3.5 GPA and want to go to college.
AVID Elective
All students are invited to apply to take the AVID elective in addition to their school's honors and Advanced Placement classes. Students go through an interview and application process. If accepted, they take the AVID elective each year. Students work on organization, study skills, and critical thinking skills. They get academic help from peers and college tutors and participate in enrichment and motivational activities. Students feel empowered to become successful leaders and role models in their school
AVID Schools
The AVID system is offered in all BSD middle and high schools. You can learn more about AVID in BSD by clicking here. The Brandywine School District invites interested students and parents to contact the AVID coordinators at their child's school.
In April 2023 Mount Pleasant High School was named an AVID National Demonstration School. This elite designation has been awarded to only 214 of 8,000 AVID schools worldwide. AVID National Demonstration Schools are exemplary models of the AVID College Readiness System. Demonstration Schools undergo a rigorous validation process and are required to be revalidated every few years to ensure high levels of implementation, with quality and fidelity to AVID strategies
schoolwide. As a national demonstration site, Mount Pleasant High School hosts administrators and teachers from other school districts around the country, serving as a center of teaching and learning to model systems for AVID implementation. Mount Pleasant High School first implemented AVID in 2005, and all middle and high schools across BSD now use the college and career readiness system.