High schools across the country are offering an elective class that advocates say gives middle-of-the-road students extra support as they prepare for college. AVID, which stands for Advancement Via ...

When scores of Highland Park students graduated Saturday, their ranks included the school’s first ever class of AVID students. Highland Park joined Topeka High this year in graduating a group of ...

Advancement Via Individual Determination — AVID — is the name and aim of a college-prep program that tackles the 'achievement gap.' Guadalupe Genis, Sammy McMahon and Edward Dominguez, ninth-graders ...

Erin O’Neill is passionate about getting kids ready for life — especially junior high and high school students. So, as Peninsula School District’s Director of College, Career and Life Readiness, ...

He repeated third grade, then lived with his father in Garrett County for a year. He returned to Anne Arundel County to live with his grandparents before starting fifth grade, he said. That’s when he ...

Key Peninsula Middle School teacher Janet Eidsmoe works with AVID student Curtis Staples in her classroom last week. LEE GILES III [email protected] A new program in two Peninsula School District ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- While some high school athletes have dreams of playing in the pros some day, other students just want to have the opportunity to go to college. This week's Community Spotlight ...

The influence of teachers, the support of the AVID program and his own inner drive have propelled former Odessan Dé Kwaan Wynn to success. Now a software engineer living in Dallas, Wynn overcame a ...

South Tahoe High School’s AVID program will host car washes Sunday and Sept. 29. Students are hosting the car washes to raise money for a trip to visit colleges in Southern California. The car washes ...