All About Electives - AVID

Carmel High School's AVID program is an elective college prep course that meets as a regular class. The first semester of AVID is aligned with the Family and Consumer Sciences curriculum, Orientation to Life and Careers, and students receive credit for that course. Each semester thereafter is an AVID elective that incorporates competencies achieved the first semester, but aligned more specifically with AVID curriculum (AVID Center, San Diego, California). Students receive weekly instruction in college entry skills, tutor-led study groups and motivational activities and academic survival skills. In AVID, students participate in activities that incorporate strategies focused on writing, inquiry, collaboration, and reading to support their academic growth. The AVID curriculum, which is based upon the following books in the AVID library -- Calendaring the High School AVID program, College Path, Strategies for Success, and the Writing Curriculum -- lays the groundwork content in the AVID elective. Video Production by Erin Earnest